Foreigner found dead in Kg Sungai Teraban area
The Royal Brunei Police Force (RBPF) is seeking the public’s assistance in a murder investigation after a body was found behind an old clinic in Kampong Sungai Teraban last Saturday. More details in...
View Article18th Consumer Fair comes to a close
The 18th Consumer Fair – featuring Food Fest concluded last night after recording over 130,000 visitors over five days of the event. Jackson Ting, Managing Director of D’Sunlit Sdn Bhd, the organiser...
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Trump fosters rivalries as in ‘Celebrity Apprentice’
| Julie Pace | WASHINGTON (AP) — When Donald Trump acquired a pair of Atlantic City casinos in the mid-1980s, he pitted his managers against each other in a ferocious competition over...
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British florist sees rosy future in Brexit
| Julien Mivielle | WATFORD, United Kingdom (AFP) – For Briton Damian Duffy, who has run flower shops for 20 years, a Brexit would feel like a “huge party”. This despite British Prime...
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Luxury brands struggle to attract Internet generation
SAN FRANCISCO (AFP) – Seducing hyper-connected ‘Millennials’ poses an increasing challenge for luxury brands, which find their markets slowing as young, sceptical consumers force them to rethink...
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Tourism boom fires Iberian economies but leaves some cold
| Barry Hatton & Alex Oller | BARCELONA, Spain (AP) – With sunny days getting longer and lazier, sparkling beaches warming up and terrorism fears driving customers away from other...
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Finally allowed 2nd child, older Chinese parents turn to IVF
| Louise Watt | BEIJING (AP) — China’s decision to allow all married couples to have two children is driving a surge in demand for fertility treatment among older women, putting heavy...
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Checkmate? Purists fight to revive Myanmar’s ancient chess
YANGON (AFP) – Gripping a monkey-faced chess piece, Thein Zaw swipes his hand across the chequerboard and topples an advancing demon, demonstrating an ancient form of the game that Myanmar...
View ArticleChinese economy still full of vitality: Panasonic president
BEIJING (Xinhua) – “Despite pessimistic talk about the Chinese economy in some Japanese media, I’m constantly impressed by the changes brought about by China’s rapid economic development every time I...
View ArticleChinese G20 presidency ‘ambitious’ in seeking solutions for global growth
PARIS (Xinhua) – OECD Chief of Staff and Sherpa to the G20, Gabriela Ramos, has hailed Chinese G20 presidency’s efforts in seeking to integrate efforts of G20 countries to reboost global growth as...
View ArticleRodrigo Duterte snubs his proclamation as Philippine president
MANILA (AFP) – The Philippine parliament on Monday proclaimed Rodrigo Duterte the nation’s next president following his landslide election win this month, but he snubbed the high-profile event. More...
View ArticleLangkawi to be rebranded as cosmetic tourism island
KUAH, Langkawi (Bernama) – Langkawi will be rebranded as a cosmetic-tourism destination with the development of the Langkawi Cosmetic Island that is similar to the Loire Valley in France in an effort...
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Liam Hemsworth: ‘Miley split needed to happen’
LIAM Hemsworth says his split from Miley Cyrus “needed to happen”. The pair broke off their engagement in 2013 after three years of dating before rekindling their relationship a few months ago and...
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Ariana Grande cancels festival appearance
ARIANA Grande has called off her performance at Lisbon’s Rock in Rio festival. The 22-year-old singer revealed that she had been “crying for hours” after being forced to axe her performance at the...
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Johnny Depp’s box office flop
JOHNNY Depp’s new movie has flopped at the box office. ‘Alice Through the Looking Glass’ made a disappointing $28.1 million domestically (which is set to rise to $40 million), on its opening weekend in...
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Polish grandpa heads from New York to Portugal in a kayak
NEW YORK (AFP) – A Polish grandfather left New York Sunday on his third solo trans-Atlantic crossing in a kayak, aiming to arrive in Portugal in time to celebrate his 70th birthday on firm ground in...
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Reinventing Haiti’s rich visual heritage
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — Youvensky Despeignes used to spend hours a day at home drawing pencil-and-ink abstractions on cheap notebook paper, his aspirations as a painter frustrated by a lack of...
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Glass House to host more arts, outreach programmes on grounds
THE museum that operates the Glass House, the internationally known modernist landmark designed by architect Philip Johnson, is moving to expand arts programming and the fundraisers it hosts on the...
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Turkey marks Constantinople ‘conquest’
ISTANBUL (AFP) – Turkey on Sunday marked the 563rd anniversary of the Ottoman conquest of Istanbul with huge parties and a fireworks show in the former Byzantine imperial capital once known as...
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Third of coral ‘dead or dying’ in parts of Barrier Reef
SYDNEY (AFP) – At least 35 per cent of corals in parts of Australia’s Great Barrier Reef are dead or dying from mass bleaching caused by global warming, scientists said Monday. The assessment was made...
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