HONG KONG (BLOOMBERG) – China will not impose an anti-sanctions law on Hong Kong for now, local news organisation HK01 reported, a seemingly unusual backtrack from Beijing on a move that had alarmed businesses in the Asian financial hub. The decision to shelve the controversial law in the near term came after executives from Hong […]
KUALA LUMPUR – Dozens of influential Asians, including ruling party politicians, are among thousands of people around the world linked to offshore companies or trusts in the latest leak of confidential financial information dubbed the Pandora Papers. The nearly 3TB data dump by the Investigative Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ) is the network’s largest so […]
TOKYO – Singapore’s Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong has congratulated his Japanese counterpart, Mr Fumio Kishida, who was formally appointed on Monday (Oct 4). In a letter to Mr Kishida, Mr Lee noted that the two countries share a “very substantive agenda,” ranging from upholding the multilateral trade system and rules-based order, to areas like […]
SINGAPORE – It is not appropriate to classify civil servants as politically significant persons (PSPs) under the law to counter foreign interference, as they are non-political, said Law and Home Affairs Minister K. Shanmugam on Monday (Oct 4). Senior civil servants are also already subject to various rules and declaration requirements that are tighter than […]
Green Pulse Ep 59: COP26 @ Glasgow, the last chance climate saloon? 18:04 min Synopsis: Every first and third Monday of the month, The Straits Times analyses the beat of the changing environment, from biodiversity conservation to climate change. In less than two months, delegates from around the world will gather in Glasgow, Scotland, for […]
SINGAPORE – A man, 39, and a woman, 49, were arrested on Sunday (Oct 3) night for allegedly slashing another man in Yishun Avenue 6. The police said in a statement on Monday that they were alerted to the case at about 5.30pm on the day of the attack. The victim suffered several lacerations and […]
MANILA (REUTERS) – Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte’s daughter has no intention of joining her father’s party or being its flag-bearer, her spokesperson said on Monday (Oct 4), adding to the twists surrounding next year’s presidential election in the South-east Asian nation. Mr Duterte said on Sunday he will not run for office and that he […]
NEW DELHI (REUTERS) – Farmers in India vowed on Monday (Oct 4) to intensify their months-long protest against laws aimed at liberalising agriculture as tension flared a day after eight people were killed in clashes between growers and ruling party supporters. Four of the eight were killed when a car linked to a senior ruling […]
YANGON (AFP) – Ousted Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi’s health has suffered from her frequent appearances before a court run by the military junta that deposed her government, her lawyer said on Monday (Oct 4). Ms Suu Kyi went on trial in June, four months after she was taken into custody in a coup […]
FILE PHOTO: Japan’s Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister Taro Aso, wearing a protective face mask, delivers his policy speech at the opening of an ordinary session of the parliament in Tokyo, Japan January 18, 2021. REUTERS/Issei Kato/File PhotoTOKYO (Reuters) – Japan’s outgoing finance minister, Taro Aso, said on Monday he had proposed lowering the […]