Tigress run over with tractor in revenge for man’s death two days after another tigress was shot by forest officials. Villagers in northern India beat and crushed a tigress to death with a tractor after the feline killed a man, forest officials said. The incident came days after forest officials shot dead another tigress known […]
JAKARTA/WASHINGTON (REUTERS) – Indonesian accident investigators said an airspeed indicator of a Boeing Co 737 Max plane that crashed last week was damaged for its last four flights, but the US authorities responded cautiously to suggestions of fleet-wide checks. The damage on a Lion Air jet that crashed into the sea, killing all 189 aboard, […]
BANGKOK – Myanmar’s general election in 2020 will likely be a flashpoint for hate speech and harassment, and Facebook should prepare now for these drastic scenarios, warns a new report on the impact of the social media giant on human rights. The independent study, conducted by the non-profit organisation Business for Social Responsibility (BSR), was […]
Reinforcements sent to the site in Ghanzi province were repeatedly ambushed along the way, officials said. A Taliban attack on a checkpoint in the eastern province of Ghazni has killed at least 13 soldiers and policemen, officials said. Afghan reinforcements were dispatched to the site after Monday’s attack in Khogyani district – located on the […]
JAKARTA (AFP) – A shallow 5.1-magnitude earthquake rocked Indonesia’s Sulawesi island on Tuesday (Nov 6), the US Geological Survey said. The quake struck 11 kilometres east of Mamasa in west Sulawesi at 2.35 am, according to USGS. No tsunami warning was issued. It comes after a 7.5-magnitude quake and a subsequent tsunami razed swathes of […]
LONDON (Reuters) – Europe’s top banks may have survived a milestone test of their resilience but strengthened balance sheets count for little when they generate such meager returns compared with U.S. rivals, investors say. The European Banking Authority stress test results on Friday showed the sector in reasonable financial health, with a clean sweep of […]
COLOMBO (AFP) – Thousands of supporters of former Sri Lankan president Mahinda Rajapakse headed for the capital on Monday (Nov 5) to rally in support of his controversial nomination as prime minister, as a political crisis deepened. The island nation has been gripped by constitutional turmoil since President Maithripala Sirisena sacked his former ally, prime […]
SHENZHEN, China — Shortly after taking over as China’s leader, Xi Jinping made a pilgrimage to lay a wreath at a large bronze monument to one of his predecessors, the man credited with ushering in the country’s new era of capitalist prosperity 40 years ago, Deng Xiaoping. Mr. Xi’s gesture here in the southern city […]
LONDON (Reuters) – The boss of Japan’s Takeda Pharmaceutical (4502.T) said on Monday he was confident of securing investor backing for its $62 billion acquisition of London-listed Shire (SHP.L), despite some shareholders’ fears about the resulting debt burden. Buoyed by a strong set of quarterly results last week – helped by strong demand for its […]
SHANGHAI (REUTERS) – Chinese President Xi Jinping promised on Monday (Nov 5) to lower tariffs, broaden market access and import more from overseas at the start of a trade expo designed to demonstrate goodwill amid mounting frictions with the United States and others. The Nov 5 to 10 China International Import Expo, or CIIE, brings […]