It’s one more reason for Singaporeans to be wary of Western narrative on Asian issues. Is the Singaporean mind Eastern or Western? This is obviously an existential question that Singapore has to grapple with. Yet there is amazingly little discussion of it. The big danger that Singapore faces is that if the Singaporean mind…
DetailsXinhua News 2017-05-17 Editor: Mu Xuequan TIANJIN, May 17 (Xinhua) — Chinese authorities have warned computer users of a new ransomware virus detected abroad. The National Computer Virus Emergency Response Center (CVERC) and software company AsiaInfo Wednesday detected the “UIWIX” virus, which is spreading in a similar the way to the “WannaCry” ransomware. “The…
DetailsChina Daily By ZHANG YUNBI 2017-05-19 Foreign minister calls THAAD deployment key impediment Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi meets with Lee Hae-chan, special envoy of the President of the Republic of Korea (ROK) Moon Jae-in, in Beijing, capital of China, May 18, 2017. [Photo/Xinhua] China hopes the Republic of Korea will take effective measures to…
DetailsChina Daily 2017-05-12 Some of the 10,000 unclaimed ID cards on display on a table of a lost-and-found company in Zhenzhou, Central China’s Henan province, on Monday. [Photo/CFP] AFTER THE SUPREME PEOPLE’S COURT and Supreme People’s Procuratorate jointly issued a judicial interpretation on Tuesday on punishments for those guilty of stealing and selling people’s…
DetailsIRAN Press TV Thu May 18, 2017 Chinese Foreign Ministry spokeswoman, Hua Chunying China has lodged an official protest with the United States over its move to impose new sanctions on Iranian and Chinese figures for allegedly supporting Iran’s ballistic missile program. “The Chinese side is always opposed to unilateral sanctions, to the frequent implementation…
DetailsTehran Times May 19, 2017 TEHRAN – Iran’s defense minister has said the country spares no effort to meet its national security needs, and does not allow any party to intervene in the imperative. Brigadier General Hossein Dehqan was reacting on Friday to a move by the United States Department of Treasury to impose sanctions…
DetailsTehran Times May 20, 2017 Officials from various countries including Chinese and Russian leaders on Saturday congratulated Hassan Rouhani on his re-election as president. Incumbent Rouhani, who sought re-election in the Friday election, won a landslide victory in the Friday polls, wining 23,549,616 votes out of a total of 41,22,131. EU’s Mogherini: I congratulate Rouhani…
DetailsTIMES LIVE South-Africa Graeme Hosken 2017-05-15 Samantha Lewthwaite, a British citizen dubbed the “White Widow”. File photo. Image by: HANDOUT / Reuters Fifteen unused South African passports, some containing pictures of South Africans on an international terrorist watch list, have been seized from an al-Shabab courier in Tanzania. A police crime intelligence source told The…
DetailsBy Standard Reporter January 7th 2017 Chris Okeyo Obure. PHOTO: STANDARD To many, he is known as a businessman. But few know what he does. Chris Okeyo Obure, 36, is flamboyant and whenever you meet him, he’s quick to tell how rich and connected he is. He had been on the run, wanted by police…
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