While the economy has stabilised many people are suffering as a result of austerity measures backed by the IMF. Sri Lankans have begun voting in their first election since the collapse of the economy triggered mass protests that prompted then President Gotabaya Rajapaksa to flee the country. Polling stations opened…
EXCLUSIVE Undercover sting reveals how the politician bought hundreds of overseas homes on a $13,000-a-year salary. Bangladesh’s former Land Minister Saifuzzaman Chowdhury spent more than $500m on luxury real estate in London, Dubai, and New York but did not declare his overseas assets on his Bangladesh tax returns, Al Jazeera’s…
After weeks of tension that saw the Central Bank of Libya (CBL) shuttered, salaries go unpaid and cash vanish, the country’s two rival governments appeared ready to accept a United Nations-brokered agreement to resume operations, before once more reverting to a deadlock familiar to many in the country. The internationally…
Manila, Philippines – With the exception of a few pieces of hanging laundry, the first two floors of 65-year-old Veronica Castillo’s three-storey home are practically empty. “Our belongings are up top. We build our houses upwards here. Every year the floods will scrape the ceilings of the second floor,” Castillo…
The feds are eyeing a pair of Mayor Eric Adams’ allies for potentially influencing city contracts and taking kickbacks, The Post has learned — yet another damaging thread in their sweeping corruption and influence-peddling probe, according to law-enforcement sources. Federal authorities are looking into whether Deputy Mayor of Public Safety…
Gildardo Lopez Astudillo’s arrest comes weeks before the 10th anniversary of the students’ disappearance. Authorities in Mexico say they have arrested an alleged cartel chief linked to the decade-old disappearance of dozens of students. Gildardo Lopez Astudillo, the suspected cartel leader, was detained on charges of “organised crime” and taken…
Guo fled the Philippines two months ago as the Senate investigated her alleged links to Chinese cyberscams. Alice Guo, a former mayor who went on the run after she was accused of links to Chinese organised crime, has arrived back in the Philippines, where she is expected to be brought…
Venezuela President Nicolás Maduro’s plane was seized by US authorities in the Dominican Republic, according to a report. The Dassault Falcon 900 – which has been pictured with Maduro on state visits all over the world – was taken after US authorities determined that it was acquired in violation of…
Court sentences PetroSaudi executives to six and seven years in Malaysia investment fund fraud case. The Swiss Federal Criminal Court has convicted two executives from an oil exploration company for embezzling more than $1.8bn from Malaysia’s state investment fund 1MDB. The verdict on Wednesday was the latest episode in the…
Kishida will not seek re-election as the leader of the ruling LDP in party elections next month. Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida has announced he will not seek re-election as the leader of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) in next month’s party polls, in a decision that means the…
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