SINGAPORE – Six people were injured when a glass panel shattered at the foodcourt of Icon @ IBP in Jurong East on Thursday (Jan 10). According to Chinese daily Lianhe Wanbao, the six people who were injured were sitting at two tables near the glass panel when it broke. An eyewitness, Mr Liu Yi De, 27, told […]
HONG KONG (REUTERS) – Hong Kong’s government says it needs to build billions of dollars’ worth of artificial islands to give the city’s glittering skyline room to grow, but critics say developers are hoarding unused land that could solve the problem. Hong Kong’s leader Carrie Lam estimates the 1,111 sq km city needs another 12 sq km, […]
SHANGHAI (AFP) – At least 145 children were administered expired polio vaccines in eastern China, state media reported, despite the government promising to prevent such lapses in the industry following a major scandal last year. Three county-level health officials in Jiangsu province have been dismissed since the case came to light earlier this week – […]
SINGAPORE (Reuters) – Oil prices were on track for solid weekly gains on Friday after financial markets were lifted by hopes the United States and China may soon resolve their trade disputes, and as OPEC-led crude output cuts tightened supply. Despite this, markets were held in check by expectations of an economic slowdown in 2019. […]
SINGAPORE – Inmates in prison will be assigned the same case officer – whenever possible – from the beginning of their sentence until they are fully integrated back into the community after their release, under new efforts undertaken by the Singapore Prison Service (SPS). This is one of the strategies that prisons will be adopting […]
TOKYO (Reuters) – Nissan Motor Co Ltd (7201.T) has terminated the lease to ex-Chairman Carlos Ghosn’s luxury apartment in Tokyo, Ghosn’s legal team said on Friday, as the Japanese automaker cuts ties with the executive following his arrest in November. Nissan confirmed it had sent Ghosn’s Japan-based legal team a termination notice on his residence […]
YANGON (AFP) – Two Reuters journalists jailed in Myanmar over their investigation of atrocities committed against the Rohingya will learn on Friday (Jan 11) if an appeal against their conviction has succeeded. Reporters Wa Lone, 32, and Kyaw Soe Oo, 28, were arrested in Yangon in December 2017 and later sentenced to seven years in […]
OTTAWA (Reuters) – Canada is working with politicians and businesses in the United States to pressure President Donald Trump to scrap tariffs on its steel and aluminum, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said on Thursday. Trump imposed the measures last May, citing national security. Canada condemned the move and initially suggested it would not ink a […]
SINGAPORE – Former businessman Zeng Guoyuan, better known as “Parrot Man”, has been given a discharge amounting to an acquittal after he was earlier charged with assaulting two policemen. The Attorney-General’s Chambers (AGC) told The Straits Times on Thursday (Jan 10) that the prosecution had directed that the charges against him be withdrawn after carefully […]
KUALA LUMPUR – Malaysian carrier Firefly has projected that it will incur monthly losses of up to RM20 million (S$6.6 million) due to the suspension of its direct flights to Singapore following the airspace dispute between Malaysia and the Republic. The Malaysia Airlines subsidiary said the move has resulted in a “huge dent” in the […]