A court in Pakistan has sentenced the country’s former military ruler, General Pervez Musharraf, to death. The sentence comes after a treason case related to the state of emergency he imposed in 2007 while in power, officials said. It is the first time in Pakistan’s history that a former army chief and ruler of the […]
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — After years of delays and disruptions, a special court in Pakistan on Tuesday sentenced the country’s former military dictator, Pervez Musharraf, to death in a treason case. But the sentence is more symbolic in nature, as Mr. Musharraf is currently in self-imposed exile in Dubai and is unlikely to return to the […]
LONDON (Reuters) – European shares paused after a record run on Tuesday as a sales warning from Unilever and concerns that Britain’s Prime Minister Boris Johnson could take a hard stance on the transition period for Brexit dented UK stocks. The FTSE 100 .FTSE slipped 0.2% by 0817 GMT, handing back gains after its strongest […]
TALLINN (Reuters) – The European Central Bank should have some flexibility around its inflation objective and could even consider targeting price growth in a band, Estonian central bank chief Madis Müller said on Tuesday. “One could imagine that under some circumstances we are OK with some flexibility around 2 percent, maybe bigger than so far,” […]
Good evening! Catch up on some of the main headlines on Tuesday, Dec 17. Part-time university, polytechnic students on bursaries to pay lower tuition fees from next year A photo taken on Dec 4, 2019, shows students in Singapore Polytechnic. The Ministry of Education said about 2,100 Singaporean part-time undergraduates and diploma students are expected […]
LONDON (Reuters) – European shares paused after a record run on Tuesday as a sales warning from Unilever and concerns that Britain’s Prime Minister Boris Johnson could take a hard stance on the transition period for Brexit dented UK stocks. The FTSE 100 .FTSE slipped 0.2% by 0817 GMT, handing back gains after its strongest […]
SINGAPORE – A lorry driver seen in a viral video having an altercation with a cyclist was convicted on Tuesday (Dec 17) of causing hurt to the latter by performing a rash act. District Judge Chay Yuen Fatt also found Teo Seng Tiong, 58, guilty of failing to report the accident to the police within […]
KUALA LUMPUR (REUTERS) – China has protested against Malaysia filing a submission with the United Nations last week seeking to establish the limits of Malaysia’s continental shelf in the northern part of the disputed South China Sea, the South China Morning Post reported on Tuesday (Dec 17). Under the United Nations Convention on the Law […]
General Pervez Musharraf, Pakistan’s former military leader, has been sentenced to death at a special court hearing in Islamabad. The three-member court sentenced him over a high treason charge that has been pending since 2013. Gen Musharraf seized power in a military coup in 1999 and served as the country’s president from 2001 to 2008. […]
SINGAPORE – As heavy rain fell on Singapore these past weeks, some shops have seen sales dip as fewer customers venture outdoors, while other businesses such as laundromats have thrived in the wet weather. One of those not happy with the rainy days is fruit seller Loo Jie Shen, 25, who said sales at the […]