BEIJING (REUTERS) – China denounced the United States on Monday (May 6) for accusing it of operating concentration camps for Muslims in its far western region of Xinjiang, saying the accusations were divorced from reality. Mr Randall Schriver, who leads Asia policy at the US Defence Department, said last week that China had put more […]
SINGAPORE – In his younger days, Mr Chia Wang Chong would dab a bit of Florida Water cologne – a cheaper alternative to French perfumes – on his neck before going out after a hard day of menial work. For Mr Chia, now 71, the familiar sight of the Florida Water label brings back warm […]
KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) – Malaysia has extradited a former Goldman Sachs banker to the United States for 10 months to face criminal charges linked to a multibillion-dollar scandal at state fund 1MDB, its attorney general said on Monday. Malaysian Roger Ng has been detained in Kuala Lumpur since Nov. 1, after the U.S. Department of […]
SYDNEY (AFP) – Australia’s outspoken former prime minister Paul Keating has launched an extraordinary attack on the country’s tops spies, branding them “nutters” who had gone “berko” over the threat from China. Just weeks before a national election, the opposition Labor Party was on Monday (May 6) forced to distance itself from its former talisman’s […]
KUALA LUMPUR – Malaysia’s first woman Chief Justice took her oath of office before the King on Monday (May 6). Datuk Tengku Maimun Tuan Mat, who will be 60 in July, was presented with the instrument of appointment by Sultan Abdullah Ri’ayatuddin at the national palace Istana Negara, Bernama news agency reported. The ceremony was […]
SINGAPORE (Reuters) – Oil prices tumbled on Monday after U.S. President Donald Trump said he would sharply hike tariffs on Chinese goods this week, risking the derailment of trade talks between the world’s two biggest economies. U.S. West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude futures were at $60.57 per barrel at 0646 GMT on Monday, down $1.37 […]
PUTRAJAYA (THE STAR/ASIA NEWS NETWORK) – There will be no Cabinet reshuffle, says Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad on Monday (May 6) as Pakatan Harapan heads into its first year of holding the federal reins. “I don’t see any reason why I need to restructure the Cabinet. There will be no reshuffle,” he told […]
They came – some alone, others with their family – dressed in the brightest hue of yellow possible that matched the fluttering flags and freshly painted kerbs. Thousands of Thais from across the country descended on inner Bangkok yesterday to catch sight of newly anointed King Maha Vajiralongkorn in a symbolic procession around the capital. […]
SINGAPORE (THE NEW PAPER) – A third Peeping Tom incident has been reported at the Nanyang Technological University (NTU) in as many weeks. A WhatsApp message circulating among students and seen by The New Paper said the latest incident happened at about 10.15pm on May 1 in the women’s toilet on the third storey of […]
Brunei’s Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah has halted plans to impose the death penalty for gay sex, seeking to temper a global backlash led by celebrities such as George Clooney and Elton John. The small Southeast Asian country sparked an outcry when it rolled out its interpretation of Islamic laws, or sharia, on April 3, punishing sodomy, […]