SEOUL, South Korea — As if air travel did not have enough nuisances, some K-pop fans have invented a new one: They board planes just to get a closer look at their favorite stars and then disembark, canceling their flights just before the gate closes. Screaming fans jostling each other to take a peek at […]
SINGAPORE – A 17-year-old was arrested for drink driving on Wednesday morning (Dec 19) after he lost control of his car. The police were alerted to the accident which took place in Teck Whye Avenue towards Choa Chu Kang Road at 1.08am on Wednesday. According to Mr Deepan Raj, 44, who witnessed the accident, the […]
KUALA LUMPUR (AFP) – Goldman Sachs on Tuesday (Dec 18) accused the former Malaysian government and state fund 1MDB of lying to the bank, after Kuala Lumpur charged the Wall Street titan over a massive financial scandal. Malaysia’s attorney-general Monday filed criminal charges against the US bank and two of its ex-employees over the alleged […]
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia’s Saint-Petersburg Exchange saw the number of clients and volumes soar this year, helped by its service that allows investors trade in U.S. stock via the bourse. The number of client accounts had reached 46,000 in early December up from about 7,000 at the start of 2018. Turnover in November jumped to […]
SINGAPORE (Reuters) – Singapore’s central bank on Wednesday said it had issued a lifetime prohibition order against former Goldman Sachs’ (GS.N) banker Tim Leissner after he admitted to charges related to an investigation into scandal-plagued Malaysian state fund 1MDB. The ban is an upgrade of the Monetary Authority of Singapore’s 10-year prohibition order against Leissner […]
SINGAPORE – A 17-year-old was arrested for drink driving on Wednesday morning (Dec 19) after he lost control of his car. The police were alerted to the accident which took place in Teck Whye Avenue towards Choa Chu Kang Road at 1.08am on Wednesday. According to Mr Deepan Raj, 44, who witnessed the accident, the […]
A three-year-old girl is in a critical condition in a New Delhi hospital where she was admitted over the weekend after allegedly being raped by her 40-year-old neighbour. Officials yesterday said the girl’s condition was “serious” following surgery and doctors were unsure whether the infant would survive. “A three-year-old girl has been brutally raped in […]
SINGAPORE (Reuters) – The dollar languished close to one-week lows on Wednesday as investors wagered the Federal Reserve would slow the pace of U.S. monetary tightening after its keenly-watched policy meeting later in the day. The safe-haven yen and the Swiss franc held a firm tone in early Asian trade as an overnight plunge in […]
BEIJING – China has reportedly detained a third Canadian, following the arrest of a former diplomat and businessman that were widely seen as retaliatory moves against the arrest of Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou. Canada’s National Post reported a Global Affairs Canada official confirming that a third person has been detained by Chinese authorities, although the spokesman […]
COLOMBO (REUTERS) – Three lawmakers from Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena’s party defected to the government of Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe on Tuesday (Dec 18) after a dispute between the two leaders. The island nation was plunged into crisis in October after Sirisena replaced Wickremesinghe with former president Mahinda Rajapaksa, without the backing of Parliament, […]