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The verdict in Pritam Singh's trial comes as Singapore is gearing up for its next general election
Singapore opposition leader Pritam Singh guilty of lying to parliament
SINGAPORE — Singapore's opposition leader Pritam Singh has been found guilty of lying under oath to a parliamentary committee.The charges against Singh relate to his handling of Raeesah Khan, a former lawmaker from his party, who lied to parliament in a separate case.The verdict in this high-profile trial comes as Singapore is gearing up for its next general election, which must be held by November. Singh's Workers' Party holds nine out of 87 elected seats in parliament.In Singapore, any MP can lose their seat or be barred from running for office for five years if they are fined at least S$10,000 ($7,440; £5,925) or jailed for more than a year.District Judge Luke Tan, who delivered the verdict on Monday to a packed courtroom — live streamed to more members of the press —...
February 17, 2025

Singapore opposition leader Pritam Singh guilty of lying to parliament

A foreign worker waves to the camera after his release from a scam centre on the Thai-Myanmar border
Hundreds of foreigners freed from Myanmar's scam centers
BANGKOK — More than 250 people from 20 nationalities who had been working in telecom fraud centers in Myanmar's Karen State have been released by an ethnic armed group and brought to Thailand.The workers, more than half of whom were from African or Asian nations, were received by the Thai army, and are being assessed to find out if they were victims of human trafficking.Last week Thai Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra met Chinese leader Xi Jinping and promised to shut down the scam centers that have proliferated along the Thai-Myanmar border.Her government has stopped access to power and fuel from the Thai side of the border, and toughened up banking and visa rules to try to prevent scam operators from using Thailand as a transit country for moving workers and cash.Some...
February 13, 2025

Hundreds of foreigners freed from Myanmar's scam centers

Australia said a Chinese J-16 jet was involved in an unsafe and unprofessional interaction before an Australian military's P-8A aircraft
Australia accuses China of 'unsafe' fighter jet move
SYDNEY — A Chinese fighter jet released flares in front of an Australian military aircraft while flying over the South China Sea early this week, authorities in Canberra have said.Australia's defense ministry said it "expressed concerns" to its Chinese counterparts over the "unsafe and unprofessional interaction".No one was injured and there was no damage to Australia's P-8A surveillance jet after Tuesday's incident, the ministry said.But China said the Australian aircraft "intentionally intruded" into its airspace and that the Chinese fighter jet responded in a "legitimate, lawful, professional, and restrained" manner.This is the latest in a string of encounters between the two countries' militaries in the region, where China's...
February 13, 2025

Australia accuses China of 'unsafe' fighter jet move

Last year's violence was the worst Bangladesh had seen since its 1971 war of independence
Crackdown on Bangladesh protesters may be crime against humanity, UN says
DHAKA — Former Bangladesh prime minister Sheikh Hasina and her government tried to cling on to power using systematic, deadly violence against protesters that could amount to "crimes against humanity", the UN has said.UN human rights investigators accused the deposed government of a brutal response to mass opposition last year, in which they said up to 1,400 people had been killed, mostly by security forces.The UN team said "an official policy to attack and violently repress anti-government protesters" had been directed by political leaders and senior security officials.Hasina, who had been in office for 15 years, fled by helicopter to India shortly before crowds stormed her residence last August.The unrest began as student-led protests against quotas in civil service...
February 12, 2025

Crackdown on Bangladesh protesters may be crime against humanity, UN says

Police and the state's healthcare watchdog are investigating the incident
Australian nurses suspended over 'vile' video
SYDNEY — Two Australian nurses have been suspended after a video appeared to show them threatening to kill Israeli patients and boasting about refusing to treat them.The man and woman — both employees at a Sydney hospital — are now being investigated by police, officials in New South Wales (NSW) said.State Health Minister Ryan Park said that a "thorough investigation" would be carried out to make sure there had been "no adverse [patient] outcomes", but that a "rapid" examination of hospital records had not turned up anything unusual.Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese condemned the video as "sickening and shameful" after it began circulating online.It comes less than a week after Australia passed tougher laws against hate crimes...
February 12, 2025

Australian nurses suspended over 'vile' video

China has emerged as one of the world's largest players in the global generic pharmaceutical market
'Ineffective' generic drugs fuel rare public anger in China
BEIJING — Public anger in China over concerns raised by doctors that generic drugs used in public hospitals are increasingly ineffective has led to a rare response from the government.Doctors say they believe the country's drug procurement system, which incentivizes the use of cheap generic drugs over original brand-name pharmaceuticals, has led to costs being cut at the expense of people's safety.But officials, quoted by multiple state media outlets on Sunday, say the issue is one of perception rather than reality.One report said different people simply had different reactions to medicines and that claims about them being ineffective had "mostly come from people's anecdotes and subjective feelings".The official response has done little to allay public fears over...
February 12, 2025

'Ineffective' generic drugs fuel rare public anger in China

The Mae La refugee camp houses around 37,000 Karen refugees fleeing armed conflict and ethnic persecution in Myanmar
Trump’s foreign aid freeze: Patients lifted from hospital beds risk death in Thailand
MAE SOT, Thailand — Plastic tubes meander from Rosella’s nose to a nearby oxygen tank that’s bigger than she is, as she flicks through a book of her drawings: a flower, a house, a chicken.The 9-year-old needs non-stop medical attention for the bone condition she was born with that has left her ribs pushing dangerously on her lungs, one of which is not working as it should.“She cannot breathe properly,” her mother, Rebecca, 27, tells CNN via video call. “She needs a constant supply of oxygen.” But she doesn’t know how long it will last.Rosella and her mother are refugees living in one of nine remote camps dotted along Thailand’s mountainous border with Myanmar.About 100,000 people live in the camps, having fled decades of fighting between the Myanmar military and ethnic...
February 12, 2025

Trump’s foreign aid freeze: Patients lifted from hospital beds risk death in Thailand

The sinkhole in Yashio city is believed to be caused by a sewer rupture
Japan truck found in pipe weeks after falling in sinkhole
TOKYO — A truck cabin that was swallowed by a sinkhole in Japan two weeks ago has been located in a nearby sewer pipe, authorities say.Drone images suggest that a human body is inside the cabin, but it is unclear if it is that of the truck's missing 74-year-old driver.The sinkhole, which now measures 40m (131ft) in diameter, opened at a road intersection in Yashio city near Tokyo. It is believed to be caused by a sewer rupture.Search teams are unable to enter the 5m-wide pipe due to continuous water flow and high levels of hydrogen sulfide or sewer gas, Saitama Governor Motohiro Ono said.They will need to install a temporary bypass pipe to stop the water flow and access the truck. That process could take three months, Ono said.While rescuers were able to pull the truck's loading...
February 12, 2025

Japan truck found in pipe weeks after falling in sinkhole

Narendra Modi at the Artificial Intelligence Action Summit in Paris on Tuesday
Trade, tariffs and visas to dominate Trump-Modi talks
WASHINGTON — When Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi visits Washington and meets President Donald Trump later this week, there will be some warm hugs and shared laughs. But that will not be all.Trump and Modi have developed a strong personal rapport over the years, marked by high-profile meetings and joint appearances.Since their first meeting in Washington in 2017, their bond has grown through other events, including joint appearances at massive rallies in Houston and Ahmedabad. Their chemistry stems from shared worldviews and politics and a mutual strategic focus on countering China, a concern that has also strengthened the broader US-India partnership.Not surprisingly, Trump has often criticized India, but he has never criticized Modi.And so, during Modi's visit, the two leaders...
February 12, 2025

Trade, tariffs and visas to dominate Trump-Modi talks

The Cook Islands is the latest Pacific country to strengthen its ties with China
New Zealand and Cook Islands fall out over China deal
WELLINGTON — New Zealand has accused the Cook Islands government of a lack of transparency over its plans to strike a partnership deal with China.The tiny Pacific Island nation's leader, Mark Brown, is this week making his country's first ever state visit to Beijing in order to sign the agreement.However, New Zealand says it was not properly consulted over the plans, leading to what Prime Minister Christopher Luxon has described as a "dispute".The Cook Islands is hugely reliant on New Zealand under a longstanding "free association" agreement that provides it with defence and financial support. China's growing influence in the Pacific has challenged the US and its allies, who have held sway for years."We value our partnership with New Zealand and we...
February 11, 2025

New Zealand and Cook Islands fall out over China deal

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