Month: October 2019

Japan to ask Joseph to stay on as rugby coach

Japan’s Rugby Football Union will seek to keep Jamie Joseph as coach after he took the Brave Blossoms to a historic World Cup quarter-final at home, its president said Thursday. “The selection committee has decided to ask him to serve as the head coach in light of results […]

Hong Kong businessman pays almost $1m for parking space

Hong Kong might be heading for recession after months of violent protests but that hasn’t stopped one businessman from forking out almost $1 million for a parking spot. The mind-boggling sum paid by Johnny Cheung Shun-yee highlights the gaping inequality that has helped fuel nearly five months of […]

Republicans storm secure impeachment deposition, delay testimony

Furious about being left out of the Donald Trump impeachment process, US congressional Republicans stormed a closed-door witness deposition and refused to leave for several hours in an escalation of the showdown over the investigation of the president. More than two dozen lawmakers barged into a secure US […]

‘White terror’: Hong Kong’s China critics beaten in targeted attacks

The men jumped Stanley Ho without warning, smashing both his hands with metal rods — one of multiple recent attacks against prominent Hong Kong pro-democracy figures that activists have dubbed a “white terror”. Since late August, eight well-known pro-democracy figures have been beaten by unknown assailants as fear […]

Ghosn wants case dismissed over ‘prosecutor misconduct’

Ex-Nissan chief Carlos Ghosn on Thursday called for the case against him to be dismissed, saying the charges were politically motivated and accusing Japanese prosecutors of a “pervasive pattern of illegal misconduct”. The claims, made in two filings to the Tokyo District Court, allege prosecutors colluded with Nissan […]

16 sentenced to death for burning alive Bangladesh teen

Sixteen people were sentenced to death Thursday for burning alive a Bangladeshi teenager who refused to withdraw sexual assault charges against her head teacher. The case highlights what activists say is a culture of impunity over sexual violence in the South Asian country of 168 million people, as […]

Louvre blockbuster spotlights Leonardo da Vinci 500 years on

Leonardo da Vinci is the star in a blockbuster retrospective opening Thursday at the Louvre museum in Paris to mark 500 years since the death of the Renaissance master. Some 240,000 people have already reserved their place in line for the exhibition, the biggest ever organised to showcase […]

Spain to exhume Franco’s remains from opulent mausoleum

Spain was on Thursday poised to exhume the embalmed body of Francisco Franco from a grandiose state mausoleum and relocate it to a more discreet grave in a country still conflicted over the dictator’s decades-long regime. Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez has made moving the remains of “El Caudillo” […]

Tiger roars back after horror start to share Japan lead

Tiger Woods got off to a horrific start before roaring back with nine birdies in 15 holes to share the inaugural Zozo Championship lead in Japan Thursday as Rory McIlroy struggled. Woods, three over after three holes, bounced back in stunning fashion with a back-nine of 29 and […]

Online registration for Kartarpur pilgrimage starts

Dera Baba Nanak (Punjab), Oct 24 : Online registration of devotees began on Thursday after India and Pakistan signed an agreement to operationalise the Kartarpur Corridor to allow Sikh pilgrims to visit the holy Darbar Sahib in that country. For registration of pilgrims, online portal (prakashpurb550.mha.gov.in) has gone live […]

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