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Dani Cuesta posted photos from several locations in Singapore, including from outside what is thought to be Peter Lim's home
Singapore detains Spanish newlyweds over football protest
SINGAPORE — A Spanish couple on their honeymoon in Singapore have been detained after protesting against the Singaporean owner of the football club they support.Dani Cuesta posted photographs of himself outside the home of Peter Lim, the billionaire owner of Valencia CF, holding a banner criticizing the business magnate.Cuesta and his partner Mireia Sáez were stopped while trying to leave Singapore airport on Friday and had their passports confiscated, Valencia Mayor María José Catalá told Spanish radio station Onda Cero.It is unclear what charges the pair face, if any, but the matter will be resolved later on Wednesday, the BBC understands.Singapore has some of the world's strictest laws on public assembly, which includes assemblies even of one person.The government says these...
October 09, 2024

Singapore detains Spanish newlyweds over football protest

`Roads and railways leading from North Korea to the South are rarely used
North Korea says it will cut off all roads to the South
SEOUL — North Korea will sever road and railway access to South Korea from Wednesday in a bid to “completely separate” the two countries.Its military said the North would “permanently shut off and block the southern border” and fortify areas on its side.The Korean People’s Army (KPA) described the move as “a self-defensive measure for inhibiting war”, claiming it was in response to war exercises in South Korea and the frequent presence of American nuclear assets in the region.It marks an escalation of hostility at a time when tensions between the Koreas are at their highest point in years.“The acute military situation prevailing on the Korean peninsula requires the armed forces of the DPRK (Democratic People’s Republic of Korea) to take a more resolute and stronger...
October 09, 2024

North Korea says it will cut off all roads to the South

Anthony Albanese
Australian PM apologizes for Tourette's syndrome taunt
SYDNEY — Australia's prime minister has apologized for making a "hurtful" comment in parliament, after he mocked opposition lawmakers by asking them if they had Tourette's syndrome.The remark - which was quickly withdrawn - has angered disability advocates and been labeled "ableist" and "despicable" by MPs across the political spectrum.Late on Tuesday, Anthony Albanese returned to the chamber to ask for forgiveness from Australians living with the disorder."I regret saying it. It was wrong. It was insensitive and I apologise," he said in his address.Albanese made the taunt after facing interjections from frontbenchers, including shadow treasurer Angus Taylor, during a speech on tax changes."Have you got Tourette's or something? You...
October 09, 2024

Australian PM apologizes for Tourette's syndrome taunt

Analysts say the results will set the tone as the country heads into more regional elections
Kashmir and Haryana prove India exit polls wrong
NEW DELHI — The northern Indian state of Haryana and Indian-administered Kashmir sprang surprises on Tuesday as votes were counted in assembly elections there.Most exit polls had predicted a hung assembly in Kashmir but an alliance of the main opposition Congress and the National Conference Party (NCP) are on course for a landslide in the 90-member house and poised to form a government.In Haryana, which also has 90 seats, predictions of a Congress landslide were upended by Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) which has proved the pollsters wrong.The BJP-led government appears on course to return for a rare third consecutive term in Haryana.The polls in Kashmir are significant as these are first assembly elections there in a decade – and also the first since...
October 09, 2024

Kashmir and Haryana prove India exit polls wrong

Supporters of the National Conference celebrate as the party leads in Jammu and Kashmir
Modi's BJP ahead in Haryana election but trails in Kashmir
NEW DELHI — Prime Minister Narendra Modi's party is leading in the northern state of Haryana but is set to fall short in Indian-administered Kashmir as votes continue to be counted in two major elections.An opposition alliance formed by the Congress and regional party National Conference (NC) is ahead in Jammu and Kashmir.These were the first assembly polls to be held in India since the general election, which returned the BJP to power in June with a reduced majority.A third straight win in Haryana would be a big boost for Modi's Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) ahead of other state elections due in the next few weeks.The Congress had expressed confidence of a victory in Haryana ahead of the results but analysts now say complacency, infighting and a consolidation against the powerful...
October 08, 2024

Modi's BJP ahead in Haryana election but trails in Kashmir

Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte speaks during a ceremony at Villamor Air Base in Pasay, Metro Manila, Philippines, February 28, 2021
Philippine ex-president Duterte to run for mayor in home city
MANILA — Former Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte registered on Monday to run for mayor in his home city despite his notorious legacy over his brutal anti-drugs crackdown that the International Criminal Court is investigating as a possible crime against humanity, the Associated Press reported.Duterte, 79, filed his papers before the Election Commission in Davao city, where he had served as mayor for about two decades before winning the presidency in 2016. His son – incumbent Davao city Mayor Sebastian Duterte – would run as his vice-mayor in next year’s mid-term elections, officials said.More than 6,000 people, mostly poor drug suspects, were killed under a massive police-enforced crackdown against illegal drugs that Duterte oversaw when he was president, according to government...
October 08, 2024

Philippine ex-president Duterte to run for mayor in home city

Muizzu (left) and Modi (right) held talks on Monday during the Maldives president's visit to India
Indian financial aid opens 'new chapter' with Maldives
NEW DELHI — India has agreed to extend hundreds of millions of dollars in financial support to the Maldives to help strengthen its struggling economy.The deal was announced after Maldives President Mohammed Muizzu held talks with Prime Minister Narendra Modi during his five-day visit to India.The support includes a $400m currency swap deal and an additional 30bn rupees ($357m; £273m) in another swap agreement which will allow companies to do business in local currencies rather than in US dollars.The Maldivian president was given red carpet treatment after relations soured in recent months. Modi called his visit a "new chapter" in ties."India will always be there for the progress and prosperity of the people of Maldives," he said.The statements -- and the Indian...
October 08, 2024

Indian financial aid opens 'new chapter' with Maldives

Crew members of the HMNZS Manawanui were rescued from the sinking vessel
New Zealand loses first naval ship since WWII; vessel threatening oil spill off Samoan coast
WELLINGTON — New Zealand’s navy lost its first ship since World War II after the HMNZS Manawanui sank on a reef off the coast of Samoa on Sunday creating a potential environmental disaster in waters used for fishing and tourism. The specialist dive and hydrographic vessel lost power and ran aground on Saturday evening while conducting a reef survey one nautical mile off the southern coast of the Samoan island of Upolo, according to New Zealand authorities. By Sunday morning, the vessel was “listing heavily,” the navy said. Smoke was spotted around 6:40 a.m., and by 9 a.m. the ship had slipped below the surface. It’s the first unintentional sinking of a New Zealand naval vessel since the Second World War, authorities said, as they opened a court of inquiry into what...
October 07, 2024

New Zealand loses first naval ship since WWII; vessel threatening oil spill off Samoan coast

A massive blast rocked a road near the airport of Karachi, Pakistan's largest city
Blast near Pakistan's Karachi airport kills two Chinese nationals 
SINGAPORE — Two Chinese nationals have been killed and at least 10 people injured in a suspected suicide attack near Karachi airport in Pakistan.A third body, not yet officially identified, is thought to be that of the attacker, the BBC understands.The Chinese embassy in Pakistan said the explosion on Sunday night was a "terrorist attack" targeting a convoy of Chinese engineers working on a power project in Sindh province.The separatist Balochistan Liberation Army (BLA), which has in recent years carried out attacks on Chinese nationals involved in development projects in Pakistan, has said it carried out the attack.In a statement released on Monday, the militant group said it had "targeted a high-level convoy of Chinese engineers and investors" arriving from Karachi...
October 07, 2024

Blast near Pakistan's Karachi airport kills two Chinese nationals 

The blast left a crater near a runway at the airport
Blast from unexploded US bomb grounds flights at Japanese airport
TOKYO — A US bomb buried at a Japanese airport exploded on Wednesday, causing a crater in a taxiway and the cancellation of more than 80 flights.The minor blast left a hole about seven meters (23 feet) wide but no casualties were reported and no aircraft were nearby at the time.The bomb, which exploded at Miyazaki Airport in south-west Japan, is thought to have been dropped during World War Two to stem "kamikaze" planes on suicide missions."There is no threat of a second explosion, and police and firefighters are currently examining the scene," chief cabinet secretary Yoshimasa Hayashi said, adding that the airport aimed to reopen on Thursday.A bomb disposal team from Japan's Self-Defense Forces confirmed a 500lb US bomb had been the source of the blast.While a...
October 03, 2024

Blast from unexploded US bomb grounds flights at Japanese airport

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