A Western Kazakhstan woman who experienced two decades of severe domestic abuse by her former husband is to be retried for allegedly conspiring to murder him. ( read original story ...)
City of Dreams Sri Lanka casino to open on August 2
The casino at City of Dreams Sri Lanka, to be managed by Melco Resorts & Entertainment Ltd, is due to open on August 2, according to a Thursday announcement. The gaming firm is an investor in the ... ( read original story ...)
Opinion | In Yemen, $7 Billion in Useless Bombing – The New York Times
Defense Priorities, a Washington think tank, plausibly estimates that between Biden and Trump, the United States wasted more than $7 billion on bombing Yemen over a little more than two years.Most ... ( read original story ...)
3 Malaysian billionaires see biggest wealth surge in over a year – who are they?
Jeffrey Cheah, Quek Leng Chan, and Syed Mokhtar AlBukhary—three Malaysian tycoons in property, finance, and infrastructure—recorded the biggest wealth gains among the country’s richest over the past ... ( read original story ...)
Thailand’s 3rd wealthiest billionaire Charoen Sirivadhanabhakdi’s consortium offers $380M bid for prime Singapore land
A consortium including Frasers Property, controlled by Thai billionaire Charoen Sirivadhanabhakdi has outbid eight competitors with a SGD491.5 million (US$386 million) offer for a prime land lot in ... ( read original story ...)
BSP records slower increase in real property prices in Q1 2025
Residential property prices in the Philippines continued to increase in the first quarter of the year but at a slower pace than the recorded expansion in the fourth quarter of 2024, the Bangko Sentral ... ( read original story ...)
‘Twitter killer’ who raped and dismembered eight suicidal women is executed
Takahiro Shiraishi was executed today in the first use of capital punishment in Japan in nearly three years. Eight of his victims were women – including teenagers – who he killed after raping them. He ... ( read original story ...)
IPO-Pakistan, LCCI agree to promote intellectual property awareness
LAHORE: Chairperson IPO-Pakistan, Ambassador Farukh Amil (R) visited Lahore Chamber of Commerce and Industry to meet with the President LCCI, Abuzar Shad and the senior leadership of LCCI, Ali Hussam ... ( read original story ...)
Real estate slowdown: Property prices, global tensions weigh on demand; sales slip 20% YoY
India's housing market experienced a downturn in Q2 2025, with sales in the top seven cities dropping 20% annually to 96,285 units, the second-lowest in two years. This decline was attributed to ... ( read original story ...)
Trump’s Tariffs Have Unsettled Thailand’s Pet Food Exporters
After rapid growth, Thailand is the biggest overseas supplier of pet food in the United States. Volatility in policy has some importers looking elsewhere.