International

Queen Elizabeth II is now the second longest reigning monarch overtaking Thailand’s King Bhumibol Adulyadej who ruled for 70 years and 126 days. His reign was between 1946 and 2016. To date the longest reigning monarch is Louis XIV of France with a record of 72 years and 110 days from 1643 to 1715. The […]

Disneyland may be a joyful place for most people but one person received a rude shock when his marriage proposal was interrupted with a lecture about rules. A video capturing the incident has gone viral drawing brickbats from people all over the world. The clip depicts the man getting down on one knee on a […]

Dr Tomoya Obokata, United Nations Special Rapporteur on Contemporary Forms of Slavery, Tweeted on 6 April that he issued country visit request to Singapore and that he looks forward to receiving positive responses from the Singapore Government to conduct independent investigation and promote constructive dialogue. Besides the Singapore Government, Dr Obokata has also written to […]

New Delhi, Aug. 31 — NASA will make a second attempt to launch its Artemis 1 mission, within a 2-hour window on September 3, the US space agency announced on Tuesday (local time). The window will open at 2:17pm EDT (11:47pm IST) on the new launch date, it added. “We’re now targeting Saturday, Sept. 3 […]

By Serguy BOBOK with Dave CLARK in Kiev and Anna SMOLCHENKO in Moscow Russian President Vladimir Putin laid out conditions on Monday for ending his invasion of Ukraine, as Moscow’s forces shelled the country’s second city and Western nations prepared even more sanctions. Putin’s ultimatum came as Moscow and Kyiv held their first talks since […]

The Ukrainian diplomat’s earlier post is trending in social media again in the wake of Russia declaring war in Ukraine.   A Ukrainian diplomat on 16 February, adopted a novel method to show his country`s defiance of Russia. Ukraine’s ambassador to Japan Sergiy Korsunsky last week tweeted an image of himself as a traditional Japanese […]

By Dave Clark, with Thibaut Marchand in Chuguiv, Ukraine Russian President Vladimir Putin launched a full-scale invasion of Ukraine on Thursday, unleashing air strikes and sending troops deep into the country in unrest that Ukrainian authorities said left dozens dead. The attack triggered Western warnings of unprecedented economic action against Russia as NATO and the […]

The Straits Times later published an apology for its boo-boo on the headline of Asian Insider report on Winter Olympics. On 4th February, Beijing become the first city to host both the summer and winter Olympics, amid a Covid-19 pandemic that means overseas spectators will be excluded. The Straits Times on 5 February published an insider […]

Trade relations between Washington and Beijing are at a “difficult” stage but President Biden’s administration is committed to protecting the US economy from negative impacts of China’s policies, the top American trade official said Monday. United States Trade Representative Katherine Tai said her team will “engage robustly” with China in ongoing talks over Beijing’s commitments […]

By Dan Martin China warns almost daily against “politicising” this week’s Beijing Olympics, but for its rulers, hosting the Games has always been about far more than sport and the medal count.Even under the shadow of a pandemic, Western accusations of genocide against Muslim minorities and diplomatic boycotts, staging the Olympics is about global prestige […]

    In a new interview, Lakshya Sen, who beat World Champion Loh Kean Yew at the India Open earlier this month, admitted that he felt the pressure during the finals, but believed he could best the Singaporean athlete. Sen, 20, who hails from Almora, defeated Loh, 24, 24-22, 21-17, in a 54-minute match on […]

Here are the latest developments in the coronavirus crisis: – Police probe Partygate – British Prime Minister Boris Johnson vows to cooperate with police on any formal probe into coronavirus lockdown-breaking parties at Downing Street, further intensifying pressure on his position. – IMF slashes growth estimate – The Omicron variant of Covid-19 is creating an […]

By Joseph BOYLE Privacy measures that are meant to preserve the anonymity of smartphone users are no longer suitable for the digital age, a study suggested on Tuesday.Vast quantities of data are scooped up from smartphone apps by firms looking to develop products, conduct research or target consumers with adverts. In Europe and many other […]

A viral video of a man beating his wife in China, and police’s handling of the case, has renewed a debate online in the country over how to punish domestic abusers. Last week, a home security video that showed a man from the northwestern city of Xi’an assaulting his wife during a citywide Covid-19 lockdown […]

Jakarta, Indonesia Tens of thousands of Indonesia’s indigenous people are at risk of being expelled from their lands to make way for the construction of a new capital on jungle-clad Borneo island, a rights group warned on Friday. At least 20,000 people from 21 indigenous groups live in the area designated for the construction of the […]