SINGAPORE – A Singaporean man who rented a housing unit and then sublet it to two Chinese nationals who engaged in vice activities at the unit has been sentenced to seven months’ jail over an immigration offence. Xu Yixuan, 26, was given the sentence for harbouring one of the women, with the second charge of harbouring […]
SINGAPORE – In a turn of events on Thursday (Aug 12), a lawyer turned up in court to represent Phoon Chiu Yoke, 54, just as she was expected to plead guilty. Mr Amos Cai of Yuen Law showed up to represent Phoon, who faces 22 charges for multiple offences, many relating to breaching Covid-19 regulations. […]
TOKYO (BLOOMBERG) – A member of a Tokyo Metropolitan Government coronavirus advisory panel of experts said it was now impossible to control the spread of Covid-19 in the capital. “The infection is spreading at a pace not seen before and the number of new cases is increasing rapidly,” Dr Norio Omagari said at a Thursday […]
KABUL (AFP) – As a string of Taleban victories show Afghan government forces in disarray, a young general is advancing his reputation on the battlefield and on social media. Provincial cities in the north have fallen like dominoes this week – in some cases after government forces retreated or surrendered without a fight – but […]
KABUL (AFP) – As a string of Taleban victories show Afghan government forces in disarray, a young general is advancing his reputation on the battlefield and on social media. Provincial cities in the north have fallen like dominoes this week – in some cases after government forces retreated or surrendered without a fight – but […]
WELLINGTON (REUTERS) – New Zealand plans to allow quarantine-free entry to vaccinated travellers from low-risk countries from early next year as part of a phased reopening of its borders that were shut last year due to the pandemic, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said on Thursday (Aug 12). Ardern said the government will move to a […]
WASHINGTON (BLOOMBERG) – The Biden administration is abandoning Afghanistan’s government in its hour of need and all but giving the country to Taleban fighters through its decision to withdraw troops, a former US ambassador said on Wednesday (Aug 11). “This is a handover to the Taleban,” Ryan Crocker, who served as ambassador to Afghanistan during […]
TOKYO – International Olympic Committee president Thomas Bach has sparked an uproar in Japan for taking a stroll down the glitzy Ginza district this week. This comes as the public has been told repeatedly by the government to “avoid non-essential and non-urgent outings”. Covid-19 infections have been surging across Japan, driven by the highly contagious […]
SINGAPORE – A 69-year-old Singaporean died from complications due to Covid-19 on Wednesday (Aug 11). The man, who was not vaccinated, developed symptoms on July 28 and was admitted to Tan Tock Seng Hospital the next day, where he tested positive for the coronavirus, the Ministry of Health (MOH) said on Wednesday night in its […]
SINGAPORE – The projectile that shot out from the 23rd storey of a skyscraper in Beach Road has been found to be a gas canister from a fire extinguishing system. The system had been dismantled for disposal, said a spokesman for the building’s management, the Singapore Land Group, on Wednesday (Aug 11). Such canisters typically […]