NEW DELHI (BLOOMBERG) – India’s Minister of Information Technology Ravi Shankar Prasad accused some Facebook Inc employees of blocking right-wing views in the nation, escalating a battle over content moderation in the social media company’s largest market by users. Mr Prasad made the allegations in a letter to Facebook Chief Executive Officer Mark Zuckerberg on […]
NEW DELHI (BLOOMBERG) – India’s Minister of Information Technology Ravi Shankar Prasad accused some Facebook Inc employees of blocking right-wing views in the nation, escalating a battle over content moderation in the social media company’s largest market by users. Mr Prasad made the allegations in a letter to Facebook Chief Executive Officer Mark Zuckerberg on […]
PHNOM PENH (REUTERS) – The Khmer Rouge commander known as “Comrade Duch”, Pol Pot’s premier executioner and security chief who oversaw the mass murder of at least 14,000 Cambodians at the notorious Tuol Sleng prison, died on Wednesday (Sept 2). He was 77. Duch, whose real name is Kaing Guek Eav, was the first member […]
BANGKOK (BLOOMBERG) – Thailand has reported zero locally-transmitted Covid-19 cases for 100 days in a row, joining a small group of places like Taiwan where the pathogen has been virtually eliminated. The Southeast Asian country hasn’t recorded any community transmission since May 26, data from the Health Ministry on Wednesday (Sept 2) showed. Authorities are […]
* Rupiah falls on worry over BI independence, debt monetisation * Parliament considers proposal giving govt more authority over BI (Adds comments, market movement) By Gayatri Suroyo and Fransiska Nangoy JAKARTA, Sept 2 (Reuters) – Bank Indonesia intervened to smooth volatility in the rupiah on Wednesday, as the currency came under pressure on worries about […]
SEOUL (REUTERS) – Masses of North Korean troops and vehicles have been practising for a major military parade despite the country’s ongoing coronavirus restrictions, satellite imagery released by a US think-tank shows. Commercial satellite imagery analysed by 38 North, a think-tank that specialises in North Korea, showed formations of troops and vehicles at the Mirim […]
SINGAPORE – An Indonesian maid who killed an elderly couple in 2017 claimed she had only wanted to run away, and that the double murders happened during a scuffle. Khasanah, who goes by only one name, told Indonesian police in the course of their investigation that she had been unhappy working for Madam Chin Sek […]
SINGAPORE – An Indonesian maid who killed an elderly couple in 2017 claimed she had only wanted to run away, and that the double murders happened during a scuffle. Khasanah, who goes by only one name, told Indonesian police in the course of their investigation that she had been unhappy working for Madam Chin Sek […]
SINGAPORE – A 64-year-old man was charged on Wednesday (Sept 2) over the Lucky Plaza crash that killed two domestic helpers in December last year. Malaysian Chong Kim Hoe is now facing three charges for dangerous driving. The Singapore permanent resident is said to have engaged the accelerator as he was making a U-turn, while driving along […]
SINGAPORE – A 45-year-old man who was originally sentenced to five years’ jail and six strokes of the cane for molesting a married woman he invited to his home was acquitted on Tuesday (Sept 1) after his appeal to the High Court. Mr Chen Benzhong, a photographer, was charged with hugging the 39-year-old woman and […]