Singapore raises taxes on rich to fund rising social spending
SINGAPORE: Singapore on Monday announced income tax rises for the top five percent of the population to fund rising social…
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Man’s wedding ring lost in 2009 found
LONDON: A platinum wedding ring lost by a British lifeboat man on an emergency call six years ago has been…
UK police brief students at school of Syria-bound girls
LONDON: British police have briefed students at an east London school attended by three girls believed to be travelling to…
France deploys aircraft carrier in Gulf for IS fight
MANAMA: France deployed an aircraft carrier in the Gulf on Monday as part of the US-led military campaign against the Islamic…
Death toll rises after passenger ferry sinks in Bangladesh
PATURIA, Bangladesh: An overcrowded ferry has sunk in a river in Bangladesh, killing at least 41 people including 11 children,…
System let us down, says Abbott
SYDNEY: Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott admitted yesterday ‘the system’ had let the public down by failing to protect it…
Five bodies found after Bangladesh ferry sinks, search for missing
DHAKA: Five people including a baby are confirmed dead and rescuers are searching for missing passengers after a ferry collided…
Come home, families beg Syria-bound UK schoolgirls
LONDON: The families of three British schoolgirls feared to be travelling to join the Islamic State (IS) group in Syria…