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Japan cancels flights, orders evacuations as record rains lash Kagoshima
TOKYO, Aug 8 — Japan’s weather agency issued a special heavy rain alert for the southern region of Kagoshima on Friday, warning “lives are at risk”. The deluge follows a period of punishing heat in many parts of Japan, with
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‘Free Palestine’ slogans, red paint deface Israeli airline office in Paris as France moves to recognise Palestine
PARIS, Aug 8 — Red paint and slogans were daubed at the entry to the offices of national Israeli airline El Al in Paris, with Israel Thursday urging French authorities to take action over the “barbaric act”. Anti-Israel and pro-Palestinian
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Netanyahu outlines post-war Gaza plans amid famine fears
JERUSALEM, Aug 8 — Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Thursday Israel plans to take full control of Gaza but does not intend to govern it, as he convened his security cabinet to discuss updated plans 22 months into the
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UK homelessness minister Rushanara Ali quits after report of £700 rent hike on London house
LONDON, Aug 8 — Britain’s minister for dealing with homelessness, Rushanara Ali, resigned from the government on Thursday after it was revealed that she had considerably hiked the rent at a property she owns. “It is with a heavy heart
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Trump teases cash ‘dividend’ to Americans from tariffs, but who foots the bill as US debt soars?
WASHINGTON, Aug 8 — If Donald Trump is to be believed, millions of Americans could receive a financial slice of the fortunes generated by the US president’s sweeping tariffs. But the eyebrow-raising suggestion from a leader with a flair for
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Singapore lifts 16-year ban on new nightlife spots at Boat Quay, Clarke Quay with 4am licence boost
SINGAPORE, Aug 8 — Restaurant-bars, pubs, bars and nightclubs in the Boat Quay and Clarke Quay area will be able to apply for extended liquor licences till 4am on Thursdays and Fridays from August 18. The year-long pilot programme is
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Taiwan crisis drill exposes South-east Asia weak spots, counting on Singapore rescue
TAIPEI, Aug 8 — The exercise presented a fraught scenario: China’s military had blockaded Taiwan by air and sea, and Southeast Asian countries were grappling with how to evacuate as many as 1 million of their nationals trapped on the
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Singapore court reserves judgment on Malaysian death-row inmate Pannir Selvam’s post-appeal application
SINGAPORE, Aug 8 — Malaysian death-row inmate Pannir Selvam Pranthaman gained reprieve when the Singapore Court of Appeal reserved its judgment, following the second hearing on his post-appeal application held on Wednesday. The Singapore Ministry of Home Affairs’ (MHA) policy
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Luxury cars among vehicles seized in Seremban for unpaid road tax, lack of insurance
KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 8 — Authorities in Negri Sembilan seized five luxury vehicles during their latest operation for not having valid road tax and insurance coverage. The state Road Transport Department (JPJ) has also impounded a total of 10 high-end
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Court fines contractor RM15,000 after three workers electrocuted during solar lamp installation in Ranau
KOTA KINABALU, Aug 8 — A contractor was fined RM15,000, in default 12 months’ jail, by the Sessions Court here for installing a solar lamp near a high-voltage electricity installation, which resulted in the deaths of three workers. E. Royston
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