SINGAPORE – A man held his son upside down by his leg and used a shirt hanger to repeatedly hit him, just because the nine-year-old boy made some mistakes in his homework. When the boy was finally released, he maintained he really did not know the answers. This angered his 35-year-old father, who kicked him […]
Singapore tells Malaysia to stop maritime intrusions; KL asserts port limits are within its waters Foreign Minister Vivian Balakrishnan stressed that there was an urgent need to avoid escalating tensions on the ground and to comply with international law. ST PHOTO: TK RAJU Singapore told Malaysia yesterday to stop its “provocative intrusions” into the Republic’s […]
PILIKAMBI, PAPUA NEW GUINEA (AFP) – Tribes in Papua New Guinea’s rough and rugged highlands have fought each other for centuries, but a recent influx of automatic weapons risks turning minor beefs into all-out war. Mr Israel Laki misses the old days – just a few years ago – when clansmen would settle fights in […]
Six United States Marines were missing and one person was rescued after two aircraft were involved in an accident off the coast of Japan early Thursday, the Marine Corps said. In a statement from the Marine base in Okinawa, officials said that two Marine aircraft, a KC-130 Hercules and an F/A-18 Hornet, were involved in […]
LONDON (Reuters) – Miners, autos, tech, and oil stocks surged on Monday, driving Europe’s main benchmarks up strongly after U.S. and Chinese leaders agreed a temporary truce in a trade war. U.S. President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping reached a truce at the G20 meeting on Saturday, halting additional tariffs and agreeing to […]
MANILA – A 77-year-old American priest was arrested in the Philippines on Wednesday (Dec 5) for allegedly molesting dozens of boys while serving for over three decades at a church in Biliran province, south of Manila. Agents from the US Department of Homeland Security and the Philippine Bureau of Immigration nabbed Kenneth Hendricks inside the […]
LONDON (Reuters) – Miners, autos, tech, and oil stocks surged on Monday, driving Europe’s main benchmarks up strongly after U.S. and Chinese leaders agreed a temporary truce in a trade war. U.S. President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping reached a truce at the G20 meeting on Saturday, halting additional tariffs and agreeing to […]
LONDON (Reuters) – Worries about U.S. bond markets signaling an impending recession, and a still rumbling trade war between the world’s top two economies, saw European shares sink further on Wednesday after a 3 percent drop on Wall Street the previous day. The pan-European STOXX 600 ended down 1.2 percent at its lowest level since […]
DUBAI (Reuters) – Dubai’s ruler has resisted efforts by Kuwait to release nearly $500 million in frozen funds at the heart of a money laundering probe straining relations between the two Gulf allies, according to correspondence seen by Reuters. The investigation is taking place as the United Arab Emirates tightens financial regulations to fight a […]
NEW YORK (Reuters) – The dollar steadied on Wednesday, as the boost to the euro and the yen from worries about a possible U.S. recession following an inversion in part of the U.S. Treasury yield curve faded. The greenback rose 0.32 percent against the Japanese yen and the euro gave up all its early gains […]