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US parents quit Singapore inquest into son’s death
Rick, left and Mary Todd, right, parents of late American software engineer Shane Truman Todd, leave the Subordinate Courts of Singapore on Wednesday in Singapore. Singapore has opened a coroner’s inquiry into the death of Todd, with evidence pointing to an alleged suicide case which was consistently refuted by his parents and drew queries from US senators. AP SINGAPORE--The parents of an ...
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China-Pakistan relations of equality mutual trust stand weatherproof
Chinese Premier Li Keqiang left India for Pakistan Wednesday, the second stop of his first overseas trip as China's new head of government.It is worth noting that Li is the first foreign leader to visit Pakistan in the wake of the country's general elections.The two "firsts" testified to the "all-weather strategic partnership" between China and Pakistan, which was ...
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S Korea beats Thailand at Sudirman Cup badminton championships
South Korea's Lee Yong Dae (front) and Ko Sung Hyun compete during men's doubles at the the 2013 Sudirman Cup world mixed team badminton championships against Jongjit Maneepong and Puanguapech Nipitphon of Thailand in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, on May 21, 2013. Lee Yong Dae and Ko Sung Hyun won 2-0. (Xinhua/Zhang ...
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Mobile services shut in Pakistan ahead of Chinese PMs visit
ISLAMABAD: Pakistani authorities on Wednesday shut mobile services in Islamabad and the nearby garrison city of Rawalpindi over security concerns on the arrival ...
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Parents of dead American doubt honesty of Singaporean inquest prepare to head for home
The parents of an American software engineer who believe their son was murdered last year in Singapore withdrew from the inquest today, saying they have no confidence in the island’s legal process. (Pictured, the brothers of American Shane Todd, John, left, and Dylan). Shane Truman Todd's body was found in his Singapore apartment by his girlfriend last June 24, and police have said ...
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Chinas Li offers to help end Pakistans energy crisis
Chinese Premier Li Keqiang waves to the audience during an event organised by Indian Council of World Affairs (ICWA) in New Delhi May 21, ...
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Myanmar growth to accelerate IMF
YANGON: Myanmar's economy expanded 6.5 per cent last year and is set for further modest acceleration, the IMF estimated Wednesday, as sweeping reforms herald hopes of a renaissance for the impoverished nation. At the end of a mission to the fast-changing nation, the International Monetary Fund predicted the economy would grow 6.75 per cent in the 2013/2014 financial year, driven by gas ...
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Chinese PM on Pakistan visit
ISLAMABAD (AFP) - Chinese Premier Li Keqiang arrives in Pakistan Wednesday for a two-day visit where he will meet prime minister-elect Nawaz Sharif as the long-time allies look to boost trade ties.Sharif's Pakistan Muslim League-N (PML-N) party swept to victory in the May 11 general election on a promise to revitalise Pakistan's struggling economy and help from its giant neighbour to ...
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Indonesia demolished 0-5 by China at Sudirman Cup
Indonesia's Aprilia Yuswandari celebrates after winning her first game against China's Li Xuerui during the 2013 Sudirman Cup world mixed team badminton championships in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, on Tuesday. Aprilia lost 21-13, 4-21, ...
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World junior golf championship returning to Jakarta
Paper Edition | Page: 20 Some 138 under-18 golfers from 19 countries will take part in the Enjoy Jakarta world junior golf championship set to take place June 4-June 7 at Pantai Indah Kapuk Course, North Jakarta.It will be the event's seventh edition and will coincide with Jakarta's 486th anniversary hosted by the Jakarta administration in cooperation with Damai Indah Golf and the ...
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New report highlights changing nature of EU-RI development cooperation
National Development Planning deputy minister for development fund Lukita Dinarsyah Tuwo (right) and European Union (EU) Ambassador Julian Wilson launch the Blue Book 2013, the annual report on EU-Indonesia development cooperation, in Jakarta, on Tuesday. The EU and its member states provided more than EUR300 million (Rp37.8 trillion) in development assistance to Indonesia in 2012. The report is ...
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Foxconn to team up with Erajaya to run RI factory
Paper Edition | Page: 13 Foxconn Technology Group, a subsidiary of the world's largest electronics contract manufacturer Taiwan based Hon Hai Precision Industry Ltd., will likely begin construction of its factory in Indonesia in the second half of this year, a minister has said.Industry Ministry MS Hidayat said on Tuesday in Jakarta the Taiwanese company made the decision to go ahead with ...
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Pakistani cricket star politician leaves hospital
Supporters of former Pakistani cricket star and chief of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf party (PTI) Imran Khan attend a sit-in-protest to condemn the killing of Zohra Shahid, a senior member of PTI in Karachi, Monday, May 20, 2013 in Islamabad, Pakistan. Police said gunmen on a motorcycle shot and killed Shahid outside her home on Saturday. (AP Photo/B.K. ...
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Ethernet celebrated at world summit
Leading innovators, top-level executives from international telecommunications and networking agencies are meeting this week in Mountain View, California, to celebrate 40 years of the Ethernet, a computer networking technology and architecture for local area networks (LANs). The event "NetEvents - Global Press & Analyst Summit" runs from May 21 to 24 and is being attended by the ...
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Asian stocks buoyed by Wall Street
Sydney - Asian stocks rose on Wednesday following a positive lead from Wall Street with Japan's Nikkei reaching a five-and-a-half-year high, while the yen took a defensive stance ahead of the outcome of the Bank of Japan's (BOJ) policy ...
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GLOBAL MARKETS-Asian stocks supported by Fed reassurance BOJ stands pat
Wed May 22, 2013 2:20am EDT * Some Asian stock markets buoyed by record highs on Wall St * Fed officials play down speculation of ending stimulus anytime soon * BOJ keeps policy unchanged as expected * JGB futures dip after BOJ, Nikkei stays firm By Masayuki Kitano and Vidya Ranganathan SINGAPORE, May 22 (Reuters) - Some Asian stock markets rose on Wednesday following a positive lead from Wall ...
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Protests aimed at toppling Bangladesh govt
The Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP)-Jamaat led 18-party alliance patronised the Hefajat-e Islam's May 5 rally in Bangladesh with the aim of toppling the government. Junaid Babunagari, detained secretary general of Hefajat, revealed this in his confessional statement to Metropolitan Magistrate Harun-ur Rashid of Dhaka in the sub-inspector Shahjahan murder case yesterday afternoon. The ...
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Oil falls below $96 before Fed chief speaks
By PAMELA SAMPSONAP Business Writer BANGKOK (AP) - The price of oil fell Wednesday as investors waited for a report on U.S. crude stocks and the Federal Reserve's latest views on the U.S. economy. Benchmark crude for July delivery was down 46 cents to $95.72 a barrel at midday Bangkok time in electronic trading on the New York Mercantile Exchange. The June contract fell 55 cents to settle ...
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STOCKS NEWS SINGAPORE-Earnings seen improving in H2 - Citi
Wed May 22, 2013 2:11am EDT Singapore-listed firms are likely to see more earnings upgrades than downgrades in the second half of this year, as company results are set to improve with the city-state's economic growth expected to recover towards 2014, Citi said. First-quarter results still showed more misses than beats, but Citi expected the situation to improve in the second half, with large ...
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Pathologists testify young American found dead in Singapore killed self
(1 hr ago) Two US pathologists said an American scientist found hanged last year on the island committed suicide and was not murdered as his family believes. Medical examiners David Fowler of Maryland and Valerie Rao of Florida testified as independent experts a day after the family of the late researcher Shane Todd walked out of a coroner's inquest in Singapore saying they had lost faith ...
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IHT Rendezvous Tensions Flare in Asian Seas Now Involving Taiwan
Residents of Taichung in Taiwan, led by a Taiwanese lawmaker, Lu Shou-yen (center, in purple shirt,) chant slogans demanding an apology from the Philippine government for the death of a Taiwanese ...
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Death toll rises to 28 in Freeport Indonesia mine accident
Workers from Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold Inc gather during a protest over an accident where 39 workers attending an underground training were trapped when a tunnel collapsed, at Mile 72, near the mining area in Tembagapura of Papua province May 15, ...
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China PM looks to boost trade ties with Pakistan
ISLAMABAD: Chinese Premier Li Keqiang arrived in Pakistan on Wednesday for a two-day visit where he will meet Prime Minister-elect Nawaz Sharif as the long-time allies. Sharif's Pakistan Muslim League-N (PML-N) party swept to victory in the May 11 general election on a promise to revitalise Pakistan's struggling economy and help from its giant neighbour to the north will be important ...
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Freeport losing 220000 T of ore output a day at shut Indonesia mine
JAKARTA | Wed May 22, 2013 1:55am EDT JAKARTA May 22 (Reuters) - Freeport McMoRan Copper & Gold Inc is losing production of about 220,000 tonnes of concentrated ore a day after the shutdown of its Indonesian copper mine in Papua after a tunnel collapse that killed 28 people, a company executive said on Wednesday. Freeport closed the remote Papua mine on Wednesday last week, a day after ...
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Philippines Brazil agree on new flights
MANILA--Daily flights between the Philippines and Brazil, South America's largest country, may start soon following the approval of new air rights between the two countries this week. The on Wednesday announced that the Philippine and Brazilian governments had signed an air agreement. Under the accord signed by the Philippine air panel this week, a total of seven flights a week are now ...
Cambodia Focus
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Cambodia reliant on China for a range of infastructure projects
Cambodia is in need of foreign investment for a number of major infrastructure projects and China is becoming the country’s biggest investor on several key ventures. This is part of a broader expansion in China’s influence in Asia as the country continues to develop into the world’s second superpower.
Cambodia suffered through the economic downturn that came about following the financial crash toward the end of 2008. In 2009, the economy contracted 1%, which wrought significant hardship for many hundreds of thousands of people, most notably those employed in the garment sector as the export of clothing fell by around 20% in value. Read more
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