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SINGAPORE — Singapore's opposition leader Pritam Singh has lost his appeal against a guilty verdict of lying to a parliamentary committee.In February, Singh was fined S$14,000 ($10,800; £8,100) for two charges related to his handling of Raeesah Khan, a former lawmaker from his party who confessed to lying to parliament.In a short hearing to a packed court public gallery on Friday, the judge said Singh's conviction was supported by the evidence provided.Singh, who leads the main opposition Workers' Party, said that he was "disappointed" with the decision but accepted it "fully and without reservation".He paid his fines at the courthouse after the hearing on Friday. "Might as well get it done," he told reporters.Singh retains his seat in parliament despite the conviction,...
December 04, 2025
Singapore court upholds guilty verdict for opposition leader Pritam Singh
December 04, 2025
Hong Kong orders removal of scaffolding mesh after deadly blaze
December 04, 2025
Oil, defense and geopolitics: Why Putin is visiting Modi in Delhi
HONG KONG — William Li has struggled with the label "hero" since helping his neighbours escape the fire which engulfed the Hong Kong block of flats he had called home since birth.Instead, he is haunted by guilt that he could have saved more people from the blaze at Wang Fuk Court, which left at least 159 people dead."My heart breaks every time someone calls me a hero," says the 40-year-old, breaking down in tears.A week on from the disaster, firefighters are still combing the complex of seven burnt-out high rises for the remains of 30 of Li's neighbors — people who, like him, had the misfortune to be at home when the deadly fire began.What caused the fire to start, and why more people did not escape, is now the subject of an independent committee's investigation, ordered by...
December 04, 2025
My heart breaks every time I'm called a hero, says Hong Kong fire survivor
December 03, 2025
India scraps order to pre-install state-run cyber safety app on smartphones
December 03, 2025
Search for long-missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 to resume
December 03, 2025
Delhi records 200,000 acute respiratory illness cases amid toxic air
COLOMBO — Sri Lankan actor and musician GK Reginold rides a motorised fishing boat through Colombo's suburbs, hoping to bring food and water to those in desperate need.Some of the families, Reginold says, have not received aid for days, isolated by the South Asian island nation's worst weather disaster in recent years.Cyclone Ditwah lashed the country last week, bringing catastrophic floods and landslides that killed more than 460 people, left hundreds missing and damaged some 30,000 homes.But the deluge has also inspired volunteerism among its people, as they face what their president has described as the "most challenging natural disaster" in its history."The main reason why I wanted to do this, is to at least help them to have one meal," Reginold tells the BBC. "And I was so...
December 03, 2025
Cyclone catastrophe in Sri Lanka awakens volunteer spirit
December 03, 2025
Indonesia to repatriate two convicted Dutch drug traffickers, including one on death row
December 02, 2025
Asia reels from deadly cyclones and monsoon rains
