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Influential US preacher Billy Graham dies at 99
AFP, Published on 21/02/2018
» WASHINGTON: Reverend Billy Graham, the influential Southern preacher who became a spiritual advisor to several US presidents and millions of Americans via their television sets, has died, his family said Wednesday. He was 99.
South Africa hikes sales tax in 'tough' post-Zuma budget
AFP, Published on 21/02/2018
» CAPE TOWN - South Africans were hit by the first sales tax increase since apartheid when the finance minister delivered a tough budget on Wednesday, dampening optimism spurred by the country's new reformist president.
Tourists in Cambodia up 54% in Chinese New Year
Khmer Times, Published on 21/02/2018
» The number of tourists, local and international, travelling in Cambodia during the three-day Chinese New Year holiday increased by 54.5% in 2018, reaching 864,770, according to a report released on Wednesday by the Ministry of Tourism.
US conservatives gather as Trump faces pressure on multiple fronts
AFP, Published on 21/02/2018
» WASHINGTON - Russian meddling, national mourning for school shooting victims, the chaotic state of Donald Trump's presidency: US political turbulence forms a dramatic backdrop as conservatives gather near Washington beginning Wednesday for their often controversial annual confab.
Trump junior says presidency is costing the family firm
AFP, Published on 21/02/2018
» NEW DELHI - Donald Trump's presidency has cost the family firm "millions of dollars" in lost business, his son told an Indian newspaper during a visit aimed at drumming up sales of new luxury apartment complexes.
Lloyds profits surge as bank builds on recovery
AFP, Published on 21/02/2018
» LONDON: Lloyds Banking Group on Wednesday said that its net profit soared 52% last year, when the UK lender returned fully to the private sector following a state bailout.
Singaporean in church fraud case tries to flee on boat
AFP, Published on 21/02/2018
» SINGAPORE: A Singaporean man convicted over a high-profile fraud case at a megachurch was caught Wednesday trying to flee in a boat before he was due to start his sentence, police said.
Singapore will tax digital services from 2020
TODAY, Published on 21/02/2018
» SINGAPORE: Businesses providing digital services, such as the streaming of entertainment content, will have to pay the Goods and Services Tax (GST) from Jan 1, 2020, Finance Minister Heng Swee Keat said.
New strikes kill 10 in rebel-held suburbs of Syrian capital
Associated Press, Published on 21/02/2018
» BEIRUT: The Syrian Civil Defence rescue organisation says 10 people have been killed by government airstrikes and shelling on a town in the suburbs of Damascus.
Malaysia arrests 10 over links with South Philippines militants
Reuters, Published on 21/02/2018
» KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysian police have arrested 10 people on suspicion of aiding the movement of militants between the eastern state of Sabah and the southern Philippines, a hotbed of Islamic insurgency, the second batch of arrests this year.