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Passenger on SIA flight gets offloaded for repeatedly abusing cabin crew

One passenger on board a Singapore Airlines (SIA) flight in Hong Kong was offloaded and handed to the authorities due to his angry outburst. According to aviation tracking website Flightradar24, flight SQ897 taxied close to the runway at the Hong Kong International Airport but turned back. The plane was bound for Singapore. The flight, which was set to […]

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Pope Francis calls on Singapore to give ‘special attention’ to poor and elderly in state address

Pope Francis has commended Singapore for its rapid development, but called for “special attention” to be given to the most vulnerable in society. In his speech at the National University of Singapore’s University Cultural Centre on Thursday (Sept 12), the 87-year-old pontiff noted the Republic’s “growth and resilience”. “Those arriving here for the first time cannot

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Key charges against Philippines’ ‘Appointed Son of God’ Apollo Quiboloy

MANILA — Philippine pastor Apollo Quiboloy, self-proclaimed “Appointed Son of God”, has been apprehended after a weeks-long search by more than 2,000 police officers of his huge church compound in the southern city of Davao. The celebrity evangelist faces charges of sex trafficking and sexual abuse of minors. He denies wrongdoing and his lawyers did not

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Four climbers are found dead on the Alps’ highest peak

French rescue officials have found the bodies of two Italian and two South Korean climbers close to the peak of Mont Blanc on the French side after they went missing over the weekend in bad weather. The Chamonix-Mont Blanc search and rescue team found the two pairs of climbers at an altitude of 4,700 meters (more than 15,400 feet) on

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Iran President visits Iraq on his first foreign Tour

Iran’s new president, Masoud Pezeshkian, began a visit to Iraq on Wednesday, aiming to deepen already close ties with the neighboring country on his first trip abroad since taking office. The three-day trip comes amid turmoil in the Middle East sparked by the war in Gaza, which has drawn in Iran-backed armed groups around the

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Ambassador of Korea presents credentials to President Japarov

President Sadyr Japarov today received newly arrived Ambassador of South Korea Kim Kwang-jae, who presented his credentials, the president’s press service reported. The President congratulated the Ambassador with start of diplomatic mission in Kyrgyzstan, adding the diplomatic relations established 32 years ago build upon traditions of friendship, spiritual and cultural similarities, mutually beneficial cooperation principles.

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Vietnam To Attract More High-tech Investments From Russia: Official

VLADIVOSTOK, Sept 10 (Bernama-Sputnik) — Vietnam is interested in seeing more investments from Russian high-tech companies into the Southeast Asian economy, Bo Linh Le, a member of the Central Theoretical Council of the Vietnamese Communist Party’s Central Committee, has told Sputnik. “I hope that in the coming time, more Russian high-tech companies will invest in Vietnam.

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23 people died due to doctors’ strike against Kolkata rape-murder: WB govt tells SC

New Delhi: The West Bengal government told the Supreme Court on Monday that 23 people have died as doctors are on strike protesting the rape and murder of a postgraduate medic at Kolkata’s RG Kar Medical College and Hospital. Senior advocate Kapil Sibal, appearing for the West Bengal government, submitted a status report filed by

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Apple unveils iPhone 16 with AI software, new Watches and AirPods

CUPERTINO – Apple on Monday (Sept 9) unveiled its long-awaited, artificial intelligence-boosted iPhone 16 and promised improvements in its Siri personal assistant as it rolled out new software, beginning in test mode in October. “The next generation of iPhone has been designed for Apple Intelligence from the ground up. It marks the beginning of an

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North Korea’s Kim Jong-un says country to increase number of nuclear weapons, KCNA says

SEOUL — North Korean leader Kim Jong-un said the country is now implementing a nuclear force construction policy to increase the number of nuclear weapons “exponentially,” state media KCNA said on Tuesday (Sept 10). In a speech on North Korea’s founding anniversary on Monday, Kim said the country must more thoroughly prepare its “nuclear capability and

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