ezjili Some Japanese firms in China offer to send staff home after stabbing, employees say
2024-10-08BEIJING: Some Japanese companies in China have offered to send their staff and their families back home after a 10-year-old Japanese boy was fatally stabbed in the Chinese city of Shenzhenezjili, a Japanese executive and employees of Japanese firms
peso 888 Polls close in first Sri Lanka election since economic collapse that ousted president
2024-10-08COLOMBO: Cash-strapped Sri Lanka voted for its next president on Saturday (Sep 21) in an effective referendum on an unpopular International Monetary Fund austerity plan enacted after the island nation's unprecedented financial crisis. Turnout was at
JAKARTA: New Zealand pilot Phillip Mehrtens has been released from captivity by rebels in Indonesia's restive region of Papua and was in good health despite the 19-month-long ordeal, Indonesian and New Zealand authorities said Saturday (Sep 21). Meh
go777 Malaysia arrests 155 more suspects in child abuse probe, 19 minors rescued in Melaka
2024-10-08KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysian police detained another 155 suspects in the investigation into alleged child abuse at care homes linked to a Muslim conglomerate.go777 A total of 77 women were among those arrested on Saturday (Sep 21) during raids on 82 welf
COLOMBO: Sri Lanka imposed a night curfew across the country Saturday (Sep 21) despite a peaceful presidential election that is effectively a referendum on an unpopular IMF bailout.777rainbow Police announced the eight-hour curfew shortly after the
22fun 7 teenagers found dead in Bekasi river could have drowned fleeing arrest, say Jakarta police
2024-10-08BEKASI, Indonesia: Residents of a housing complex near the Bekasi River, just outside Jakarta, met an unpleasant shock on Sunday (Sep 22) after they discovered seven bodies floating behind a mosque. According to police, the bodies are believed to b
SINGAPORE: As a Chinese-funded upgrade of a naval base in Cambodia inches closer to completion, recent confirmation that Beijing will gift two warships to Phnom Penh has stirred further suspense and questions over China’s intent, and the role it wan
A sinkhole opened up in front of the Kuala Lumpur International Airport’s (KLIA) VIP complex in Malaysia on Wednesday (Sep 25).2kbet The hole, measuring about 5m across with a depth of 1m, appeared near the entrance of the Bunga Raya complex. On-sit
hondawin Safety measures in place, but expert sees greater risk of sinkholes with climate change
2024-10-08SINGAPORE: It happened in Malaysiahondawin, but the question also arose in Singapore: Are we at risk from sinkholes? And almost three weeks after a tourist in Kuala Lumpur fell eight metres as the earth opened under her, Singapore’s Building and Con
