Singapore’s reputation for clean governance is facing its biggest challenge in decades after a graft probe ensnared a prominent tycoon and one of the city-state’s most senior ministers.
Singapore minister, tycoon arrested in rare high-level graft probe
A Singapore government minister and a property tycoon were arrested this week, the anti-graft body said on Friday, without giving details of what prompted the rare high-level probe that has gripped …
Singapore Graft Scandal Embroils Top Politician, Property Tycoon
Singapore’s reputation for clean governance is facing its biggest challenge in decades after a graft probe ensnared a prominent tycoon and one of the city-state’s most senior ministers.Most Read from …
What to Know About the Hotel Billionaire Ensnared in Singapore’s Graft Probe
Singapore’s most serious political graft probe since the 1980s has ensnared a billionaire best known for bringing Formula One racing to the city and who has political ties that go back decades.Most …
Dubai real estate: $3.75bn of property deals this week, Palm Jumeirah home sold for $32m
Dubai saw 3,626 real estate transactions this week, including bumper Palm Jumeirah home Dubai real estate: $3.75bn of property deals this week, Palm Jumeirah home sold for $32m Dubai, Dubai Land …
What is it with Ohio’s Jim Jordan and his antics this week? Is it just to get attention? Today in Ohio
House Judiciary Chair Jim Jordan on Thursday accused the head of the Federal Trade Commission of “harassing” Twitter to the point of obsession. We’re talking about Jordan’s headline grabs this week …
95 pc of Afghans do not want women to work, claims Taliban Deputy Minister
Following the Taliban’s new decree which banned women’s beauty salons in Kabul and other provinces across the country, Taliban Deputy Minister of Public Work (MoPW) Din Mohammad Haqbin claimed that 95 …
Thailand’s royalists foiled Harvard grad Pita Limjaroenrat’s first attempt at becoming prime minister. Here’s what happens now
A day before Thursday’s vote, Limjaroenrat was rocked by a fresh complaint lodged against him to Thailand’s constitutional court, accusing Move Forward’s plan to reform the lèse-majesté law as …
Thailand’s next PM: if not Pita, then who?
The Thai parliament’s rejection of reformist democrat Pita Limjaroenrat’s bid for prime minister has sparked a flurry of behind-the-scenes jostling ahead of a fresh vote by lawmakers to elect the …
Calls for action after teen vandalizes treasured Japanese temple
Founded as a place for Buddhist worship in 759 by a Chinese monk, Jianzhen, from the Tang dynasty, the temple was the first in Japan to be devoted to a Chinese Buddhist denomination, the Nanzan school …