Public sector job losses could pass 100,000 if government refuses pay rises, says IFS

Read More More than 100,000 public sector workers would lose their jobs this year if the government refuses to fund higher than expected pay awards for nurses, doctors, teachers and care workers, according to the Institute for Fiscal Studies. The IFS said the chancellor, Kwasi Kwarteng, faced a choice of either topping up public sector […]

US Marines storm beach near disputed reef in South China Sea joint military drills

U.S. Marines stormed a beach from the South China Sea Friday in joint military drills organized with troops from South Korea, Japan and the Philippines. The exercises were held on an uninhabited beach in Zambales province in the Philippines, roughly 150 miles east of the Scarborough Shoal, a rocky outcrop along Manila’s coastline. The rocky […]

Department of Justice charges Malaysian citizen for trafficking over $725K of rhinoceros horns

A Malaysian citizen was charged for trafficking over $725,000 worth of rhinoceros horns that involved illegal poaching. The United States Department of Justice said Malaysian national Teo Boon Ching, his trafficking organization and the Malaysian firm Sunrise Greenland Sdn. Bhd. engaged in the “cruel trafficking of endangered and threatened wildlife and the product of brutal […]

Three Chinese-New Zealanders Found Guilty of Political Donation Fraud

Read More The New Zealand High Court has found three Chinese-New Zealand businessmen guilty in a political donation trial, while a former MP was acquitted of all charges. Seven people were charged by the Serious Fraud Office (SFO) with making fraud donations to both major parties, Labour and National, on three occasions. Read More New […]