An updated document assessing the impact of the partnership with the east African country states that Rwanda has agreed to accept 5,700 people.
The Ukrainians used several ATACMS ballistic missiles in an attempt to attack civilians on the peninsula
[VOA] The European Union is tightening visa rules for people from Ethiopia in response to what it says is a lack of cooperation from the Ethiopian government with the repatriation of those who have entered Europe illegally.
[VOA] Nairobi, Kenya -- More than 40 people have died in southwestern Kenya after a dam burst Sunday night following heavy rains which spawned devastating flooding across the country. Earlier, several people went missing after their boat capsized in a river in eastern Kenya.
[VOA] Gaborone, Botswana -- Herds of endangered hippos are stuck in drying ponds in Botswana's northwest as the El Nino-induced drought takes its toll on wildlife.
SINGAPORE — Zhang Ruijin, an accused in the $3b money laundering case who told the court to put his lover in remand after their arrests, has been sentenced to 15 months' jail. This is the highest jail term meted out in this case so far. The 45-year-old Chinese national, who also holds a passport issued by Saint Kitts and Nevis, is the fifth person to plead guilty in this case. Zhang has agreed to forfeit about $118 million, or around 90 per cent, of his assets to the state, said his lawyer Eugene Thuraisingam. Deputy Public Prosecutor Ryan Lim said $131 million worth of assets, cash, vehicles and cryptocurrency belonging to Zhang have been seized by the authorities. On April 30, Zhang, who laundered a total of $36 million, admitted to one money laundering charge and two forgery charges. Five other charges were taken into consideration during sentencing. He has been in remand for over eight months since he and his lover, Lin Baoying, were arrested on Aug 15, 2023, in a bungalow on Pearl Island on Sentosa Cove.
A woman's swim with her children was cut short when she felt a sharp pain in her foot. To her horror, she had been cut by the sharp tiles on the swimming pool floor which had somehow come loose. In a post on Facebook group Complaint Singapore on Saturday (April 27), Cindy Wong detailed how her friend, Michelle Chee, was injured in the pool at Dorsett Singapore, a four-star hotel. Chee, 40, who owns a migration and property firm in Australia, came to Singapore with her husband, two children and parents on a business cum leisure trip. Speaking to AsiaOne, Wong, 41, said that she and her boyfriend had arranged for Chee and her family to stay at Dorsett Singapore in Chinatown from April 15 to April 17 along with them. Wong had booked five rooms for the party of 11. Shortly after checking into their rooms at 5pm, Chee, an Australian citizen, and her children beelined for the swimming pool. Chee told AsiaOne that she had just gotten into the pool when she felt something sharp cut her right foot.
It has been a «roller-coaster» of emotions for Jim Chua in the week following the fatal accident which occurred at the junction of Tampines Avenue 1 and Avenue 4 on April 22. In a Facebook post on Monday, Chua described how his wife, Nicole Lee, and son were both involved in the accident which claimed two lives. Lee, 42, and their son, 11, are among the six people injured in the multi-vehicle collision, which occurred after the driver of a black car ran a red light, ploughing into vehicles at the intersection. The accident killed a 17-year-old Temasek Junior College student and a 57-year-old woman. The 42-year-old driver, Muhammad Syafie Ismail, has since been charged in court with four offences. «For those who are not familiar with the accident, we are very lucky that both of them are alive,» Chua said.
In January Murat Kurashev, who resides in Sacramento, admitted his guilt
The yuan remained at 12.74 rubles
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FINTECH EXPERT Kathryn Chin See says that although Jamaica and the wider Caribbean have made strides towards financial inclusion, more needs to be done to strengthen it in order to empower citizens and provide them with greater economic...
Come May, persons will be able to walk into a JN Money branch in the United States, Canada, United Kingdom and Cayman and purchase a GiftMe e-gift card for their friends and family in Jamaica. This is because JN Money, a Jamaican-owned, global...
THERE ARE many ways that you can shift your mindset to set your compass towards success. Mindset is particularly important for entrepreneurs because you are often working alone and charting new paths, so how you think about things is one of the...
WESTERN BUREAU: ALTHOUGH NOT regarded as one of the crime hotspots in Hanover, the police say Hopewell has a high incidence of domestic violence. Inspector of Police Godfrey Lawrence, the officer in charge of the recently opened Hopewell Police...
WESTERN BUREAU: PRESIDENT OF the Jamaica Teachers’ Association (JTA), Leighton Johnson, is calling on school administrators to play their part in curbing violence in schools across the island. Johnson, who was speaking during the regular monthly...
[RFI] French President Emmanuel Macron met his Congolese counterpart Felix Tshisekedi on Monday in Paris. The visit, which will continue tomorrow, Tuesday, will focus on business partnerships, but is also likely to touch on the war in eastern DRC.
[The Conversation Africa] In 2022, as the world was slowly beginning to recover from the worst of the COVID-19 pandemic, an outbreak of mpox - then still called monkeypox - began spreading at an alarming rate in many countries worldwide. Confirmed cases were cropping up in places where the disease wasn't normally present (endemic) - and it was spreading quickly among certain groups.
[DW] President Felix Tshisekedi was in Germany to meet with Chancellor Olaf Scholz. He spoke with DW exclusively about the ongoing Congo-Rwanda standoff, his country's first female prime minister and German infrastructure.
Les résultats de la consultation sur la réforme des rythmes scolaires ont été dévoilés par le ministre de l'éducation, ce lundi, lors d'une conférence de presse. La majorité des parents et des professeurs veulent du changement et Ronny Teriipaia, dit vouloir suivre l'avis du plus grand nombre. Chaque commune pourra avoir un scénario différent.
Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre says he would use «whatever tools the constitution allows» to pass crime laws if his party forms the next government.
US State Department says at least five Israeli security units committed gross violations of human rights against Palestinians Read Full Article at RT.com
Dozens of pro-Palestine activists have been detained at the University of Texas Read Full Article at RT.com
The proposal consists of two phases, the first of which calls for 20 to 33 hostages to be released in exchange for the pause in hostilities
Dmitry Polyansky added that Moscow hoped that the current situation will be «cardinally corrected.» He also reiterated that legally binding agreements with the host country existed
«There were three experts: on finance, general issues and the nuclear program», the source said
«As of now, over 180 agency’s employees have been killed in the Gaza Strip which is an absolute record low for the UN,» the Dmitry Polyansky noted
One of the assault regiment commanders told that Ukrainian units frequently deliver erroneous artillery strikes on their own positions
Yahoo is reportedly letting go of its editorial and social media teams in Singapore as it moves towards the curation of content here. The digital news publication, which uses a mix of third-party and original reporting, will be laying off some staff in Singapore. The Straits Times understands that the decision stemmed from a thorough evaluation by Yahoo, which found that its partner content has consistently driven engagement. The Edge Singapore reported on April 29 that 17 staff are affected by the shift in Yahoo’s strategy, and will leave the company after May 7. They will receive slightly more than two weeks’ pay per year of service, reported The Edge Singapore, citing an anonymous source. Affected staff had met a human resources representative on April 23. Under its new strategy, Yahoo is hiring three “curation editors” and a market lead for Yahoo News Singapore. Newsrooms contributing syndicated content to Yahoo include HuffPost, AFP News, Reuters, EdgeProp and The Edge Singapore. Workers who were laid off were told that they can apply for the new roles, reported The Edge Singapore.
BOGOR - Singapore has held its own on the international stage in the past 20 years and has secured its place on the global map by participating in discussions on many issues, said Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong. He was in Bogor, West Java, for the Singapore-Indonesia Leaders’ Retreat, where he told Singapore media during an interview on April 29 that it was his last overseas trip as prime minister. When asked for some reflections on the past two decades of meeting international leaders and representing Singapore, PM Lee noted how the Republic contributed to discussions on world issues. “Over 20 years, Singapore has held its own internationally, we have managed to promote cooperation to contribute to discussions in many global forums,” he said. Singapore has also played its part in addressing climate change, as well as in trade pacts like the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership and the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership.
MADRID — Police investigating the death of Singaporean Audrey Fang are looking into the origins of a note left on her tablet that appears to justify a change in her Central Provident Fund (CPF) nomination to a «trusted confidant». The nomination is for a payout from her CPF savings in the event of her death. The note also granted the unknown beneficiary a «friendly loan of US$50,000 (S$68,000) based on our friendship in the past», separate from the CPF nomination. Spanish media outlet La Verdad de Murcia reported on April 28 that the Civil Guard, one of two national police forces, was examining the note written on the 39-year-old's iPad on March 24. «I want to declare that my decision to name you in my CPF is because you have been a friend for a long time and my trusted confidant,» read the note. The newspaper said the message «raises as many questions as it answers». Ms Fang was found dead with 30 stab wounds and other injuries near a parking area for lorries in the town of Abanilla in south-eastern Spain on April 10 while she was on a solo trip.
PM Modi revealed on Monday the untold story of how he ensured Pakistan was the first to officially hear about the 2019 Balakot airstrike, linking it to BJP-governed “new India’s policy of looking an adversary in the eye and speaking the truth rather than resorting to stealth”, reports Gururaj Jamkhandi.
