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Neymar’s rape accuser reveals details on TV
Brazilians for the first time heard from the woman yesterday, who says that football superstar Neymar sexually assaulted her at a Paris hotel. Extracts of a televised interview with Najila Trindade Mendes de Souza, the alleged victim, aired just one
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5G commercial licenses approved in China
BEIJING: China granted 5G commercial licences to four domestic companies, taking a big step in its bid to be a global leader in next generation wireless networks amid fierce rivalry from the United States. 5G is the next-generation cellular network
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World’s worst serial killers
MUNICH: Former German hospital nurse Niels Hoegel has claimed to have killed around 100 of his patients with drug overdoses, which would make him one of the world’s most prolific serial killers in recent history. The verdict in his trial
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US to sell arms to Taiwan, infuriates China
WASHINGTON: The US is planning to sell more than US$2 billion worth of tanks and weapons to Taiwan, four people familiar with the negotiations said, in a move likely to anger China as a trade war between the world’s two
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Prayuth remains as Thailand PM
BANGKOK: Junta leader, General Prayuth Chan-o-cha remains as Thailand’s prime minister, five years after he seized power in a military coup in 2014. The vote for the prime minister’s post yesterday saw Prayuth elected as the kingdom’s first civilian prime
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G20 to tackle US-China trade war, digital tax
Top financial policymakers from the world’s 20 most powerful nations gathered this weekend in Japan as a protracted US-China trade war clouds the global economy with no end in sight. G20 finance ministers and central bankers gathering in the southwestern
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Mixed reaction on free travel for women in Delhi
NEW DELHI: Delhi’s pledge to make public transport free for women received mixed reaction in India, with supporters hoping it entices more women into workforce and detractors calling it a sexist gimmick. In a nation of rapid economic change, more
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Tensed Ramadan in Xinjiang
The corner where Heyitkah Mosque in China’s restive Xinjiang region once hummed with life is now a concrete parking lot where all traces of the tall, domed building have been erased. While Muslims around the world celebrated the end of
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Saudi renovates Shiite Awamiya after crushing revolt
Strip malls and palm-dotted boulevards stand in the once bullet-scarred old quarter of Awamiya, a Shiite-majority town on Saudi Arabia’s oil-rich eastern coast where the long-planned facelift fuelled deadly clashes. Until a year ago, Musawara neighbourhood resembled a war zone
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Eid and Ramadan celebration in the world
In Syria, this year’s Eid – ul – Fitr celebration is even more significant as refugees who moved out to neighbouring Turkey are making their way back to their hometown such as in Aleppo after the downfall of the Islamic
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