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'I stand by my opinion': Russian on trial for critical Ukraine interview
AFP, Published on 30/08/2023
» MOSCOW - A Russian man prosecuted for giving a spontaneous street comment criticising the Kremlin's Ukraine offensive to foreign media said he stood by his words during his trial Wednesday, despite facing up to 10 years in prison.
Kremlin says possible Prigozhin crash was 'premediated'
AFP, Published on 30/08/2023
» MOSCOW - The Kremlin said Wednesday that investigators were probing all possible scenarios surrounding the death last week of Wagner chief Yevgeny Prigozhin in a plane crash, including premeditated murder.
Climate change boosts risk of extreme wildfires 25%: study
AFP, Published on 30/08/2023
» PARIS - Climate change has sharply boosted the risk of fast-spreading wildfires, according to a Californian study published Wednesday that offers lessons for prevention after recent disasters in Canada, Greece and Hawaii.
Pyongyang launches suspected ballistic missile
Reuters, Published on 30/08/2023
» SEOUL: North Korea has fired a suspected ballistic missile, the Japanese defence ministry and South Korean military said late Wednesday, hours after the United States separately deployed B-1B bombers for allied air drills.
Hunger striker admitted to prison hospital
Published on 30/08/2023
» A woman convicted of royal defamation has been admitted to the Correctional Hospital with exhaustion on the 10th day of her hunger strike, according to Thai Lawyers for Human Rights (TLHR).
Malaysia rejects new Chinese map
AFP, Published on 30/08/2023
» KUALA LUMPUR - Malaysia has rejected a new Chinese map that claims waters off the Malaysian coast in the South China Sea, in the latest war of words between the Asian allies over Beijing’s assertiveness in the contested waterway.
Laundering scandal ensnares Singapore banking giants
Bloomberg News, Published on 30/08/2023
» SINGAPORE: Some of the biggest local and international banks in Singapore are becoming embroiled in one of the city-state’s largest money laundering cases involving over S$1 billion (US$740 million) worth of assets.
Delivery riders seek crash aid
Penchan Charoensuthipan, Published on 30/08/2023
» A group of delivery motorcycle riders has called on the Ministry of Labour to provide them with legal protection and financial compensation if they are involved in road accidents.
Harmonising flavours and melodies
Guru, Nianne-Lynn Hendricks, Published on 30/08/2023
» Rainy afternoons, though a tad few in Bangkok, are best spent with a hot pot of tea and a good book. Jazz it up a bit at The Living Room, Sheraton Grande Sukhumvit.
President under house arrest after Gabon coup
AFP, Published on 30/08/2023
» LIBREVILLE, Gabon: Rebel officers in the oil-rich central African state of Gabon announced on Wednesday they had seized power following disputed elections in which President Ali Bongo Ondimba, in power since 2009, had been declared victor.