SINGAPORE (Reuters) – Oil prices rose on Monday as ongoing supply cuts led by producer club OPEC kept markets relatively tight, but Brent remained below $70 per barrel on concerns over an ongoing trade war between the United States and China. Front-month Brent crude futures, the international benchmark for oil prices, were at $69.10 per […]
MANILA (NYTIMES) – Militants linked to the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS) attacked a group of soldiers on the southern Philippine island of Jolo, setting off a clash that left two children dead, the military said on Sunday (May 26). Six militants from the insurgent group, known as Abu Sayyaf, were also killed […]
BEIJING (BLOOMBERG) – Huawei Technologies Co. founder Ren Zhengfei struck a defiant tone in the face of US sanctions that threaten his company’s very survival. In an interview with Bloomberg Television, the billionaire founder of China’s largest technology company conceded that Trump administration export curbs will cut into a two-year lead Huawei had painstakingly built […]
AHMEDABAD (AFP) – Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi dropped in on Sunday (May 26) on his 95-year-old mother after his election landslide, a day ahead of a victory rally in the Hindu holy city of Varanasi. Modi, 68, told his 47.6 million Twitter followers that he wanted to “seek blessings” from his mother Hiraba Modi […]
TOKYO — As the leader of the free world, and a man never shy around the spotlight, President Trump is rarely a spectator to the events surrounding him. Leave it to a bunch of sumo wrestlers to steal his thunder. On Sunday, inside the Ryogoku Kokugikan, a stadium near the Sumida River in Tokyo, Prime […]
US President Donald Trump has attended a sumo wrestling tournament during his four-day visit to Japan, describing the event as “an incredible evening”. Mr Trump and his wife, Melania, sat alongside Japanese PM Shinzo Abe for the Summer Grand Sumo Tournament in Tokyo and Mr Trump later presented a prize to the winner. . Source: […]
KUALA LUMPUR – Malaysia’s Pakatan Harapan government is committed to strengthening ties with China with even closer and more meaningful cooperation, Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad said according to the Bernama news agency. Tun Mahathir said the two countries in recent years had seen a meteoric growth in trade and investment, with more opportunities expected in […]
JOHOR BARU (THE STAR/ASIA NEWS NETWORK) – A curious climb into a washing machine turned into an ordeal for a nine-year-old girl here on Saturday (May 25) when she got stuck in it. It is understood that the girl was playing at a self-service launderette in Taman Larkin Perdana with her friends when the incident […]
MUMBAI (REUTERS) – An aide to an Indian ruling party candidate, who recently defeated Congress party chief Rahul Gandhi for a seat in parliament, was shot dead overnight, police said on Sunday (May 26). Mr Surendra Singh was an aide to Ms Smriti Irani, a former television actress and dogged minister in Prime Minister Narendra […]
TOKYO (AFP) – US President Donald Trump will be ringside on Sunday (May 26) for Tokyo’s big sumo tournament, but if he hopes his longtime love of US-style professional wrestling will give him special insight into the action, he should think again. Both sumo and the World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) involve enormous men wearing very […]