Taiwan unveiled a T$42.1 billion ($1.4 billion) increase for next year's planned defence spending on Thursday, as China announced details of its latest combat drills near the democratic island. China ... ( read original story ...)
‘Reluctant Republic’: Cyprus Turns 60 Without Much Ado
The Republic of Cyprus moved formal commemorations to October 1 for "practical reasons", Ioannou added, pointing to the searing mid-August heat and a key Christian religious holiday. Turkish Cypriots ... ( read original story ...)
Bernard Collaery trial is a highly unusual criminal prosecution
After nine months of hearings, seven judgments, and government spending of $2 million, we still know too little about the prosecutions of Bernard Collaery and Witness K. ( read original story ...)
Leila Cavett: The FBI is asking for the public’s help in Georgia mom’s mysterious disappearance
The FBI is asking the public's help in locating a missing Georgia mom whose son was found wandering barefoot in Florida last month. ( read original story ...)
Georgia School District Has Second Yearbook Racism Flap In Three Months
The two incidents involved young students making racially offensive gestures and a teenager posing in a picture with Martin Luther King. ( read original story ...)
The FBI is asking for the public’s help after a Georgia mom mysteriously disappeared in Florida
The FBI is asking the public's help in locating a missing Georgia mom whose son was found wandering barefoot in Florida last month. ( read original story ...)
Kuwait to start fourth phase plan of restoring normal life
The announcement was made after the ministers gave it a go-ahead during an extraordinary Cabinet meeting chaired by Prime Minister Sheikh Sabah Khaled Al-Hamad Al-Sabah on Thursday. — Courtesy KUNA ... ( read original story ...)
Kuwait closes 2019-2020 fiscal year with $18bln deficit -finance ministry
Kuwait, facing one of the worst economic crunches in the oil-exporting Gulf region, posted an actual deficit of 5.64 billion dinars ($18.44 billion) in the 2019-2020 fiscal year, it said on Thursday, ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore court appoints supervisor for Lim family’s Xihe Holdings – source
The Singapore High Court has appointed Grant Thornton Singapore as the supervisor of Xihe Holdings Pte Ltd and four of its subsidiaries, a source with knowledge of the matter said on Thursday. ( read original story ...)
Check before you ‘place your heroin order,’ Lebanon police say after mix up
The Lebanon Police Department jokingly warned people about double checking before sending an important text.“Soooo...you may want to double check that number before you place your heroin order!” the ... ( read original story ...)