CHICAGO (AP) — A blogger from Singapore who was jailed for his online posts blasting his government was granted asylum to remain in the United States, an immigration judge ruled. Amos Yee, 18, has been detained by federal immigration authorities since December when he was taken into custody at Chicago’s O’Hare International Airport. Attorneys said … Continue reading
SINGAPORE (AP) — Inbee Park made a birdie on the last hole Friday to take a one-stroke lead over Michelle Wie and two others after two rounds of the LPGA’s Women’s Champions tournament. Park lost her place atop the leaderboard when she made a double-bogey on the 12th hole, her only blemish in two rounds … Continue reading
NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks are opening moderately higher on Wall Street as the market comes off three days of losses. Banks rose the most in early trading Monday. Herbalife rose after activist investor Carl Icahn, the company’s largest shareholder, said he has increased his stake. KEEPING SCORE: The Dow Jones industrial average rose 72 … Continue reading
SINGAPORE (AP) — South Korea’s Ha Na Jang has developed a habit of making the extraordinary seem normal. In January, she made a hole-in-one on a par-4 and last month she won her first U.S. LPGA Tour title, at the Coates Golf Championship in Florida. Jang was at it again on Friday, holing a monster … Continue reading
RANCHO MIRAGE, Calif. (AP) — President Barack Obama opened a meeting of leaders from a 10-nation bloc of Southeast Asian nations on Monday, Feb. 15, 2016 calling the landmark gathering on U.S. soil a reflection of his personal commitment to an enduring partnership with the diverse group of countries. Obama and leaders of the Association … Continue reading
SINGAPORE (AP) — Jordan Spieth finished runner-up at the Singapore Open on Monday, Feb. 1, after South Korea’s Song Young-han held his nerve to beat the fast-finishing world number one by a single stroke. Among 13 players back at Sentosa Golf Club at the break of dawn after Sunday’s final round was suspended because of a … Continue reading
HONG KONG (AP) — Asian stocks slid Friday following sharp losses on Wall Street as a slump in commodities markets deterred investors from riskier assets and expectations grew that the U.S. would soon move to raise interest rates. KEEPING SCORE: Japan’s benchmark Nikkei 225 index fell 0.8 percent to 19,534.97 while South Korea’s Kospi shed … Continue reading
SINGAPORE (AP) — A Filipino nurse working in Singapore was sentenced Monday to four months in jail for describing Singaporeans as losers on his Facebook, and subsequently providing false information to police investigators. Ello Ed Mundsel Bello, 28, pleaded guilty to a charge of promoting feelings of ill-will and hostility under the country’s sedition act, … Continue reading
SINGAPORE (AP) — Billowing smoke from Indonesian forest fires has worsened Singapore’s air pollution, raising concern among organizers of this weekend’s widely anticipated Formula One night race, as well as in schools that reopened Monday after a weeklong term break. Large parts of neighboring Malaysia were also shrouded in the gray, acrid pall, and an … Continue reading
SINGAPORE (AP) — The party that has ruled Singapore since it became a country a half-century ago appeared poised to stay in power for five more years as the city-state’s citizens voted Friday in a compulsory election. But the percentage of votes the People’s Action Party receives will be watched as a barometer of its popularity during … Continue reading
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