A 7.5 magnitude quake has struck close to New Caledonia in the Pacific, with a tsunami alert issued for coasts within 1,000km (620 miles). The quake struck at a depth of about 10km at 04:18 GMT, the US Geological Survey reports. The epicentre was recorded as 168km east-south-east of Tadine, a town on one of […]
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Indonesian unions have reached a deal with bosses of US-owned firm Freeport to end a strike at one of the world’s biggest copper mines. Thousands of workers, who are paid on average $1.50 (£0.94) an hour, walked out a week ago demanding better wages. Unions say the strike paralysed operations at Papua province’s Grasberg facility, […]
SINGAPORE – The Ministry of Transport on Tuesday (Dec 4) released documents on the Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore’s (CAAS) consultations with its Malaysian counterpart on the proposed Instrument Landing System (ILS) procedures for Seletar Airport. The ministry said it was releasing three documents, which date back to December 2017, in response to media queries. […]
SINGAPORE – Many countries in the world tax pre-packed drinks that are high in sugar as a way to cut the sugar consumption by their people. These include neighbours in the region such as Brunei and Thailand. One of the earliest to do so is Finland, which has taxed sugar-sweetened drinks since the 1940s. The […]
TOKYO (Reuters) – Nearly 3,000 foreign workers subcontracted to Sharp Corp have been laid off in central Japan, a labor union said, as the firm moves production of some sensors for Apple iPhones to a Chinese plant owned by its parent Foxconn. The labor union said some of the laid off workers were its members. […]
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – The European Union commissioner for economic affairs said on Tuesday the EU executive was waiting for concrete and “credible” moves from Italy to revise its draft 2019 budget that is now in breach of EU rules. Pierre Moscovici said talks with Rome were now proceeding at an intense pace, but stressed that […]
PHNOM PENH (REUTERS) – Cambodia’s Parliament is reviewing a five-year ban on more than 100 members of the main opposition party, which could allow them to return to politics, following threats by the European Union to deny duty-free trading access to the South-east Asian nation. The EU last month began a formal procedure to strip […]
COLOMBO (BLOOMBERG) – Sri Lanka’s Court of Appeal issued an interim order preventing newly appointed prime minister Mahinda Rajapaksa and his government’s ministers from exercising powers until it hears a petition challenging their authority. The court issued its order on Monday (Dec 3) after 122 members of Sri Lanka’s Parliament, who are allied with ousted […]
Three men have been held in connection with the killing of a police officer in mob violence over alleged cow slaughter in India’s Uttar Pradesh state. Police are looking for 24 others suspected to be involved in the murder in Bulandshahr district on Monday. Subodh Kumar Singh died when right-wing Hindu groups clashed with police […]