SINGAPORE : Some Singaporeans living in Brisbane say they are shocked at the damage to their properties following the recent floods. The swamped Australian city on Friday began the heartbreaking task of cleaning up after its worst floods in decades. More than 26,000 homes were flooded, electricity remained cut off to thousands of homes, and …
BERLIN – MORE than 20 years after reunification, police in eastern Germany stumbled upon a man’s stash of worthless 100,000 East German marks, believed stolen from a bunker for sale to collectors. Police were searching the apartment of a 33-year-old man in the city of Halberstadt on drug, weapons and extortion charges when they found …
BERLIN – A GRANNY in Germany made short work of three suspected robbers who tricked their way into her Berlin apartment on Friday as she celebrated her 90th birthday, police said. The trio, a woman and two men, rang the doorbell of her flat in the eastern district of Hellersdorf and said they were there …
A TEACHER at Anglo-Chinese School (Independent) has lodged a report with the Ministry of Manpower (MOM) against the school, alleging unfair dismissal. Ms Ann Phua, a 59-year-old English language teacher who has been with ACS(I) since 2000, believes she was sacked because of her age.
DHAKA – BANGLADESHI security forces said on Saturday they had arrested the alleged leader of a gang responsible for amputating the limbs of children and forcing them into begging. Omar Faruq, 30, was arrested on Friday in a Dhaka suburb, said Colonel Zia Ahsan of the elite Rapid Action Battalion (RAB). ‘He has admitted that …
WASHINGTON – EUROPEAN scientists have found a way to genetically modify chickens so that they don’t transmit bird flu, according to research published on Thursday in the journal Science. Bird flu, also known as H5N1 avian influenza, usually afflicts poultry but can cross over to humans and cause lethal respiratory problems and other complications. The …
SINGAPORE—The Singapore government unveiled more measures to stabilize prices in the city-state’s housing market, which it says could rise beyond “sustainable levels.” The moves come less than five months after an earlier set of measures aimed at curbing speculative activity in Singapore’s property market and at a time when Asian economies face mounting inflationary pressures …
BEIJING (AdAge.com) — Chinese shoppers are going beyond popular online e-commerce categories like apparel, cosmetics and books. Sales on Alibaba Group’s Taobao for home furnishings and food surged last year by 120% and 95%, respectively, and diapers, mobile phones and light fixtures are fast-growing categories. At 420 million, China is the world’s biggest internet market …
Transport Minister Raymond Lim revealed that bus commuters have claimed S$46,000 in refunds on overcharged fees. Mr Lim was responding in parliament to Dr Lim Wee Kiak’s – MP for Sembawang GRC – question on the number of claims that had been made for the overcharged bus fares. After the distance-based fares took effect last …
BRISBANE, Australia – – Massive floods shut down the centre of Australia’s third-largest city, sent thousands fleeing from their homes and sparked panic buying of food on Wednesday as rescuers searched for 43 people missing in floodwaters. Australia’s biggest floods in a century have so far killed 16 people since starting their onslaught across northern …