strike33 New Sri Lanka president needs to balance campaign promises with debt obligations, say analy Updated:2024-10-08

Anura Kumara Dissanayake’s stunning victory in Sri Lanka’s presidential election on Saturday (Sep 21) represents a seismic shift to the left in the nation’s political landscape.strike33 Yet, observers noted his win came as little surprise, as voters...

mnl168 Commentary: Sri Lankans made it clear they want change in a historic election Updated:2024-10-08

COLOMBO: It’s a slightly scary feeling when the hotel manager calls you in your room and tells you that the police have put the whole country into curfewmnl168, and you cannot go outside. But perhaps that’s my fault for travelling to Sri Lanka durin...

phl63 Taiwan investigators widen probe into Lebanon device blasts Updated:2024-10-08

TAIPEI: Taiwan investigators on Monday (Sep 23) questioned two more employees of a tech firm as part of a probe into the delivery of exploding communications devices to Lebanese militant group Hezbollah. Questions abound over where the devices came...

filbet Child abuse probe: Malaysian firm GISB has 10,000 followers still practising deviant teaching Updated:2024-10-08

KUALA LUMPUR: A conglomerate linked to a massive child abuse case that has rocked Malaysia has about 10,000 followers - including children - across the country, the police said on Monday (Sep 23). Police chief Razarudin Husain added that initial inv...