SINGAPORE – Men have become as keen as women on calling for more flexible work options, according to a new survey. Women have traditionally tended to favour flexi-work due to their roles as primary caregivers but there has been a shift, as the poll outlined. It found that 71 per cent of men and 76 […]
COLOMBO (REUTERS) – After coming under fire for not acting on warnings about Easter bombings that killed more than 250 people, Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena is now facing criticism over his leadership in the aftermath of the Islamist attacks. On Monday last week (May 13), just as anti-Muslim riots were spreading in apparent reprisal […]
BEIJING (REUTERS) – China’s official Xinhua news agency condemned the spreading of “false news” on Monday (May 20) after some websites published a year-old alert announcing a ceasefire in the Sino-US trade dispute. The one-line item, originally published on May 20, 2018, gave no details but US Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said that day the […]
NEW DELHI (REUTERS) – India’s ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is preparing to meet coalition partners to discuss a new government, two BJP sources said on Monday (May 20), after exit polls predicted a better-than-expected result for it in a general election. The talks would most likely be held on Tuesday afternoon, the two sources […]
A champion sprinter with village roots has become India’s first openly gay professional athlete, less than a year after the country’s top court overturned a longstanding ban on gay sex. A member of India’s national track and field team, Dutee Chand, 23, was previously known for fighting for the right to race against other women. […]
SINGAPORE – A Scoot flight made an emergency landing in Chennai, India on Monday (May 20) after pilots were alerted to a possible fire in the cargo area. Flight TR567 was en route from Tiruchirappalli to Singapore when the cargo smoke warning trigger was activated more than an hour into the flight which departed at […]
MANILA – The Philippines is sending to Singapore in June two of the world’s rarest raptors in a move to protect the species from extinction. The two Philippine eagles will be airlifted to Singapore on June 4, under a wildlife loan agreement which the Department of Environment and Natural Resources signed with Wildlife Reserves Singapore […]
LONDON (Reuters) – Lebanon’s impasse in agreeing a credible fiscal reform plan and deteriorating global market conditions means it may struggle to refinance key foreign currency debts coming due this year, unnerving overseas investors. Outright default can likely be averted in the short-term by a government financing maneuver involving the central bank and local banks, […]
DUSHANBE, Tajikistan — Islamic State militants have rioted at a prison at a high-security prison just outside the capital in Tajikistan, killing three prison guards and 29 inmates, the Justice Ministry said on Monday. The ministry said the riot broke out late Sunday at the prison in Vakhdat, about six miles east of the capital, […]
With senior leaders jailed or exiled, local and regional supporters of opposition report attacks and harassment. Phnom Penh, Cambodia – Nol Puthearith was a security guard at the headquarters of the Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP), and continued to watch over the building in the Cambodian capital even after the main opposition party itself was forcibly dissolved […]