Posted 07-15-2019
KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia seized more than 1 billion ringgit (US$243.5 million) from a bank account of state-owned China Petroleum Pipeline Engineering (CPP) over incomplete pipeline projects, Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad said on Monday (Jul 15).
The seizure comes nearly a year after Malaysia ...
Posted 07-15-2019
COLOMBO: International drug syndicates orchestrated Sri Lanka's deadly Easter Sunday bombings, the country's leader claimed Monday (Jul 15), despite earlier blaming the attacks on Islamists.
The statement comes amid a nationwide narcotics crackdown, with president Maithripala Sirisena aiming to ...
Posted 07-15-2019
BANGKOK: Thai Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha formally resigned as the head of the military government on Monday (Jul 15), saying the country would function as a normal democracy after five years of military rule.
Prayut stays on as prime minister with the backing of pro-military parties in ...
Posted 07-15-2019
KOTA KINABALU: Police in the Malaysian state of Sabah have detained a cook and seized 1.9kg of drugs with a street value of about RM42,500 (US$10,350).
Sabah deputy police commissioner Zaini Jass said on Monday (Jul 15) that the seizure in the city of Kota Kinabalu involved assorted drug powders ...
Posted 07-15-2019
BEIJING: China's economic growth slowed to 6.2 per cent in the second quarter, its weakest pace in at least 27 years, as demand at home and abroad faltered in the face of mounting US trade pressure.
While more upbeat June factory output and retail sales offered signs of improvement, some analysts ...
