KUALA LUMPUR – Muhyiddin Yassin will stay on as Malaysia’s Prime Minister in a caretaker capacity, the National Palace said in a statement, after the King accepted the leader’s resignation on Monday (Aug 16) after an audience at the Palace. Science, Technology and Innovation Minister Khairy Jamaluddin also revealed the Cabinet’s resignation on his Instagram account after their last Cabinet meeting […]
SINGAPORE – The postman will soon be bringing your mail on electric vehicles. Singapore Post announced on Monday (Aug 16) that it will replace all of its lighter vehicles with electric ones by 2026. For a start, it has begun trials of two electric scooters and two vans. The IONA RAP three-wheelers being trialled are […]
WASHINGTON (REUTERS) – Major airlines are rerouting flights to avoid Afghanistan airspace after insurgents took control of the presidential palace in Kabul as United States-led forces departed and Western nations scrambled on Monday (Aug 16) to evacuate their citizens. United Airlines, British Airways and Virgin Atlantic said they were not using the country’s airspace. A […]
JAKARTA (THE JAKARTA POST/ASIA NEWS NETWORK) – A landmark UN climate report published last Monday (Aug 9) sounded another deafening alarm about a warming Earth and the impending catastrophes it may entail. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) reported that global warming is expected to hit 1.5 deg Celsius above the preindustrial level in […]
SINGAPORE – Xin Xin and Le Le are among the popular names suggested by netizens for the first panda cub to be born in Singapore. The Straits Times asked on Facebook for suggestions of a name for the newborn panda, and netizens responded. Xin Xin refers to heart in Mandarin, or alludes to Singapore. Some netizens also spelt […]
FILE PHOTO: A woman walks past a residential compound in Beijing’s Tongzhou district, China, February 25, 2016. REUTERS/Jason Lee/File photoBEIJING (Reuters) – China’s new home prices in July rose at the slowest pace since January, official data showed on Monday, after authorities further tightened curbs on the sector, including limits on some purchases. Average new […]
BANGKOK (AFP) – Thousands of protesters in cars and on bikes massed in Bangkok’s central shopping district Sunday (Aug 15), one of several mobile rallies across Thailand demanding Premier Prayut Chan-O-Cha resign over his handling of the coronavirus pandemic. By nightfall, some protesters clashed with authorities, shooting fireworks and flinging projectiles to defend against riot […]
It was his first day as the Taliban-appointed mayor of Kunduz, and Gul Mohammad Elias was on a charm offensive. Last Sunday, the insurgents seized control of the city in northern Afghanistan, which was in shambles after weeks of fighting. Power lines were down. The water supply, powered by generators, did not reach most residents. […]
SINGAPORE – Infectious disease experts say there is little risk to commuters being infected with Covid-19 when passing through the Bishan and Sengkang bus interchanges, where new clusters were detected recently. This is especially if they maintain measures such as proper mask wearing and strict hand hygiene, said Professor Teo Yik Ying, dean of the […]
SINGAPORE – The number of applications – 363 – to adopt a child last year (2020) was the lowest in the past five years, with pandemic travel restrictions curbing the ability of adoption agents to travel overseas to source for babies. The majority of the children adopted in Singapore are born abroad. Please subscribe or […]