(Reuters) – The Illinois House of Representatives on Monday voted to put a proposal that would change the state’s personal income tax system on a ballot to take place alongside the 2020 U.S. national election vote. The measure would allow voters to decide whether to amend the state constitution to allow for a graduated income […]
Indian PM Narendra Modi made history on Thursday, after he won a second landslide. The BBC’s Jugal Purohit spoke to leading political analyst Pratap Bhanu Mehta about what this means for India. Q: You recently said that “something is happening which is mutilating the soul of India’s democracy”. Now that the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) […]
SINGAPORE – A 32-year-old man has been arrested for his alleged involvement in an Internet love scam, the police said in a statement on Monday (May 27). The scam reportedly involved more than $70,000. At about 10am on Sunday, a 38-year-old man made a police report claiming that he had been cheated by two men […]
LONDON (Reuters) – The euro struggled to cling on to gains on Monday as investor relief at limited success for eurosceptic parties in European parliamentary elections was offset by a decline in the share of seats held by the biggest blocs. Center-right and center-left blocs lost their shared majority, but surges by the Greens and […]
SINGAPORE – A retiree lost his wife of more than 30 years when he accidentally stepped on the accelerator instead of the brake as his car reversed into her. The front left tyre of Quek Chin Ling’s car ran over Madam Ng Siew Fong, 64, who died from a head injury. On Monday (May 27), […]
BEIRUT (Reuters) – The government of heavily indebted Lebanon formally approved a 2019 budget on Monday that includes deep spending cuts to narrow the projected deficit to 7.6% of gross domestic product (GDP) in a bid to stave off financial crisis. The budget reflected “a real government will to take a corrective path” in state […]
BANGKOK (DPA) – Politicians from Asean on Monday (May 27) urged the Thai authorities to end their legal action against a prominent anti-junta member of parliament amid Thailand’s scramble to form a new government. Thanathorn Juangroongruangkit, 40, the leader of the progressive Future Forward Party, which won 80 seats in March general elections, is facing […]
MANILA (DPA) – Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte said Monday (May 27) he would resign if his eldest son bids for the speakership of the House of Representatives, having won a seat in the lower chamber of parliament in elections earlier this month. The 74-year-old leader has asked his son, Paolo, to let him know three […]
SINGAPORE – A fire broke out at an industrial unit in Kaki Bukit on Monday (May 27). In a Facebook post at 4.12pm, the Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF) said it was alerted to the fire at 175 Kaki Bukit Avenue 1 at 3.10pm. The fire was raging at the second floor of an industrial unit […]
Police arrest 12 people in connection with the blasts as Maoist splinter group enforces strike across the country. Security forces in Nepal have been on high alert amid a general strike on Monday called by an outlawed communist group suspected in a series of explosions that killed four people and wounded seven more in the capital. Two vehicles […]