Thailand seizes more than $300m in assets and issues 42 arrest warrants in cyberscam crackdown
Seizures and warrants involve Chinese-Cambodian tycoon Chen Zhi, who heads US-sanctioned Prince Group, and Cambodians Kok An and Yim LeakParts of south-east Asia, including the border areas between Thailand, Myanmar and Cambodia, have become hubs for online fraud, with criminal networks earning billions from illegal compounds where trafficking victims are often forced to work. The... Read More
Racism allegations could derail right-wing populist Nigel Farage’s bid to become Britain’s next PM-CNN
Andrew Field recalls how his school in south London used to hand out a little blue book listing all the students enrolled that year. He says one boy used to go through the book to count how many children had the common English surname Smith, and how many had the Indian surname Patel. “When there... Read More
Panic Attack soothed Dan Skelton’s nerves with a superb success in the Coral Gold Cup Handicap Chase at Newbury.
After The New Lion’s fall in the Fighting Fifth at Newcastle, spirits may have been low for the team but Skelton had another arrow to fire further south as Tristan Durrell took the ride on the mare in one of the season’s biggest handicaps. Panic Attack was returning to action quickly after victory in the... Read More
A doctor who pleaded guilty to illegally supplying ketamine to Matthew Perry in the weeks before the star’s death has been jailed for two-and-a-half years.
Salvador Plasencia, who operated an urgent-care clinic outside Los Angeles, is the first of five people to be sentenced in connection with the death of the Friends actor. Perry was found drowned in the hot tub at his home after taking ketamine in October.During the hearing, Plasencia broke into tears as he spoke about the... Read More
Pakistan : PIA goes under the hammer on Dec 23. .
Pakistani PM announces live privatisation bidding; Reaffirms transparency; Hosts business leaders, company representatives.its full energies to restoring the airline’s identity and securing its long-term growth The participants praised the government for adopting a transparent and professional mechanism for the privatisation exercise.The government has been seeking to sell a 51-100 per cent stake in the struggling... Read More
US military deploys new one-way attack drone task force to Middle East”
The US military has established and deployed a new task force dedicated to fielding one-way attack drones across the Middle East, the US Central Command (CENTCOM) announced Wednesday. The formation of Task Force Scorpion Strike (TFSS) follows a directive issued earlier this year by Pentagon chief Pete Hegseth to accelerate the acquisition and deployment of... Read More
US President Donald Trump has pardoned a former president of Honduras.
Last year, when Joe Biden was president, Hernandez was sentenced to 45 years in prison for cocaine importation and related weapons offenses. The former president was found to have accepted millions of dollars in bribes. Ahead of the November 30 presidential election in Honduras, Trump said on social media that he would grant “a full... Read More
Ukraine and US negotiators to meet in Florida after Moscow talks, White House says
US special envoy Steve Witkoff will meet the head of Ukraine’s national security council, Rustem Umerov, for talks in Miami on Thursday, the White House has confirmed. The meeting comes after Witkoff spent almost five hours with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow on Tuesday, negotiations which the Kremlin said produced “no compromise” on ending... Read More
Epstein’s private island revealed in new trove of photos.
The release of the photos come as Democrats seek to put pressure on Trump to release all the Epstein files. They vowed to keep fighting to end the “cover-up” and deliver justice for the survivors, Epstein’s private island revealed in new trove of photos The release of the photos come as Democrats seek to put... Read More
Stop wasting world’s time, Ukraine tells Putin after US talks in Moscow”
Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha has accused Vladimir Putin of “wasting the world’s time”, a day after high-stakes talks between the US and Russia over ending the war in Ukraine failed to produce tangible results. “Russia must end the bloodshed it has started. If this doesn’t happen and Putin just spits into the world’s face... Read More