NEW YORK (Reuters) – The dollar rallied on Tuesday, making the largest daily percentage gain in two weeks, as a sell-off in world stock markets spurred safe-haven bids and investors worried about slowing global growth. “The rout in the stock market has hit extra hard and the dollar is gaining on a safe-haven bid at […]
Since becoming China’s leader in 2012, Xi Jinping has overseen a vast and ruthless anti-corruption drive in which more than a million officials have been disciplined. A BBC study has found that more than 170 ministers and deputy minister-level officials have been sacked and many jailed under Mr Xi, accused of charges such as corruption, […]
SINGAPORE – The Our Tampines Hub Hawker Centre (OTH) – the only one out of 114 here to operate round the clock – will not have any of its current 42 hawkers serving food and drinks in the wee hours from next January. The remaining 13 hawkers that had been operating 24 hours daily at […]
Attacker detonates explosives at wedding hall where hundreds of religious figures marked Prophet Muhammad’s birthday. Dozens of people have been killed in a powerful suicide bomb blast that targeted a large gathering of top religious figures in Afghanistan’s capital, Kabul, according to officials. Wahid Majroh, health ministry spokesperson, said Tuesday’s blast killed at least 40 people […]
At least 40 people have been killed in a suicide bomb attack on a hall in the Afghan capital, Kabul, officials say. At least 60 people were also injured as religious scholars met at the Uranus hall in PD15 district to mark the birthday of the Prophet Muhammad. It was one of the deadliest attacks […]
JAKARTA (THE JAKARTA POST/ASIA NEWS NETWORK) – Floods have forced a herd of 11 wild elephants to flee their natural habitat and enter plantation areas located near a residential compound in Tapung district, Kampar regency, Riau province. The elephants had reportedly eaten and destroyed a cassava plantation, young oil palms and other plants before they […]
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – White House Economic Adviser Larry Kudlow told reporters on Tuesday the next phase of U.S. tax reform will not happen during the final months of 2018, the “lame duck” period when Republicans will still control Congress. A follow-up to Republicans’ 2017 tax overhaul could be passed in the new session of Congress […]
A dead sperm whale that washed ashore in a national park in Indonesia had nearly 6kg (13 lbs) of plastic waste in its stomach, park officials say. Items found included 115 drinking cups, four plastic bottles, 25 plastic bags and two flip-flops. The carcass of the 9.5m (31ft) mammal was found in waters near Kapota […]
SINGAPORE – He was 10 years old when his mother showed him her cut wrists, gave him a pen knife and asked him to do the same to his. “I didn’t know what to do. I was very scared, so I started crying,” said Mr Lim Bo Zhi, now 24. “After a while, she ended […]
A 10-year-old girl has been her mother’s primary caregiver for the past four years since a brain haemorrhage left her mother with severe memory loss and a child’s intelligence. Since she was six, Cai Cheng Cheng has been helping her mother Chen Li with physiotherapy and other daily exercises, according to Chengdu Business News. The […]