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CPIB went after the servants not the masters

by Pat Low The Corrupt Practices Investigation Bureau (CPIB) issued stern warnings on 11 January 2023 to six individuals who were formerly senior management staff of Keppel Offshore & Marine Limited (KOM), the offshore and marine arm of Keppel Corporation, for their roles in the case of the bribery of Brazil’s state oil company Petrobras. Singaporeans view this as not […]

China’s 2022 economic growth weakest in four decades

File Photo – Shipment trucks at a Chinese port.AFP Beijing: China’s economic growth for 2022 is expected to have been among its weakest in four decades after the twin crises of the pandemic and property woes, analysts said ahead of Tuesday’s GDP announcement. Ten experts interviewed by AFP forecast an average 2.7 per cent year-on-year […]

How to set boundaries or cut ties with toxic family, according to a psychologist

MANILA, Philippines – Now that the holiday season is over, it’s time to assess: are your family members and relatives just occasionally annoying, or are they toxic? No family is perfect. Each family has its own set of ups, downs, and issues, but for the most part, everyone still loves and support each other all […]

Australia’s lobster exporters hopeful after China envoy visit

“The new progress in Australia-China relations is encouraging. It is expected that the relationship between the two countries will continue to develop and pave the way for Geraldton to provide more high-quality products to Chinese customers,” a social media post quoted Mr Rutter and Mr Lenzo as saying. Before 2020, about 97 per cent of […]

Brooklyn feds drop Chinese spy charge against NYC cop

Federal prosecutors have dropped charges against an NYPD cop accused of spying on the city’s Tibetan communities for the Chinese government. Court filings do not explain the decision by Brooklyn federal prosecutors, except to say their investigation had “obtained additional information bearing on the charges.” Advertisement The feds filed the papers dropping the case on […]

What makes these start-up founders innovators in their own right

When her son began school in 2015, Harini Sivakumar had a strong urge to earn her own money. Belonging to a traditional family from Chennai, Harini had been married at 22. A year later, she became mother to a child with Down’s Syndrome. The next seven years were spent as a homemaker who also created […]

Causes of tragic Itaewon Halloween stampede revealed as South Korea concludes probe

South Korea has concluded after over two months the investigation of the tragic Halloween stampede that took place in the Itaewon region of Seoul in October last year which left at least 159 people dead. Citing a recent report by the National Police Agency released on Friday, Japan’s NHK World stated that the crowd density […]

Kanye West is married to Bianca Censori – reports

MANILA, Philippines – Rapper Kanye West has reportedly married Yeezy Australian architect Bianca on Friday, January 13, just almost two months after his divorce from Kim Kardashian. According to US media outlets Los Angeles Times and Forbes, Kanye, 45, and Bianca, 27, tied the knot in a private wedding ceremony. However, the nuptials aren’t legal […]

Russia claims control of Soledar, Ukraine says fierce fighting ongoing

This handout satellite image taken on 1 August, 2022 by Maxar Technologies shows the schools and buildings in southern Soledar, near Bakhmut in eastern Ukraine. AFP / Satellite Image ©2022 MAXAR TECHNOLOGIES Kramatorsk, Ukraine: Russia said Friday its forces had wrested control of the war-scarred town of Soledar in east Ukraine, its first claim of […]

US, Japan reiterate importance of maintaining peace across Taiwan Strait

File photo – US President Joe Biden and Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida. AP Washington: Amid China’s growing quest to take control over the Indo-Pacific, Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida on Friday met US counterpart Joe Biden at the White House and agreed to strengthen the alliance between the two countries as the two sides […]

How To Start Livestreaming Your Games, By Platform

No matter what your gaming platform of choice — PC, PlayStation, Xbox, Switch, Steam Deck, Android or iOS — you have the option of sharing your exploits with the wider world through livestreaming. This can seem a daunting prospect at first, but you don’t need much (or in some cases any) additional software or hardware, […]

Suspect charged with murder in assassination of Japan’s former leader Shinzo Abe

JAPANESE PROSECUTORS HAVE formally charged the suspect in the assassination of former prime minister Shinzo Abe with murder, according to local media. Tetsuya Yamagami was arrested immediately after allegedly shooting Abe with a homemade gun as the former leader was making a campaign speech in July outside a train station in Nara in western Japan. […]

Shinzo Abe’s assassination: Suspect Tetsuya Yamagami charged with murder in Japan

Tetsuya Yamagami was arrested immediately after allegedly shooting Abe with a homemade gun as the former leader was making a campaign speech in July outside a train station in Nara in western Japan. Later that month, Yamagami was sent to an Osaka detention center for a nearly six-month mental evaluation, which ended Tuesday. Yamagami is […]

Suspect charged with murder in assassination of Japan’s Abe

TOKYO (AP) — Japanese prosecutors formally charged the suspect in the assassination of former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe with murder, Japanese media reported Friday. Tetsuya Yamagami was arrested immediately after allegedly shooting Abe with a homemade gun as the former leader was making a campaign speech in July outside a train station in Nara in […]

Suspect charged with murder in assassination of Japan’s Abe

TOKYO (AP) — Japanese prosecutors formally charged the suspect in the assassination of former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe with murder, Japanese media reported Friday. Tetsuya Yamagami was arrested immediately after allegedly shooting Abe with a homemade gun as the former leader was making a campaign speech in July outside a train station in Nara in […]

Google, Porsche in talks over Google Apps access – Manager Magazin

BERLIN, Jan 12 (Reuters) – Google (GOOGL.O) and Porsche (P911_p.DE) are in talks over a possible deal to allow Google Apps to be used in Porsche cockpits, German business magazine Manager Magazin reported on Thursday, citing managers from both companies. A focus of the deal would be access to Google Maps, the report added. Spokespeople […]

Celeste Cortesi dazzles as ‘Darna’ in Miss Universe national costume competition

AFTER her impressive performance during the preliminary competition of the 71st Miss Universe on Thursday (Manila time), the Philippines’ very own Celeste Cortesi remains to be the crowd favorite during the national costume competition held on the same day in New Orleans, Louisiana. The 25-year-old conquered the stage wearing the country’s iconic superheroine Darna designed […]

Harvester Yakumo: A restaurant inspired by the Colonel from KFC

The man who made KFC so popular at Christmas brought a taste of Kentucky to Japan in more ways than one. Back in 1970, Takeshi Okawara, the manager of Japan’s first KFC restaurant, introduced customers to the idea of eating fried chicken at Christmas, and since then the Colonel’s fried chicken has grown to enjoy widespread […]

China stocks fall amid concerns ahead of holidays

China stocks slipped in thin trading volume on Thursday, ahead of the Lunar New Year holidays, as investors worried about more COVID outbreaks and other uncertainties when markets are closed for the festival. ** China’s blue-chip CSI 300 Index slipped 0.1% by the end of the morning session, while the Shanghai Composite Index was down […]

PH’s Celeste Cortesi stuns in Miss Universe preliminary competition

CAPED CURVES Miss Universe Philippines’ Celeste Cortesi shows her curves in pink two-piece swimwear during the preliminary competition of the 71st Miss Universe held in New Orleans, Louisiana on Thursday (Manila time), Jan. 12, 2023. With the swimsuit was a cape designed with colorful handprints from the children of Save the Children Philippines, an outreach […]

From economic meltdown to political one-upmanship, Pakistan stares at bleak 2023

Pakistani prime minister Shehbaz Sharif The year 2023 could not have begun on a more dismal and sombre note for Pakistan. It is enmeshed in multiple crises: security, political, social and economic. Any of these would test a strong state and nation and Pakistan is neither; hence, its situation, with all the crises continuing simultaneously […]

AP: WHO knew of past sex misconduct claim against doctor

LONDON (AP) — When a doctor tweeted that she was “sexually assaulted” by a World Health Organization staffer at a Berlin conference in October, the U.N. agency’s director-general assured her that WHO had “zero tolerance” for such misconduct. WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus replied to her, saying he was “horrified” by the accusations of groping […]

WRAPUP 3-China defends its retaliation against South Korea, Japan COVID curbs

Chinese state media defended on Wednesday the retaliatory measures against South Korea and Japan over their COVID-19 travel curbs as “reasonable”, while Chinese tourists decried Seoul’s “insulting” treatment on social media. China re-opened its borders on Sunday after three years of isolation under the world’s strictest regime of COVID restrictions, which Beijing abruptly began dismantling […]