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Reform UK wins first seat in 2024 UK election
LONDON (Reuters): Nigel Farage's Reform UK party won its first parliamentary seat in the British election on Friday, with Lee Anderson retaining a seat he had won in 2019 when he was a member of the Conservative Party.
Anderson defected to…
S. Korea to provide US$18bil support for debt-laden small business owners in H2
SEOUL: The South Korean government has unveiled a set of economic measures for the second half, focusing on helping small business owners grappling with debt as the economy continues to show uneven recovery.
President Yoon Suk Yeol…
Ex-managing director in S’pore gets over 8 years’ jail after cheating firm of more than S$1m
SINGAPORE: A managing director at a firm providing scaffolding services worked with his accomplices to cheat it out of more than S$1 million after he became saddled with gambling debts totalling around S$100,000.
Cheng Swee Guan used to be…
Letupan gas di Turkiye korbankan 5 mangsa, puluhan lagi cedera
ISTANBUL: Letupan gas di sebuah restoran di barat Turkiye menyebabkan sekurang-kurangnya lima mangsa terkorban dan mencederakan lebih 57 yang lain, kata Menteri Dalam Negeri, Ali Yerlikaya, pada Ahad.
Menurut kenyataan menteri terbabit di…
Thailand braces for court cases amid risk of political crisis
BANGKOK (Reuters) - Four high-profile cases involving key political players in Thailand are scheduled to go before the courts on Tuesday, in the latest legal wrangling that could see Southeast Asia's second-largest economy plunged into a…
Four convicted of selling celebrities’ flight details in China
SHANGHAI: A court in Shanghai has found four people guilty of selling entertainment stars' personal information, including flight itineraries and ID card numbers, the Shanghai High People's Court said on Tuesday (June 11).
They sold…
US wishes India luck with ‘structural issues’ in strained China ties
WASHINGTON: The United States wishes India well in its efforts to improve strained ties with China, the number two US diplomat said on Wednesday (June 12), while cautioning that Chinese leader Xi Jinping finds it very hard to show any…
TNI sedia 4 batalion untuk misi pengaman Gaza
JAKARTA: Indonesia akan mempersiapkan briged empat batalion selaku pasukan pengaman ke Gaza jika menerima mandat Pertubuhan Bangsa-Bangsa Bersatu (PBB)
Panglima Angkatan Pertahanan Indonesia (TNI), Jeneral Agus Subiyanto, berkata empat…
Czech train crash kills four, injures more than 20
PRAGUE (Reuters) -Four people died and more than 20 were injured when a passenger train collided with a freight train in the Czech city of Pardubice late on Wednesday, emergency and government officials said.
At least 20 people suffered…
South Korea plans to convene UN meeting on North Korea rights abuses
SEOUL: South Korea plans to convene in mid-June a public United Nations Security Council meeting on human rights abuses in North Korea, Seoul's UN envoy said on June 3 (Monday), a move that is likely to anger Pyongyang and face opposition…