SINGAPORE – The call came from TOUCH Adoption during the Covid-19 circuit breaker in April last year (2020). “An unwed mum is about to give birth in two months,” a social worker there said. Please subscribe or log in to continue reading the full article. Get unlimited access to all stories at $0.99/month Latest headlines […]
KUALA LUMPUR (REUTERS) – Malaysia’s Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin will tender his resignation to the King, Sultan Abdullah Ahmad Shah, on Monday (Aug 16) but advise the ruler that his Perikatan Nasional (PN) pact remains the largest bloc in Parliament. The resignation, if confirmed, could end months of political turmoil facing the country, which is […]
BEIJING (BLOOMBERG) – The police investigating an Alibaba Group employee’s sexual assault allegation against her boss have found no evidence of rape, raising questions about what unfolded in a case that has shocked China’s technology industry. Alibaba fired the accused manager last week after the female employee’s account about being raped by her supervisor while […]
SINGAPORE – For a number of years, former primary school teacher Chock Soon Seng taught Chinese to primary and secondary school students as a freelance tutor. But he had a dark secret – the 43-year-old was convicted twice for sexually abusing boys. He was jailed for 10 months in 2010, when as a primary school […]
KUALA LUMPUR – Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin’s last ditch concessions to seek bipartisan support at next month’s confidence vote has upped the ante on Malaysia’s opposition. Even though leaders of the 105-strong opposition and Umno president Zahid Hamidi’s camp of about 15 lawmakers rejected the offer out of hand, they have yet to coalesce behind […]
SINGAPORE – The components for real guns are being offered for sale by overseas sellers on e-commerce platforms Lazada and Shopee, The Straits Times has learnt. They include silencers, rifle magazine release levers, barrel thread protectors, foldable rifle butt stocks and laser aiming sights – all of which are controlled items that require a licence […]
KUALA LUMPUR – Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin is struggling to douse yet another internal revolt on Saturday (Aug 14), as Umno lawmakers still loyal to him fume over concessions offered to Malaysia’s opposition. The Straits Times understands that showdown talks within his Perikatan Nasional (PN) took place for about two hours at the premier’s Kuala […]
BULUS WETAN, Indonesia — When Debiyantoro, a hotel repairman, first lost his sense of taste, he wondered briefly if it might be Covid-19, but he quickly dismissed the idea. Having the disease would mean not being able to make a living. Now he blames his reluctance to get tested for the death of his 22-month-old […]
KABUL (AFP) – The United States spent billions supplying the Afghan military with the tools to defeat the Taleban, but the rapid capitulation of the armed forces means that weaponry is now fuelling the insurgents’ astonishing battlefield successes. “We provided our Afghan partners with all the tools – let me emphasise: all the tools,” US […]
SHANGHAI (REUTERS) – Chinese regulators should strengthen the vetting of online games and have “zero tolerance” towards those that distort history, state broadcaster China National Radio (CNR) said in commentary on its website. The remarks – the latest in a series of critical articles in Chinese state media – are likely to exacerbate fears that […]