May 30, 2017 Newsdesk Latest News, Rest of Asia, Singapore, Top of the deck   Singapore casino resort Marina Bay Sands (pictured) is taking a former Chinese Olympic gold medallist to court in Hong Kong for failing to repay a gambling debt, reported media in Hong Kong. Marina Bay Sands is seeking to recover…
Euclid Tsakalotos stressed that the country had done its part, passing yet another series of austerity measures at the behest of its European lenders and the International Monetary Fund a condition required in return for the next tranche of loans. Despite Greece conceding to and fulfilling these terms, which it had originally rejected, talks to…
Greece on Tuesday denied a German newspaper report it could opt out of receiving bailout loans needed to make a July debt repayment if its lenders fail to offer clear debt relief terms to the crisis-hit country despite it having passed more reforms. Tuesday’s report in Germany’s mass-selling Bild that Athens could opt to go…
Australia’s corporate insolvency laws are among the most favourable to banks in the world, but this mantle could be threatened by looming changes to wrestle power away from lenders. The federal government is expected to soon publish legislation it hopes will “reduce the stigma associated with business failure”, and one aspect of this will be an overhaul…
Video PlayerClose BEIJING, May 30 (Xinhua) — Former Olympic champion Kong Linghui has been suspended as head coach of the Chinese women’s table tennis team following a lawsuit over a gambling debt filed by a Singaporean hotel, the Chinese Table Tennis Association announced on Tuesday. Kong was ordered to return home from the World Championships…