Monthly Archives: November 2022
Global benchmarks mostly rise, markets await Fed rate moves
TOKYO (AP) - Global shares were mostly higher yesterday while Chinese benchmarks surged ahead of a decision by the United States (US) Federal Reserve...
Tutor gets jail for punching eight-year-old during private lessons
SINGAPORE (CNA) - A tutor who punched and flicked an eight-year-old student’s arm for giving the wrong answers during a mathematics lesson was sentenced...
Free eye examinations for KACA children
Azlan Othman
Fourteen special needs children from Centre for Children with Special Needs (KACA) in the Tutong District received free eye examinations recently during the...
Climate migration
Aijaz Hussain
KHARNAK, INDIA (AP) - For decades, Konchok Dorjey grazed the world’s finest cashmere-producing goats in the arid, treeless Kharnak village in India’s Ladakh...
Quick-pickled cucumbers
Kreepa Gurung
ANN/THE KATHMANDU POST - Pickled cucumbers are easy to make and can be kept in the fridge for a month. The salt and...
One in four males at risk of cancer
Brunei recorded 987 new cancer cases in 2020, of which 448 were males (45 per cent).
ne in four males in Brunei are at risk...
Massive contraband haul seized
A massive haul of contraband comprising 1,444 cartons of cigarettes along with 177 bottles and 144 cans of alcohol were seized by the Royal...
Haj registration starts on Saturday
Haj registration for 1444 Hijrah/2023 will open on November 5 and close on February 4, 2023, the Ministry of Religious Affairs (MoRA) through the...
North Korea fires more than 20 missiles, one close to South
SEOUL (AFP) - North Korea fired more than 20 missiles on Wednesday, including one that landed close to South Korea’s waters in what President...