David Miller 
VELIKO TURNOVO, Bulgaria, April 27 (Xinhua) — The Bulgarian leg of the 17th “Chinese Bridge” — Chinese Proficiency Competition for Foreign Secondary School Students, was held here Saturday. Seventeen-year-old Raya Popova from the Vasil Levski secondary school in Ruse emerged as the champion and she will proceed to the final round in China. There are … Read more
SINGAPORE: Ms Audrey Fang, the Singaporean woman who was killed in Spain more than two weeks ago, had bought insurance policies from her suspected killer in 2015, her family discovered on Saturday (Apr 27). They were looking through her belongings when they came across two investment-linked policies from insurer AIA, said her cousin who only wanted … Read more
SINGAPORE: Singapore Airlines (SIA) has been ordered to pay a couple in India more than S$3,500 after their seats failed to electronically recline during their journey from India to Australia last year. The District Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission in Hyderabad ruled in favour of Ravi Gupta and his wife Anjali Gupta, media outlets in India … Read more
KYIV (Reuters) – Russia has sent more troops to Ocheretyne in eastern Ukraine to reinforce an offensive there, but Kyiv’s forces largely hold the village and expect U.S. arms deliveries to turn the tide in their favour, the Ukrainian military said on Saturday. Russian troops have slowly advanced through at least half a dozen villages … Read more
SINGAPORE: The Bank of Singapore (BOS) has conducted a wide-ranging investigation into the misuse of medical benefits by staff who made claims for ineligible items such as bird’s nest, sources have told CNA. “Hundreds” of employees were involved in the investigation which ultimately led to some people being sacked, according to three OCBC Group employees … Read more
MANILA: The Philippines on Saturday (Apr 27) denied a Chinese claim that the two countries had reached an agreement over an escalating maritime dispute in the South China Sea, calling the claim propaganda. A spokesperson at China’s embassy in Manila said on Apr 18 that the two had agreed early this year to a “new … Read more
KYIV (Reuters) – Russia attacked Ukrainian energy facilities in three regions on Saturday, damaging equipment and injuring at least one energy worker, Ukrainian Energy Minister German Galushchenko said. Galushchenko said on the Telegram messaging app that the Russian strikes targeted the Dnipropetrovsk region in central Ukraine and the western regions of Lviv and Ivano-Frankivsk. DTEK, … Read more
FEWER OPTIONS FOR STUDENTS, ASSOCIATION SAYS The private driving instructors, as well as the Singapore Driving Instructor Association that represents them, said they worry that with fewer and eventually no private instructors left, future students will have fewer options to learn driving. Association chairman Poh Ah Kiong told CNA that all students will have to … Read more
Beyond the usual Vietnam cafe-hopping and city jaunts, experience the adventurous side of the country’s south-central coast in Phan Thiet and Cam Ranh. Read original article here Denial of responsibility! Pioneer Newz is an automatic aggregator of the all world’s media. In each content, the hyperlink to the primary source is specified. All trademarks belong … Read more
ABUJA, April 26 (Xinhua) — At least three people were killed and two others injured after a three-storey building under construction collapsed in Nigeria’s northern state of Kano on Friday, authorites said. The incident occurred as construction workers on site resumed the day’s work at Kuntau Quarters of the Gwale local government area, Nuradeen Abdullahi, … Read more
