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WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — A man died after an unauthorized helicopter flight in Queensland, Australia ended in a crash on a hotel roof early Monday morning, prompting the evacuation of hundreds of people from the building as flames engulfed the aircraft.
Allegations of the sexual abuse of Palestinian prisoners by members of the Israeli military are "horrific," the United States has said, after a graphic video broadcast on Israeli news added fuel to mounting criticism of the U.S. ally's conduct in the war in Gaza.
I asked the NUS Development Office how much I should ask from Mr Li. The Development Office strongly cautioned me against asking for too much. They suggested S$30 million. Since the Ministry of Education would give a matching grant, that would lead to a S$60 million increase in the endowment. I decided to do my own research on Mr Li’s philanthropic contributions. I learned that his largest donation had been to Hong Kong University for a sum of HK$1 billion (or S$200 million). Without consulting anyone (and without trying to cover my backside, per the usual Civil Service tradition), I decided that I would ask for S$100 million.
Malaysians took up their social media torches and pitchforks to demand an example be made of a 12-year-old boy, who faces possible jail time after he was charged on Wednesday for underage driving.
Knowing that the man she cared for was intellectually disabled and would not be able to alert others of her wrongdoings, a domestic worker sexually assaulted him and tried to have sex with him.
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — The man who is considered the heir apparent to the powerful Rajapaksa family in Sri Lanka will contest the presidential election in September, his political party said Wednesday, in an apparent bid to regain his family’s lost power after a humiliating setback two years ago during an unprecedented economic crisis in the Indian ocean island nation.
The United Nations and rights groups say capital punishment has no proven deterrent effect and have called for it to be discontinued. Singaporean officials, however, insist it has helped make the country one of Asia’s safest.