NEGOMBO (Sri Lanka): Father Suranga Warnakulasuriya said prayers alone in his church yesterday, as Catholic services were suspended across Sri Lanka for the second straight week since the Easter suicide attacks. With the army staging raids across the country and authorities maintaining high levels of security, the country’s 1.25 million
BANGKOK (Thailand): Kneeling in front of her King, Suthida Vajiralongkorn na Ayudhya was invested as Queen on Saturday in Bangkok’s Grand Palace, taking up a prominent role in a country where the monarchy is deeply revered, a fairytale ascent for the former flight attendant. Wearing a pink traditional dress, Suthida
TOKYO (Japan): Emperor Naruhito urged Japan to work together for world peace as he made his first public appearance Saturday in front of a cheering, flag-waving crowd of tens of thousands. “I sincerely wish that our country, hand-in-hand with foreign countries, seeks world peace and further development,” said the 59-year-old
SINGAPORE: Singapore has attracted high-tech manufacturers with incentives and a well-educated workforce but growing demands for highly skilled labour and government moves to curb numbers of foreign workers may mean a tougher path ahead. The city-state is a major producer of products ranging from aircraft engines to medical equipment and
OMAHA: Billionaire investor Warren Buffett said Saturday that women ought to have a higher profile in investing. On the sidelines of the annual shareholders meeting of his Berkshire Hathaway empire in Omaha, Buffett made a surprise appearance at a gathering called Variant Perspectives, organised by a group of women financial
WASHINGTON: US and Chinese officials say a historic deal ending their ongoing trade war could be imminent, but a key question is how can Washington be sure Beijing will live up to its end of the bargain?With up to 100 Chinese officials reportedly expected this week in Washington, with the
PARIS (France): Paris riot police fired tear gas as they squared off against hard line demonstrators among tens of thousands of May Day protesters, who flooded parts of the city Wednesday in a test for France’s zero-tolerance policy on street violence. Tensions were palpable as a mix of labour unionists,
ISTANBUL (Turkey): Istanbul police detained dozens of people who were trying to hold a May day rally at city centre square on Wednesday in defiance of a protest ban. Some 127 people were detained attempting to make their way to an unauthorised demonstration at Taksim Square, a traditional focal point
MANILA (Philippines): Thousands of Philippine protesters marched in Labour Day rallies on Wednesday, torching a giant effigy of President Rodrigo Duterte as they attacked his economic policies’ impact on the nation’s poor. Rows of marchers flew red banners and chanted near the presidential palace in Manila, where they set fire
HARARE (Zimbabwe): Unions in Zimbabwe marked May Day bemoaning worsening economic woes plaguing the country including price hikes and massive joblessness which have left workers with little to celebrate. “This year is another bleak year with absolutely nothing to celebrate for the common worker and the common citizen,” Japhet Moyo,
