FOR five years, a girl did not tell anyone that she had been raped by her father – until her teacher discussed fairytales during an English lesson. The teacher, who used the story of Little Red Riding Hood to illustrate the dangers of talking to strangers, noticed that the Primary 6 pupil looked upset when …
ROME – THE founder of Tod’s luxury leather goods and shoes announced on Friday that he will foot the 25 million euros (S$44 million) to restore the Colosseum. The ancient Roman arena is blackened by pollution and rocked by vibrations from a nearby subway line. Officials accepted Diego Della Valle’s offer to sponsor the restoration. …
AN 18-YEAR-OLD girl was slashed 18 times with a pen knife during a botched robbery at her home in Kota Baru, Malaysia, reported Harian Metro. Ainal Mardiah Mahmud said that during the 2.30pm incident, she had just reached home after visiting her grandmother when she found two men in the living room. ‘They looked shocked …
VIENNA – A MAN who robs banks wearing a rubber mask of US President Barack Obama has struck again, Austrian police said on Friday. The disguised thief robbed a bank in the town of Handenberg in Upper Austria just before the bank closed at 6pm (1700 GMT, 1am Singapore time), police said in statement. Police …
Guidelines made public last Friday that restrict devotees to singing – no music or drums to be played – have drawn varied reactions. The Hindu Endowments Board (HEB), which announced the guidelines, said it has received a “handful” of queries from devotees seeking clarification. A Facebook page, Bring The Thaipusam Beat Back, was set up …
SEVENTEEN employment agencies are reportedly raising the monthly salaries of Indonesian domestic helpers from $380 to $450, starting this week. Nation Employment, Best Home Employment Agency and Java Maids are among the agencies planning the wage increase. Mr Desmond Chin, group director of Nation Employment, told The Straits Times that the companies believe doing so …
HONG KONG – TWO people were in critical condition in a Hong Kong hospital suffering from H1N1 flu, health officials said on Friday, one and a half years after an outbreak that killed 80 people in the city. ‘A 21-year-old female is in critical condition after contracting H1N1 flu, a spokesman for Hong Kong’s Queen …
INFORMATION technology technician Derek Li is left with a crushed foot and had to have three of his toes amputated after the front wheel of an off-duty SBS Transit bus crushed his foot in an accident outside Hougang Plaza on Nov 29 last year. Mr Li, 27, was crossing a road junction when the traffic …
UNUSUALLY large numbers of people are falling ill with sore throats, the common cold, fever and diarrhoea – numbers large enough to classify the infections as an epidemic. Last week, polyclinics saw more than 20,000 patients with such problems – an indication that the infections have passed the epidemic threshold and are now spreading rapidly …
WELLINGTON – A NEW ZEALAND woman was temporarily partially paralysed by a ‘love bite’ on her neck from her amorous partner, doctors reported in the New Zealand Medical Journal. The 44-year-old woman went to the emergency department of Middlemore Hospital in Auckland last year after experiencing loss of movement in her left arm while watching …