SINGAPORE – Three men were taken to court on Wednesday (May 15), as they are said to be the masterminds of a syndicated payment fraud ruse involving Grab’s carpooling service, GrabHitch. Ryan Wong Wei Zhi, 19, Chua Wei Beng, 21, and Kenneth Ho Hong Wei, 22, were each charged with one count of cheating. From […]
PHNOM PENH (AFP) – Eleven women allegedly paid to be surrogate mothers have been released on bail after agreeing to keep the babies, Cambodia’s trafficking czar said on Wednesday (May 15), as the country seeks to regulate the womb-for-hire trade. The women were charged in November with human trafficking and acting as intermediaries for surrogacy […]
YANGON (REUTERS) – A UN official has urged Myanmar to grant aid workers “predictable, sustained access” to Rakhine state, where fighting between government troops and rebels has displaced nearly 33,000 people since late last year, saying lack of aid has cost lives. Ursula Mueller, a UN assistant secretary-general for humanitarian affairs, said authorities had turned […]
BENGALURU (Reuters) – Japan’s SoftBank Group Corp has led an investment round of more than $200 million in online grocery startup Grofers India through its Vision Fund, the New Delhi-based company said on Wednesday, upping competition in a hotly chased market in the country. Grofers’ fresh funding comes after homegrown rival Bigbasket, which is backed […]
BEIJING – China’s top leader has hit back at the view that his country’s rivalry with United States is one of a clash between civilisations, a view that was floated recently by a senior US official. Speaking at the opening ceremony of a summit in Beijing to promote cooperation among Asian countries on Wednesday (May 15), Chinese […]
GAINDAWAS, India — Swati Yadav had lost count of the number of village campaign stops she had made since her morning began — was it 27, or 28? She was doggedly stumping for a parliamentary seat through 100-degree temperatures in the northern Indian state of Haryana this month. But the biggest struggle in many places […]
All the talk about The First Print exhibition has centred on the Sejarah Melayu. There are also other gems which are worth looking at. Some of the other highlights at the exhibition include the book, Singapura dilanggar Todak (garfish attack on Singapore). We have all read about this during our school days – the famous but […]
BEIJING — The trade dispute between the United States and China is escalating — and so is the war of words between the two countries. Nationalism has surged in China in recent days as the government seeks to portray China as a victim of American bullying. With trade talks stalled, Chinese commentators have taken aim […]
PUTRAJAYA – Malaysian lawmakers – including those in the opposition – may soon be legally required to declare all their assets, if measures proposed by a Cabinet select committee on Anti-Corruption are implemented. According to Malaysian media reports, Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad said on Tuesday (May 14) that the committee is proposing extending a requirement […]
NEW YORK (Reuters) – The euro slid against the dollar on Tuesday after Italy’s deputy prime minister said the country is ready to break European Union budget rules if necessary to spur employment. “If we need to break some limits, like the 3% (deficit-to-GDP ratio) or 130-140% (debt-to-GDP ratio), we’re ready to go ahead. Until […]