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Rupert Murdoch: Billionaire mogul at the helm of a global media empire
Rupert Murdoch stepped down as the chairman of Fox Corp and News Corp on Thursday, ending a long reign that saw him develop and lead a global media empire
21 September 2023, 16:09 PM
Media mogul Rupert Murdoch hands over empire to son Lachlan
Rupert Murdoch will step down as chairman of his global media empire, handing the post to son Lachlan, Fox Corp and News Corp announced Thursday
21 September 2023, 13:28 PM
Associate of Sikh separatist leader shot dead in Canada
An alleged gangster and associate of a leader of the Sikh separatist outfit based in Canada has been shot dead by unidentified gunmen belonging to a rival gang in Winnipeg, Indian media reported today
21 September 2023, 08:41 AM
Cash, assets seized in S’pore money laundering case now worth over S$2.4b
The police have taken control of more than S$2.4 billion worth of assets in Singapore's worst money laundering case
21 September 2023, 04:44 AM
Venezuela civic space crackdown ‘intensifying’: UN probe
Venezuela’s government has been intensifying efforts to reduce civic and democratic space, UN experts said yesterday, voicing alarm at the situation in the run-up to elections next year.
20 September 2023, 18:00 PM
Scientists rediscover small Brazil tree, 185 years on
A species of small holly tree that was last seen nearly two centuries ago and was feared extinct has been rediscovered pluckily clinging to life in an urban area in northeastern Brazil, scientists said Tuesday.
20 September 2023, 18:00 PM
Azerbaijan halts Karabakh operation as separatists vow to disarm
Azerbaijan today announced it had halted its military operation in the disputed region of Nagorno-Karabakh, after separatist Armenian forces agreed to lay down their arms and hold reintegration talks..Baku and the ethnic-Armenian authorities in Karabakh said a ceasefire deal had been broke
20 September 2023, 14:04 PM
Canada, US worked closely on possible India link to killing of Sikh leader
Canada worked "very closely" with the United States on intelligence that Indian agents had been potentially involved in the murder of a Sikh leader in British Columbia earlier this year, a senior Canadian government source said on Tuesday
20 September 2023, 06:11 AM
UN chief convenes 'no nonsense' climate summit, without China or US
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres is set Wednesday to host a climate meeting marred at its outset by the absence of speakers from the world's top two emitters, China and the United States
20 September 2023, 04:43 AM
Syria’s Assad to visit China tomorrow
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad will visit China from tomorrow, his office said, his first trip to the allied country since before the Syrian civil war broke out more than 12 years ago.
19 September 2023, 18:00 PM
Egypt Spy Operation: French journalist arrested over report
France was accused of an “unacceptable” attack on press freedom yesterday after a journalist was arrested for reporting on leaked documents that claimed French intelligence was used to target civilians in Egypt.
19 September 2023, 18:00 PM
55 Chinese warplanes detected around Taiwan
Dozens of Chinese warplanes were detected around Taiwan in a day, the self-ruled island’s defence ministry said yesterday, as it called on Beijing to stop its “provocative actions”.
19 September 2023, 18:00 PM
Dozens feared missing after boat sinks
A boat carrying around a hundred passengers sank on a river in northern Myanmar yesterday morning, local media reported, with dozens feared missing.
19 September 2023, 18:00 PM
Stand against Russia ‘genocide’
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky in a wartime trip to the United Nations yesterday urged the world to stand firm against Russia’s “genocide,” as he told skeptical developing nations they had a stake in Kyiv’s victory.
19 September 2023, 18:00 PM
Azerbaijan launches military operation against Karabakh
Azerbaijan today launched a military operation against the breakaway Nagorno-Karabakh region and demanded the total withdrawal of Armenian forces from the disputed mountainous territory as a precondition for peace..Fears of a fresh war have been growing in recent months, with Armenia accus
19 September 2023, 16:15 PM
At UN General Assembly, Biden asks world to stand with Ukraine
US President Joe Biden appealed to world leaders at the UN General Assembly today to stand with Ukraine against Russian invaders, hoping Republicans in Congress will also take notice
19 September 2023, 15:59 PM
Peru bus plunges into ravine, killing 25
A bus plummeted from the edge of a narrow mountain road in southeastern Peru on Monday, killing 25 people including two children, according to authorities
19 September 2023, 03:45 AM
Thaksin eligible for parole in Feb
Thailand’s former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra could be released on parole as early as late February, having already had an eight-year prison sentence commuted to one year following his return from self-exile, a senior corrections official said yesterday.
18 September 2023, 18:00 PM
1 in 10 Japanese are older than 80
More than 10 percent of Japanese people have crossed 80 years or older for the first time, new official data showed, as the nation faces a rapidly greying population.
18 September 2023, 18:00 PM
Get anti-poverty goals back on track
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres yesterday called on world leaders to get the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) – a universal goal to end poverty in all its forms by 2030 – back on track as the world’s biggest diplomatic gathering kicks off.
18 September 2023, 18:00 PM