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Hong Kong’s extradition bill is dead
Hong Kong CEO Carrie Lam said on Tuesday the extradition bill that sparked the territory’s biggest political crisis in decades was dead, admitting that the government’s work on the bill had been a “total failure”. The bill, which would have
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Oil prices dip due to trade tensions
TOKYO: Crude oil prices fell on Tuesday amid worries over the outlook for demand after the latest signs that international trade disputes have been dragging on the global economy, although tensions in the Middle East offered some support to prices.
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Deutsche Bank axes 18,000 staff across the world
Deutsche Bank laid off staff from Sydney to New York yesterday as it began to slash 18,000 jobs in a 7.4 billion euro (RM34.38 billion) ‘reinvention’ move that will lead to yet another annual loss, a plan that knocked its
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Couple wins ‘wife carrying’ championship, gets wife’s weight in beer as prize
A Lithuanian man and his wife have won the world ‘wife carrying’ title, leaping over timber and wading through waist-high water to beat dozens of other couples for a second year running. The prize is the wife’s weight in beer.
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US threatens Iran with more ‘isolation, sanctions’ for nuclear expansion
WASHINGTON: US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo yesterday warned that Iran’s move to raise its uranium enrichment concentration would result in ‘further isolation and sanctions’. Earlier in the day, Iran announced that it is raising its uranium enrichment concentration beyond
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Young girls enslaved in Bangladesh’s brothels
After five years in the brothel, Labonni stopped dreaming of being rescued. Ever since she had been sold to a madam at 13 years old, customers had promised to help her escape. None had followed through. Over time, their faces
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UK Ambassador: Trump administration is ‘dysfunctional’, ‘inept’
LONDON: Britain’s ambassador to the US described President Donald Trump’s administration as “dysfunctional”, “clumsy” and “inept”, the Mail on Sunday newspaper reported, citing a series of confidential memos. The report drew ire from Trump, who said the British ambassador, Kim
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‘Dead man’ wakes up at own funeral
NEW DELHI: A man who had been declared dead by doctors last Monday, July 1, woke up just right before his body was supposed to be buried. Upon seeing Mohammad Furqan’s body move during the funeral ceremony, his family immediately
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Brazil clinched Copa America, as expected
Brazil won the Copa America finals by defeating Peru 3-1 as expected since the teams faced off in the group match and Peru was thrashed 5-0. Everton Soares kickstarted the score for Brazil at the 15th minute from a pass
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Messi’s red card overshadows Argentina 2-1 win
Lionel Messi’s Argentina career began in 2005 with an absurd red card in a friendly against Hungary after he was adjudged to have thrown an elbow at a defender. Fourteen years later, equally bizarre circumstances saw him sent off for
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