Facebook has objected to a request from Gambia, which has accused Myanmar at the World Court of genocide against the Rohingya Muslim minority, to release posts and communications by members of Myanmar's military and police. The social media giant urged the US District Court for the District of Columbia on Tuesday (Aug 4) to reject the...
Police believe her boyfriend and two accomplices are responsible for death Police in Menghai county, Yunnan province, said on Tuesday that a female college student from Nanjing, Jiangsu province－who by Monday had been reported missing for 24 days－was killed by her boyfriend and two accomplices. The student, Li Qianyue, was lured by two of her boyfriend's friends...
Singapore has charged a director of Citadelle Corporate Services Pte Ltd for falsifying letters related to Wirecard, the collapsed German payments firm. R Shanmugaratnam was charged with “wilfully and with intent to defraud” falsifying letters from Citadelle to Wirecard representing that it held money in escrow accounts, though the accounts did not hold such balances, according...
Virgin Atlantic Airways Ltd is seeking protection from creditors in the United States under Chapter 15 of the US Bankruptcy Code, which allows a foreign debtor to shield assets in this country, according to a court filing on Tuesday. Virgin Atlantic’s filing in US bankruptcy court in the southern district of New York said it has negotiated...
China’s growing influence in Hollywood is forcing the US to grapple with fundamental questions involving values, artistic integrity and self-censorship as economic and political tensions rise between the two giants, film industry analysts say. US Attorney General William Barr last month assailed US media and entertainment companies for being too willing to collaborate with China. “I suspect...
A new coronavirus outbreak in Vietnam spread to two more provinces on Wednesday (Aug 5), the country's Health Minister said, as the Covid-19 task force declared the contagion "under control" in the central city where the outbreak began. Aggressive contact-tracing, targeted testing and strict quarantining had helped Vietnam contain earlier outbreaks, but it is now battling...
Different from most women in their 20s, Zhang Wanting chose to work with farmers instead of taking a position as a college lecturer after gaining her master's degree in finance from overseas. Now her eco farm has become one of the most famous agricultural tourist attractions in the city of Shenyang, Liaoning province, demonstrating the nation's...
Two residents of a flat in Compassvale were messaging some friends on WhatsApp amid the Covid-19 outbreak when one of them suggested having a social gathering at the unit. The court heard that Leong Chee Mun, 37, and his fiancee, Cassie Ong Shi Hong, 32, agreed to host the event at their home on May 8...
Criminal defence lawyer Charles Yeo has been appointed chairman of the Reform Party (RP), while oil and gas company director Mahaboob Batcha is the new party treasurer. The party announced the appointments in a Facebook post on Wednesday (Aug 5), which it said were part of party renewal following the recent general election. But the move has been...
A massive explosion of an ammonium nitrate fertiliser depot that rocked Lebanon’s capital city Beirut on Tuesday (4th August) evening has reportedly killed 73 people and injured nearly 4,000 locals. The blast not only caused destruction in the area, but also caused damage to several other buildings located a few kilometres from the location. Sadly, among...
