Actor Aloysius Pang is “liberated now”, his parents said, as they scattered his ashes into the sea off Pulau Ubin. His talent manager, Mr Dasmond Koh, shared this in an Instagram post yesterday afternoon. Along with a picture of a boat at sea and the location tagged as “Pulau Ubin, Singapore”, Mr Koh wrote: “Aloysius’ […]
SINGAPORE – A new mobile app that aims to make it easier for commuters with special needs to take public buses is on trial till end June. The app rolled out by the Land Transport Authority (LTA) will provide audio alerts for visually impaired commuters, while those in wheelchairs can use it to check whether […]
SINGAPORE – The upcoming Budget will cover social programmes that focus on the elderly, healthcare and education as well as pay special attention to helping the disadvantaged and underprivileged, said Second Minister for Finance and Education Indranee Rajah on Wednesday (Jan 30). Speaking to the media during a visit to Big Heart Student Care centre […]
LONDON (Reuters) – Luxury stocks were a silver lining for European markets on Wednesday after strong results from LVMH reassured investors, while looming U.S.-China trade talks kept trading muted and some earnings disappointments weighed. Europe’s STOXX 600 hovered around flat with Germany’s trade-sensitive DAX down 0.3 percent and France’s CAC 40 up 0.5 percent. Britain’s […]
SEOUL (THE KOREA HERALD/ASIA NEWS NETWORK) – The South Korean Ministry of National Defence’s website made for children’s educational purposes contains inappropriate content, according to claims on Wednesday (Jan 30). In a local media report on Wednesday, some categories – including the cartoons, games and comments sections – on the site were shown to contain […]
BEIJING (CHINA DAILY/ASIA NEWS NETWORK) – China will ratchet up efforts to commercialise 5G communication technology and welcomes foreign enterprises to join the process as part of the country’s push to expand opening-up policies, the top industry regulator said on Tuesday (Jan 29). Wen Ku, a spokesman for the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, […]
SINGAPORE – Singaporeans’ greatest concern is getting access to affordable, quality healthcare, a pre-Budget survey has found. Government feedback arm Reach garnered the opinions of more than 2,500 Singaporeans from Dec 3 last year to Jan 11, to find out how they thought the Government can better support them and published the results on Wednesday […]
“It was the worst night of my entire life.” That’s how Liz Carlson describes finding 145 whales beached and dying on a remote New Zealand beach. The travel blogger from the US was on a five-day hike on the Rakiura or Stewart Island with a friend when they came across the tragic scene. What would […]
Preference for boys leads to skewed gender ratio in India due to foeticide, disease, neglect, or inadequate nutrition. Nearly 63 million women are “missing” from India’s population due to foeticide, disease, neglect, or inadequate nutrition, a government survey says, adding that more than two million women disappear every year. The survey, released on Monday, pointed […]
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The administration of U.S. President Donald Trump intends to include Congress in any effort to pull back on its control over mortgage finance firms Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, a White House official said on Tuesday. Details are still being hammered out, but the White House said it plans to announce soon […]