SINGAPORE — China Evergrande inched closer on Friday to the potential default that investors fear as an interest deadline expired without any announcement from the property giant whose mountain of debt has spooked world markets.The company owes $305 bi…
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The Police arrested nine women, aged between 22 and 47, following enforcement operations on three massage establishments located at Little India, between 16 and 17 September 2021.During the operations, three outlets were purportedly found to be operati…
TOKYO, The ASEAN-Japan Centre (AJC) is pleased to announce the appointment of Mr. Kunihiko Hirabayashi as the Secretary General of the AJC in Tokyo as of September 1, 2021.Source: NAM NEWS NETWORK
GENEVA— Myanmar is facing the alarming prospect of an escalating civil war as an uprising against the military junta widens, the UN’s human rights chief warned on Thursday.Michelle Bachelet told the United Nations Human Rights Council that time was run…
KUALA LUMPUR— Saudi women have received significant attention under the Kingdom’s Vision 2030 to empower them in various fields.In an article made available to Bernama in conjunction with Saudi’s 91st National Day on Sept 23, the Media Affairs Departme…
JAKARTA– The last batch of 6,600 tonnes of rails, of the Jakarta-Bandung High Speed Railway (HSR), arrived at the Cilacap Port in Indonesia’s Central Java province, the railway’s operator said.A statement released by KCIC, a joint venture consortium be…
In an attempt to burnish its tarnished reputation in Washington, Cambodia’s government has agreed to pay $70,000 a month to a U.S. lobbying firm known for representing some of the world’s most notorious regimes, according to papers lodged with the U.S….
A U.S. magistrate has ordered Facebook to release records and deleted content which, he said, helped stoke attacks against Rohingya by Myanmar’s military including during a 2017 offensive that unleashed a massive exodus of refugees into Bangladesh. Zi…
Vietnam protested against a Chinese military transport mission in the disputed South China Sea last week, calling it a violation of Vietnam’s sovereignty, a spokesperson said on Thursday.Chinese state media reported that on Sept. 16, the People’s Liber…
A 39-year-old man will be charged on 23 September 2021 for his suspected involvement in money laundering and providing unlicensed cross border money transfer payment services.On 11 September 2020 at about 8.50pm, officers from Jurong Police Division co…