SEOUL, Jun 27 – North Korea likened US President Donald Trump to Adolf Hitler on Tuesday in its latest diatribe amid high tensions over Pyongyang’s military ambitions and ahead of a visit to Washington by the South’s new leader. The latest attack came a week after nuclear-armed Pyongyang called Trump a “lunatic”
HONG KONG, Jun 27 – When Xi Jinping lands in Hong Kong on Thursday for the first time since becoming China’s president, he will step into a deeply divided city uncertain of its future. The visit marks 20 years since Hong Kong was handed back to China by Britain and comes at
SEOUL, Jun 27 – Suprema, Inc., a leading global provider of biometrics and ID solutions, today announced that the company will showcase BioMini Slim 2, the World’s slimmest fingerprint authentication scanner at SDW 2017 at London, on JUN 27. As a leading innovator in biometric identity solutions, Suprema will continue
HONG KONG, Jun 26 – About 670 exhibitors from 35 countries and regions will present books on a wide range of topics and in various languages at the 28th edition of the HKTDC Hong Kong Book Fair, which will be held 19-25 July at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition
PERTH, Jun 26 – The safety of our guests and crew is of utmost importance to us. We are currently conducting an investigation into the cause of the incident together with our engine manufacturer Rolls-Royce. We are also cooperating fully with the local aviation authorities. We would like to stress that
TOKYO, Jun 26 – NTT DOCOMO, INC., will launch a new prepaid SIM service called ‘Japan Welcome SIM’ that will allow foreign travelers to access the Internet through the DOCOMO network during their stay in Japan, starting July 1st, 2017. Travelers can apply for the service online via a dedicated
PARIS, Jun 26 – At least 123 people were killed and scores injured in central Pakistan early Sunday when a fire erupted after crowds rushed to collect fuel from an overturned oil tanker. Here are the most serious such incidents around the world over the past decade. In many of the most
LOS ANGELES, Jun 26 – The American company SpaceX on Sunday successfully placed 10 satellites for the communications company Iridium into orbit using a Falcon 9 rocket. After launching as scheduled from the Vandenberg Air Force Base in California at 1.25pm local time, the Falcon 9’s first stage returned less than eight
WASHINGTON, Jun 26 – As Republicans scrambled Sunday to wrangle enough votes to pass health care reform legislation, US President Donald Trump lashed at Democrats accusing them of “obstruction” over the bill. Senate leaders last week unveiled a revamped health care plan aimed at fulfilling Trump’s pledge to repeal Obamacare, the landmark
NEW YORK, Jun 26 – Tens of thousands of marchers paraded through New York streets Sunday in a huge Gay Pride parade, with many proudly carrying rainbow flags or waving virulently anti-Trump signs. On foot, astride motorcycles or riding on flatbed trucks, participants slowly covered the 3km route from Midtown Manhattan to
SHAH ALAM, Jun 26 – Two ‘Hentian Akhir Bandar’ (HAB) or Final City Terminals are scheduled to be fully operational by the end of the year in sections 17 and 19, according to the Shah Alam City Council. These terminals will facilitate the movement of passengers and public transport vehicles within the
LONDON, Jun 26 – Six people were injured on Sunday after a car mounted a pavement outside a sports centre in the northern English city of Newcastle, but the incident is not believed to be terrorism-related, police said. Dozens of people were at the sports center celebrating the Muslim festival of Eid,
HONG KONG, Jun 26 – Hong Kong pro-democracy protesters on Monday draped a black flag over a statue symbolising the city’s return to China by Britain, days before a visit by President Xi Jinping to mark 20 years since the handover. High-profile student campaigner Joshua Wong and a dozen demonstrators attached the
KAWASAKI, Jun 26 – Fujitsu Laboratories Ltd. today announced development of a technology to retrieve similar disease cases from a computed tomography (CT) database of previously taken images. The technology, jointly developed with Fujitsu R&D Center Co., Ltd., works by retrieving similar cases of abnormal shadows expanding in a three-dimensional
SINGAPORE, Jun 26 – BlackGold Natural Resources Ltd (SGX:41H), a mining Company targeting Indonesia and her rapidly growing power plant industry, is pleased to announce a share placement agreement (the ‘Placement’) by which it will issue up to 66,703,000 new ordinary shares at S$0.123 per share, to raise gross proceeds
KUCHING, Jun 25 – Sarawak is still safe from the threat of Daesh militants, said Sarawak Police Commissioner Datuk Mazlan Mansor. He said, however, the police had never taken lightly the possibility the Daesh militants were already in the state and surveillance was always been done. “From the onset, the Sarawak police
BANGKOK, Jun 25 – When senior bureaucrats visited the remote Thai province where local official Boonyarit worked, the routine was often the same: welcome them with the finest food and drink and then bring out the teen girls, often referred to as “dessert”. The tradition — known by the euphemistic Thai
IPOH, Jun 25 – Perak police have recorded a 22.1% increase in road accidents from 932 cases in the state on the seventh day of Ops Selamat 11/2017 since June 18. The total was 169 cases more than 736 cases recorded in the same period last year. Perak police chief Datuk Hasnan
ISLAMABAD, Jun 25 – At least 123 people were killed and scores injured in a fire that erupted after an oil tanker overturned in central Pakistan early Sunday and crowds rushed to collect fuel, an official said. The tragedy came one day before Pakistan was due to begin Eid ul-Fitr celebrations marking
REMBAU, Jun 25 – A pregnant woman was among three people killed in an accident involving two vehicles at KM229.5 of the (PLUS) North-South Expressway northbound near the Pedas-Linggi toll plaza here this morning. The deceased were identified as Keng Swee Nee, 40, who was four months pregnant, Keng Swee May, 30, and Keng Kim Seng,
