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SYDNEY: An Australian court on Thursday overturned the conviction of a former archbishop who had been the world’s most senior Catholic cleric held guilty of concealing child sex abuse. Judge Roy Ellis ruled in favour of an appeal by Philip Wilson, the former archbishop of Adelaide and a former president of the Catholic Church’s top […]
SEOUL: In downtown Seoul, some 40 young South Koreans last month braved early winter chills to show their support for a planned visit to the South Korean capital by North Korea’s leader, chanting “Kim Jong Un! Kim Jong Un! Kim Jong Un is a great man!” Kim Soo-geun, who founded a youth group called “Welcome […]
KABUL: Murtaza Ahmadi moved the world with his love for footballer Lionel Messi in 2016. His dream of meeting the Argentinian came true, but now the seven-year-old boy is living a nightmare as one of thousands of Afghans displaced by war. Murtaza and his family abandoned their home in southeastern Ghazni province in November, along with […]
MANILA: Philipine law enforcement agents have arrested a 77-year-old American Catholic priest on a warrant for sex crimes issued by a court in the United States, a spokeswoman for immigration authorities said on Thursday. Kenneth Bernard Hendricks is to be deported after Wednesday’s arrest at his home in Naval on the remote central island of […]
BANGKOK: Southeast Asian nations may soon have to “choose sides” between the US and China in their ongoing trade war, the political heir to Cambodia’s strongman ruler Hun Sen warned Wednesday in rare public comments. Impoverished Cambodia has become an unlikely staging ground for geopolitical influence in Asia. Advertisement In recent years it has turned […]
TAIPEI: Top Taiwanese athletes on Wednesday (Nov 21) urged the public to vote against changing the island’s name at international sports events in a referendum this weekend, amid worries the move may jeopardise their right to compete. Voters will decide Saturday if they want the island to compete as “Taiwan” instead of “Chinese Taipei” in […]
HONG KONG: An American warship and carrier strike group visited Hong Kong on Wednesday (Nov 21) in a move seen as a conciliatory gesture by China ahead of next week’s crunch meeting between the global superpowers’ presidents. The port call at the semi-autonomous city comes just two months after China nixed a similar visit by the […]
KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia’s AirAsia X Bhd reported a sharply wider third-quarter net loss on Wednesday (Nov 21), the airline’s second consecutive quarter in the red due to higher fuel prices. Volatile fuel costs have been a significant pressure on the long-haul budget offshoot of AirAsia Group Bhd, and analysts expect that will continue to be […]
BERLIN/DHAKA: A group set up to improve safety in Bangladesh’s garment industry after the Rana Plaza disaster in 2013 is warning global fashion firms that they will have to stop sourcing from some factories if the watchdog is forced to close next week. The threat to the apparel sector, which accounts for the bulk of […]