The Court of Appeal has upheld the terms of a post-judgment freezing order, preventing the person subject to that order from making payments ‘in the ordinary course of business’.
US promises to defend the Philippines from ‘armed attack’ in South China Sea, as Manila mulls review of defence treaty
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo’s pledge that the United States would defend the Philippines in the event of “any armed attack” in the South China Sea drew stern condemnation from Beijing on Friday, with foreign ministry spokesman Lu Kang warning Washington not to “stir up trouble”.Pompeo, after a meeting with Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte in Manila, said the country depended on “free and unobstructed access to the seas” as it was an island nation.“China’s island-building and military…
Bangladesh tells UN it cannot accept any more Rohingya refugees fleeing violence in Myanmar
Bangladesh told the UN Security Council on Thursday that it will no longer be able to take in refugees from Myanmar.Foreign Secretary Shahidul Haque told a council meeting that the crisis over the repatriation of hundreds of thousands of Rohingya sheltering in his country had gone from “bad to worse” and urged the council to take “decisive” action.About 740,000 Muslim Rohingya are living in camps in Bangladesh after they were driven out of Myanmar’s northern Rakhine state during a military…
Who says there’s no agreement in Hanoi? Trump and Kim made little progress at the summit, but locals are delighted
“I wish the roads were this clean every day,” said taxi driver Vu Ngoc Anh on the way from Hanoi’s airport into the city, taking the same route that United States President Donald Trump took upon his arrival on Tuesday.Vu had hoped for peace and a successful summit, but he said he didn’t like reading up too much into world politics. “There’s no point,” he said, implying he was more concerned about bread-and-butter issues.It’s a common viewpoint in Vietnam’s capital. Though Trump’s second summit…
GDPR spurs increased awareness of data protection
The introduction of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) has increased businesses’ and citizens’ awareness of their responsibilities and rights under data protection law, according to Ireland’s data protection watchdog.
Kashmir locals say its ‘time to settle India-Pakistan conflict for good’ as migrant workers, tourists flee and crisis intensifies
Migrant workers are fleeing India’s northern state of Jammu and Kashmir and tourist arrivals have fallen to a trickle amid an escalating conflict with Pakistan, badly hurting businesses in the Himalayan region known for its scenic beauty and fruit harvests.Hundreds of taxis stood idle at the main railway station of Jammu, the winter capital of the state, after Pakistan said it carried out air strikes in India and shot down two Indian jets on Wednesday, a day after Indian warplanes struck inside…
Indonesian rescuers pull survivors from collapse of illegal gold mine, but 37 still feared buried in the mud
Indonesian authorities on Wednesday ramped up efforts to find 37 people feared buried by the collapse of an illegal gold mine on the island of Sulawesi that killed at least one person.Rescuers used spades and ropes to pull out 19 badly injured miners and found at least four others dead. Officials said they could hear the voices of some of those trapped in makeshift mining shafts in a muddy hillside in the Bolaang Mongondow area of North Sulawesi province, and believed many were still alive.“We…
New ruling does not resolve ‘smash and grab’ adjudication uncertainty
ANALYSIS A new court ruling leaves us little further forward on an employer’s right to adjudicate the true value of the sum due under a construction contract after failing to serve payment notices and without first paying the amount demanded by the contractor.
Trump-Kim summit 2019: US president hails North Korea’s ‘awesome potential’ if only ‘my friend Kim Jong-un’ would denuclearise
US President Donald Trump took to Twitter on Wednesday in his latest bid to sweet-talk Kim Jong-un into giving up Pyongyang’s nuclear arsenal, describing the North Korean leader as his “friend” ahead of their highly anticipated talks.Trump, tweeting from the JW Marriott Hotel in Hanoi where he is staying for the two-day talks with Kim starting this evening, said North Korea could become like Vietnam – also communist-ruled – if it decided to denuclearise.“Vietnam is thriving like few places on…
Indonesia says three killed, another 60 feared buried alive in illegal gold mine collapse
Indonesian officials said on Wednesday dozens of rescuers were using spades and ropes to dig out more than 60 people who were feared buried by the collapse of an illegal gold mine on the island of Sulawesi that killed at least three.Rescuers said they could hear the voices of some of those trapped in makeshift mining shafts in a muddy hillside in the Bolaang Mongondow area of North Sulawesi province and believed many were still alive.“We are able to detect that many of them are still alive…