Since late 2017, more than 700,000 Rohingya refugees have fled from Myanmar to Bangladesh, following a military crackdown on the Muslim minority people. Under a deal between the two countries, thousands of them were due to be moved back to Myanmar. But this was halted when none wanted to return. So what is in store […]
WELLINGTON (AFP) – More than half of New Zealand’s public schools closed their doors on Wednesday (May 29) amid a mass walkout by teachers over pay and conditions. The ministry of education estimated that almost 60 per cent of schools were closed as some 50,000 teachers staged a “mega-strike”. “We didn’t want to be on […]
SINGAPORE -The Singapore Children’s Society has published a book to help adults broach the subject of child sexual abuse prevention with the young. Jun And The Octopus follows the story of Jun, a boy who confronts his fears and finds the courage to tell his parents about a sexual abuse incident. Launched on Wednesday (May […]
BEIJING (Reuters) – China hopes that the United States will not conduct unilateral assessments of other countries’ currency rates, China’s foreign ministry spokesman Lu Kang said on Wednesday, adding that the United States is not in position to make such judgments. Lu made the comments in response to a question during a daily briefing about […]
BERLIN (Reuters) – German unemployment rose unexpectedly for the first time in nearly two years in May, data showed on Wednesday, in a sign that a growth slowdown in Europe’s largest economy is spilling over into the labor market. The number of people out of work rose by 60,000 to 2.279 million in seasonally adjusted […]
JAKARTA (AFP) – Enslaved, beaten, malnourished, and so desperate for water he had to collect condensation to drink: Mr Rahmatullah left Indonesia seeking better prospects at sea – instead he endured a living hell. The global fishing industry is riddled with forced labour, anti-trafficking experts say, warning that consumers are unaware of the “true cost” […]
SINGAPORE (Reuters) – Oil prices fell by around 1% on Wednesday on concerns the Sino-U.S. trade war could trigger a global economic downturn, but relatively tight supply amid OPEC output cuts and political tensions in the Middle East offered some support. Front-month Brent crude futures, the international benchmark for oil prices, were at $69.53 a […]
DHAKA (AFP) – Bangladesh police were set to file charges on Wednesday (May 29) against 16 people, including the headmaster of an Islamic seminary, over the shocking murder of a 19-year-old girl burned to death. The killing of Ms Nusrat Jahan Rafi last month sparked protests across the South Asian nation, with the Prime Minister […]
BANGKOK (REUTERS) – Thailand’s main opposition Pheu Thai party on Wednesday (May 29) urged other parties that contested a March election to reject a coalition offer by a pro-army party seeking to keep the ruling junta chief as prime minister. The appeal came as pro-junta Palang Pracharath’s bid to cement a coalition government faltered when […]
An American mountaineer has become the 11th person in two weeks to die on Mount Everest, as sherpas and tour operators alike blame an influx of inexperienced climbers and budget tour operators for the rise in fatalities. Christopher John Kulish (61) a lawyer, did not show any distress when reaching the peak of the world’s […]