Ministers, celebrities and magnates packed a temple in inner Bangkok yesterday as funeral rites began for Thai tycoon Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha, who died in a helicopter crash in Leicester, England, on Oct 27. Mourners at the elaborate, royally sponsored funeral spilled over into several sections of Wat Thepsirin, a century-old Buddhist temple. Among them were Deputy […]
CANBERRA (XINHUA) – Cave diver Richard Harris has been named South Australia’s Australian of the Year for his role in saving the Thai Wild Boars soccer team in July. Harris made international headlines after it was revealed that he was the last person to leave the flooded cave after helping rescue 12 boys and their soccer […]
LONDON (Reuters) – European shares ended a choppy session lower on Tuesday, failing to benefit from a positive open on Wall Street as they buckled under the weight of disappointing earnings and data showing the euro zone economy grew less than expected in the third quarter. The leading euro zone stocks index .STOXX50E was down […]
Divers have reported seeing the fuselage and engines of a crashed Lion Air plane on the seabed, and a ping locator has detected a signal which may be from the cockpit voice recorder, Indonesia’s search and rescue chief has said. The brand new Boeing 737 MAX 8 jet plunged into the Java Sea early on […]
Good morning! Here are our top stories to kick-start your Saturday, Nov 3. Rail network on course to meet reliability target: Khaw Boon Wan Transport Minister Khaw Boon Wan said that the 660,000 train-km achieved was “two-thirds” to his target of 1,000,000 train-km between delays by 2020. PHOTO: ST FILE At the seventh Joint […]
MILAN/LONDON (Reuters) – European shares hit a two-week high on Thursday as strong results from Dutch bank ING and UK telecoms group BT helped offset a disappointing update from Credit Suisse, and ASM International brought some cheer to chipmakers. The pan-European STOXX 600 hit a two-week high but then lost steam over the session, ending […]
JAKARTA (REUTERS) – The pilot of a Lion Air flight from Indonesia’s Bali island on Sunday (Oct 28) made a radio alert minutes after take-off due to technical problems, but they were overcome and he pushed on to Jakarta. The same jet crashed on another flight hours later, killing all 189 people on board. Mr […]
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SINGAPORE – A Facebook post by Ambassador-at-Large Tommy Koh accusing The Straits Times of “biased coverage” of a forum he took part in has generated plenty of discussion online, which turned at one point into a debate between him and former labour chief Lim Boon Heng on whether Singapore should have a minimum wage. In […]
Two journalists were killed in India within 24 hours of each other this week, highlighting the issue of safety for those who risk their lives to cover stories in the South Asian country. Mr Chandan Tiwari, 32, had told police in April that he received a death threat after writing reports on irregularities in a […]