Pakistan jails ex-PM Imran Khan for 14 years over land corruption case
Published: 5:01pm, 17 Jan 2025Updated: 5:02pm, 17 Jan 2025 A Pakistani court sentenced former prime minister Imran Khan to 14 years imprisonment on Friday...
CEO of Hong Kong’s NWD buys company-built flat for US$6.4 million
Echo Huang Shaomei, the recently appointed CEO of heavily indebted builder New World Development (NWD), bought a flat for more than HK$50 million (US$6.4...
Pakistan’s PM orders probe into national airline’s ad resembling 9/11 imagery
Pakistan’s Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has ordered an investigation into an advertisement of the country’s flag carrier that bears imagery similar to the September...
Alipay bears cost of system error that applied discounts to user transactions
Alipay, China’s leading mobile payments platform, will bear the expense from unexpected losses that it incurred on Thursday, when a system error gave a...
Why Trump’s threats over Greenland and Panama Canal may be no joke
Even though Donald Trump only becomes US president on Monday, he has shown an unmatched capacity to throw cats among pigeons. I’m talking about...
House Freedom Caucus Calls for 2-Step Reconciliation Plan
House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) has called for passing the GOP’s agenda through one big reconciliation bill as President-elect Donald Trump prefers. WASHINGTON—The House...
China and Thailand detain 12 crime ring members suspected of trafficking actor to Myanmar
Chinese and Thai police have worked together to detain 12 members of a crime ring accused of kidnapping six victims in Thailand and trafficking...
Hongkonger freed from Myanmar scam farm after family paid US$30,000 ransom
The family of the Hongkonger who came home safely from a Myanmar scam farm paid a ransom for him to return alive, a former...
South Korean first lady’s health worsens after Yoon’s arrest: ‘she was completely skinny’
South Korea’s first lady Kim Keon-hee is reportedly in poor health and has been left alone at the presidential residence in Hannam-dong, Seoul. Advertisement...