SINGAPORE – Singapore recently crossed a significant milestone, having fully vaccinated more than 80 per cent of its population. This was the target the Multi Ministry Taskforce (MTF) had set as a precondition to easing restrictions further as Singapore moves towards treating Covid-19 as an endemic disease. Unfortunately, the way things have panned out, reaching […]
Good morning! Here are our top stories to kick-start your Monday, Sept 6. Covid-19 cases linked to bus interchange clusters grow to 469 There are six new cases linked to the Changi General Hospital cluster, bringing the total to 46. READ MORE HERE S’pore updates border measures, stricter pre-departure testing for countries including Australia, NZ […]
SINGAPORE – Underscoring the soaring importance and influence of technology in law, SAL Academy Publishing is launching a book, Law And Technology In Singapore, next month. The impetus for this book comes as technology has transformed everyday life, and is particularly timely amid the Covid-19 pandemic, said the book’s co-editors. The book is co-edited by […]
HONG KONG (REUTERS) – Hong Kong media group Next Digital Ltd announced on Sunday (Sept 5) that it aimed to go into liquidation and its board of directors had resigned to facilitate the process. Next Digital is owned by jailed tycoon Jimmy Lai and was the publisher of Apple Daily, a popular pro-democracy newspaper that […]
KABUL (REUTERS) – Senior Taliban officials met in Kabul on Sunday (Sept 5) with the UN undersecretary-general for humanitarian affairs, who promised to maintain assistance for the Afghan people, Taliban spokesman Suhail Shaheen said. Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar, head of the Taliban’s political office and other officials met Martin Griffiths as Afghanistan faces a potentially […]
VENICE (AFP) – There was moving testimony from Afghan filmmakers at the Venice Film Festival this weekend, as two female directors warned against trusting the Taliban’s promises. “In just two weeks, the most brilliant elements have left the country, at least those who were able,” 38-year-old director Sahraa Karimi told reporters at the festival on […]
PANJSHIR (REUTERS) – The Taliban said on Sunday (Sept 5) their forces had fought their way into the provincial capital of Panjshir, the valley where opposition forces have been holding out since the fall of Kabul three weeks ago. The police headquarters and district centre of Rukhah, adjacent to the provincial capital Bazarak, had fallen, […]
SRINAGAR, INDIA (AFP) – The family of a separatist icon from Indian-administered Kashmir have been charged under a sweeping anti-terrorism law for allegedly chanting anti-New Delhi slogans and wrapping his body with Pakistan’s flag after he died, officials said. Tensions in the Himalayan territory, which is disputed between India and Pakistan, have been heightened since […]
MUZAFFARNAGAR, INDIA (REUTERS) – Hundreds of thousands of farmers gathered in India’s most populous state Uttar Pradesh on Sunday (Sept 5), the biggest rally yet in a months-long series of demonstrations to press Mr Narendra Modi’s government to repeal three new agricultural laws. More than 500,000 farmers attended the rally in the city of Muzaffarnagar, […]
SINGAPORE – Make family time all the more special with these activities. A creative writing programme and an art class for your child during a staycation? You heard it right. These are part of Shangri-La Singapore’s new Family Playcation Wellness Camp, for which it has partnered with enrichment providers. Please subscribe or log in to […]