A Filipino suspect in a thwarted extremist plot targeting New York’s subway and Times Square will face legal proceedings seeking his extradition to the United States, the Philippine justice secretary said on Sunday.
Russell Salic and two others have been charged with involvement in the plan to carry out the attacks in the name of Islamic State during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan in 2016.
Salic was arrested in the Philippines in April 2017 and the US requested his extradition,…
Move over Aussies, the Chinese are coming. And Indonesia can’t get enough of them
When Elsye Deliana first moved to Bali to work as a tour guide, she noticed visitors to the Indonesian island tended to hail from Hong Kong, Taiwan and other parts of Asia. But starting around 2010, the number of visitors from mainland China eclipsed those from Taiwan for the first time. From there they grew rapidly, doubling in four years and then doubling again two years after that.
Now the owner of her own agency – PT Star Cemerlang Wisata – Deliana says Chinese tourists are the…
US$5.2 billion first phase of China-Thailand railway project facing further delays, reports say
The US$5.2 billion first phase of a Sino-Thai high-speed railway project could be delayed until the new year due to problems with environmental approval in Bangkok.
Construction had been expected to start next month, but that is now unlikely to happen as Thailand’s environmental authorities have yet to give the project the green light, China’s CCTV reported on Friday, citing Thai media.
Experts need to evaluate potential areas of concern, and construction will not be allowed to…
FCA: less than half of defined benefit pension transfer advice is suitable
Individuals seeking to transfer their pension savings out of a defined benefit (DB) pension scheme are receiving suitable advice in fewer than half of cases, the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has found.
New report urges firms to tackle financial security ‘gender gap’
Financial firms must seize the opportunity to better engage female consumers, who are facing a financial security “gender gap” as a result of workplace inequalities and underinvestment, experts have said.
European Commission publishes ‘far-reaching’ plans for single VAT system
Plans to simplify and modernise EU VAT laws will dramatically decrease cross-border fraud while cutting compliance costs for businesses, the European Commission has said.
UN slams Myanmar for lack of access to Rakhine state after convoy witnessed ‘unimaginable’ suffering
The lack of humanitarian access granted by Myanmar’s government to Rakhine state, where over half a million Rohingya Muslims have fled violence, was “unacceptable”, the UN said on Friday.
“The access we have in northern Rakhine state is unacceptable,” Mark Lowcock, head of the UN humanitarian office, told reporters in Geneva.
A small UN team visited the crisis-wracked region in majority Buddhist Myanmar in recent days and described witnessing “unimaginable…
Cambodian government files lawsuit to dissolve main opposition party
Cambodian government lawyers filed a lawsuit on Friday to demand the dissolution of Cambodia’s main opposition party after its leader was charged with treason last month.
Interior Ministry spokesman Khieu Sopheak said the ministry filed the lawsuit with the Supreme Court asking for the Cambodia National Rescue Party to be dissolved.
He said the ministry had found that the opposition party violated the law with its alleged involvement with plotting to topple the government.
The government…
EU: platforms will not lose defence to liability for illegal content they host by proactively detecting and removing that material
Online platforms would not expose themselves to becoming liable for illegal content uploaded by their users by proactively detecting and removing such material from their sites, the European Commission has said.
Marcos son ‘Bongbong’ confident of being declared Duterte’s vice-president after Philippines vote recount
The son and namesake of late Philippine dictator Ferdinand Marcos declared Thursday he was confident of ousting the current vice-president in a legal challenge, which would place him a heartbeat away from leading his country. Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jnr also confirmed his family was in talks with President Rodrigo Duterte, a political ally, to end the government’s three-decade hunt for billions of dollars worth of national assets allegedly stolen by his father and…