When Jasmine Goh-Chew boarded a plane for the southern Chinese city of Chaozhou in May 2026, she carried with her a small hope.The 11-day family holiday was planned around good Teochew cuisine, family time and an opportunity for her elderly parents to see the ancestral homeland they had never visited. But she also packed a faded letter written in 1993 by a relative in China to her aunt in Malaysia, which she hoped might lead them to family they had never known.It did. By the end of the trip, her family would reconnect not with one branch of relatives, but three.“We came for a holiday with no expectations at all that we would find our long-lost families,” said the 51-year-old mother of four children whom she homeschools.“But I told my husband: it’s now or never. Dad’s getting old.”The family – Jasmine, her husband Raymond Chew, three of their four children, her parents, her mother-in-law, her older sister and brother-in-law, and her sister’s father-in-law – had barely arrived in Chaozhou when chance intervened.

Motorists in Singapore can look forward to a 25 per cent discount off Esso's fuel offerings till June 30.In a statement posted on its social media on June 26, Esso said the discount is intended to thank its customers as its stations «are undergoing changes soon».Though Esso did not elaborate on what these changes are, Aster Mobility Solutions 1, which acquired ExxonMobil's network of 60 petrol kiosks in Singapore late in 2025, had announced on March 5 that it will partner Cold Storage to roll out a refreshed convenience retail concept at its stations.Aster, a subsidiary of Indonesia's Chandra Asri Group, said in its statement then that the new concept will offer «a thoughtfully curated range of everyday essentials, fresh and ready-to-eat options tailored for customers on the move.»Over the past three weeks, AsiaOne observed that convenience marts at Esso's petrol stations in Bukit Gombak, Hougang, Kovan, Marsiling, Pasir Panjang, Upper Thomson and Yew Tee have been emptying out.

Two men were arrested after a heated argument escalated into a physical altercation near Queen Street last Friday (June 26), resulting in one of them being taken to the hospital.In response to AsiaOne's queries, the police said they were alerted to the fight at Queen Street Bus Terminal at around 3.45pm on June 26. An Instagram video of the pair posted on Saturday by @jjyee0728 shows a lorry driver in a grey shirt gesturing angrily at a man in yellow in front of a red ComfortDelGro taxi.

DMK leaders MK Stalin and Udhayanidhi Stalin have launched a sharp critique against the ruling TVK government, citing administrative failures, a decline in law and order, and the Tamil Nadu Assembly's transformation into a «film shooting spot.» They allege the government is struggling to address power cuts, water shortages, and rising crime, while accusing the Chief Minister of prioritizing optics over governance.

The US and Iran have reportedly agreed to halt hostilities and continue peace talks in Doha on Tuesday Read Full Article at RT.com

On Friday night they were definitely coming. All of them. By Saturday, maybe not. Yesterday, even those in the Duke and Duchess of Sussex's camp were being told different stories.

The attack is said to have occurred between 1am and 3am on Wednesday at an address on Manners Road in Southsea, Hampshire.

Catherine, 44, started the endurance event on Saturday night and finished it 24 hours later cheered on by her family including her husband and three children.

RNLI lifeboat crews and a HM Coastguard helicopter rushed to the scene on Friday evening following a Mayday call from a light aircraft carrying two people.

Lynda Cooper, whose gun dog won six awards at the world's largest dog show in 2016, admitted to 11 welfare offences at Cardiff Crown Court.

Eleven people have died in a plane crash in eastern France, local authorities have said. Read Full Article at RT.com

Russian President Vladimir Putin has highlighted key national priorities in a speech at the United Russia party conference Read Full Article at RT.com

The commander of Ukraine’s 154th Separate Mechanized Brigade has been found dead with a gunshot wound Read Full Article at RT.com

Outgoing UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer is reportedly eyeing NATO’s top job after resigning amid a Labour revolt Read Full Article at RT.com

The Iraqi authorities have detained dozens of officials, including a deputy oil minister sanctioned by Washington Read Full Article at RT.com

Minister for Information and Broadcasting Attaullah Tarar also reported the destruction of three targets including weapons and ammunition depots

Silver Strikers moved top of the FDH Bank Premiership with a win that shifted the league’s numerical balance, overtaking Blue Eagles after a weekend in which Mighty Wanderers dropped further points and lost ground in the early‑season race. The reshuffle began on Saturday when Luanar Mitundu beat Blue Eagles 3–2 at Dedza Stadium. The defeat […] The post Wanderers stall; Silver move past Eagles appeared first on Malawi News | Breaking News, Politics, Business & Sports | Nyasa Times.

In the midst of the uncertainty facing Malawians caught up in xenophobic violence in South Africa, Dr McBride Nkhalamba’s decision to contribute K5 million has emerged as one of the steadier, more reassuring gestures in a week marked by fear and displacement. His donation, announced by writer and community organiser Stanley Onjezani Kenani, carries the […] The post Nkhalamba offers a steady hand to stranded Malawians appeared first on Malawi News | Breaking News, Politics, Business & Sports | Nyasa Times.

Alexander von Bismarck says many people in Germany share this opinion

Israel notified the US and the American representative in Lebanon in advance of the operation, according to a statement by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defense Minister Israel Katz

According to the statement, even the theoretical possibility of its appearance seriously affects security in the region

Temperature in Budapest rose to 40 degrees Celsius on June 28

Alexander von Bismarck also warned that it was dangerous to direct threats toward Moscow

 June 30, South Africa faces a day of reckoning it could have avoided. A number of fellow Africans have been queuing at airports, bus stations and border posts, trying to leave ahead of a deadline that began, extraordinarily, with a fake poster. Someone generated an official-looking Department of Home Affairs notice, declaring that all undocumented […] The post Africans are not South Africa’s problem. Governments that fail their people are appeared first on Malawi News | Breaking News, Politics, Business & Sports | Nyasa Times.