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Sultan at Asean-Russia summit reception
HIS Majesty Sultan Haji Hassanal Bolkiah Mu’izzaddin Waddaulah ibni Al-Marhum Sultan Haji Omar ‘Ali Saifuddien Sa’adul Khairi Waddien, Sultan and Yang Di-Pertuan of Brunei Darussalam, on Thursday...
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Strategic Asean-Russia cooperation needed to counter extremist elements
HIS Majesty Sultan Haji Hassanal Bolkiah Mu’izzaddin Waddaulah ibni Al-Marhum Sultan Haji Omar ‘Ali Saifuddien Sa’adul Khairi Waddien, Sultan and Yang Di-Pertuan of Brunei Darussalam, on Friday...
View ArticleApple, Google locked in battle for supremacy
SAN FRANCISCO (AFP) – At the top of the corporate world, Apple and Google are in a back-and-forth battle to be number one. It’s not clear which of the two Silicon Valley giants will emerge on top in a...
View ArticleBIC boss not disposable after all
CLICHY, France (AFP) – Bruno Bich stepped down from the helm of France’s ballpoint pen and disposable razor maker, BIC, a decade ago. But at the age of nearly 70, Bich is back as BIC recycles his...
View ArticleSearch on for clues in EgyptAir crash
CAIRO (AFP) – Three days after an EgyptAir flight plunged into the Mediterranean with 66 people on board search teams scoured the sea on Sunday for the bodies of the dead and clues on why it crashed....
View ArticleTop US commander makes secret visit to Syria
NORTHERN SYRIA (AP) – On a secret trip to Syria, the new commander of US forces in the Middle East said Saturday he felt a moral obligation to enter a war zone to check on his troops and make his own...
View ArticleSectors identified in effort to find helicopter
KUALA LUMPUR (Bernama) – Four sectors have been identified to find the wreckage of the AS350 helicopter which crashed in Sungai Batang Lupar, Sebuyau, Sarawak killing six people early this month. More...
View ArticleVolcano eruption in Indonesia kills 6
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Rescuers have found more bodies after a volcano erupted in western Indonesia, raising the death toll to six, an official said Sunday. More details in Monday’s Borneo Bulletin....
View ArticleThousands homeless in cyclone-hit Bangladesh
DHAKA (AFP) – Thousands of Bangladeshis were left homeless on Sunday after Cyclone Roanu battered the impoverished southern coastal region, ripping apart flimsy houses and killing at least 24 people....
View ArticleSome 30 climbers frostbitten or sick on Everest after 2 die
KATHMANDU, Nepal (AP) — Some 30 climbers have developed frostbite or become sick near the summit of Mount Everest, a mountaineering official said Sunday, after two deaths from apparent altitude...
View ArticleHomecoming turns tragic
A car accident on Sunday at Jalan Sungai Kubut, Kuala Lurah, Limbang involving a Brunei registered car driven by a Moroccan killed two Malaysians who were in another vehicle. More details in Monday’s...
View Article‘Blessed’ Ng vows to continue painting from heart
Local artist Huifong Ng put the country on the map after she became the first Bruneian to receive the International Prize Colosseo award in Rome recently. More details in Monday’s Borneo Bulletin....
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‘Blessed’ Ng vows to continue painting from heart
| James Kon | Local artist Huifong Ng put the country on the map after she became the first Bruneian to receive the International Prize Colosseo award in Rome recently. This is her second...
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Homecoming turns tragic
| Achong Tanjong | A CAR accident yesterday at Jalan Sungai Kubut, Kuala Lurah, Limbang involving a Brunei registered car driven by a Moroccan killed two Malaysians who were in another...
View ArticleS’pore CPI falls again in April
SINGAPORE (Xinhua) – Singapore’s consumer price index in April fell again by 0.5 per cent, the 18th straight month of decline, according to the latest data released by Singapore’s Ministry of Trade and...
View ArticleMalaysia inflation rate to remain manageable this year
KUALA LUMPUR (Bernama) – The headline inflation rate is expected to remain manageable at between 2.0 and 2.5 per cent level for this year compared to 2.1 per cent in 2015 on weak pressure to inflation....
View ArticleClinton in ‘dead heat’ with Donald Trump
WASHINGTON (AFP) – Hillary Clinton tried to draw a sharper contrast with Donald Trump on Sunday, saying the central message of her campaign was “We’re stronger together,” even as a new poll showed the...
View Article18 girls killed in fire at school dorm
BANGKOK (AP) — A nighttime fire at a dormitory of a primary school in northern Thailand killed 18 girls, many of whom had been roused by a dorm-mate but went back to sleep, thinking it was a prank,...
View ArticleObama banishes Vietnam war era with lifting of arms ban
Hanoi (AFP) – US President Barack Obama on Monday scrapped a Cold War-era ban on weapons sales to Vietnam, as ties between the former foes grow closer thanks to trade and mutual fears of Chinese...
View ArticleMH370 kin ‘gravely concerned’ at impending end of search
KUALA LUMPUR (AFP) – An international network of MH370 next-of-kin said Monday it was “gravely concerned” that the search for the missing jet could end by August, calling instead for it to be extended...
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