They set out at night with their camels, yaks and yurts in search of safety from a war finally arriving in their mountain homeland. In one of the more peculiar disruptions touched off by the American military withdrawal from Afghanistan, about 350 ethnic Kyrgyz nomads tried to flee the country this month into Tajikistan. Traveling […]
JALALABAD, AFGHANISTAN (AFP) – At least 40 people have been killed with 150 more missing in northern Afghanistan after flash floods ravaged an area northeast of the capital Kabul, officials said on Thursday (July 29). A rescue operation was underway to find the missing people after torrential rains overwhelmed Kamdesh district in Nuristan province – […]
SINGAPORE – Minister for Home Affairs K. Shanmugam on Thursday (July 29) questioned the motives of the writer of an opinion piece on the KTV Covid-19 cluster, whose claims had been rebutted by his ministry a day earlier. He noted that the writer, Andy Wong Ming Jun, was charged over his alleged involvement in a Telegram […]
SINGAPORE – All pupils and staff of Punggol Primary School will undergo mandatory swab tests on Thursday (July 29) and Friday. This comes after a new cluster linked to a cleaner at Punggol Primary School was identified on Tuesday and grew to seven cases on Wednesday, according to the Ministry of Health. Meanwhile, the school […]
SINGAPORE – He started taking upskirt videos when he was between 12 and 15 years old, amassing various clips of unsuspecting women, including his friends, over the years. He recorded them not only in public places but also at the junior college where he was a student. Now 20, the youth finally landed in court […]
SINGAPORE – Tesla delivered its first cars – the Model 3 – to customers on Thursday (July 29) morning – five months after the American electric car brand opened its sales portal here, and five years after founder Elon Musk started accepting worldwide pre-bookings for its most affordable car. The delivery took place just after […]
KUALA LUMPUR – Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin has been advised to resign by allies in his Perikatan Nasional (PN) government after a stunning rebuke on Thursday (July 29) by the King, Sultan Abdullah Ahmad Shah. The Palace issued a statement insisting the King did not consent to the government’s unilateral move to revoke ordinances that […]
HONG KONG (REUTERS) – The defence lawyer for the first person charged under Hong Kong’s national security law argued on Thursday (July 29) at a final mitigation session before sentencing that his client was a “decent young man” who did something very stupid. Tong Ying-kit, 24, could be sentenced on Friday to several years to […]
SINGAPORE – Village Hotel Sentosa is the latest addition to the Ministry of Health’s (MOH’s) list of community care facilities designated for those who have contracted Covid-19 but are experiencing mild or no symptoms. This brings the total number of such designated facilities to six, with the other five being D’Resort NTUC, Tuas South, former […]
SYDNEY (AFP) – Australia will return 14 artworks to India, including at least six believed to have been stolen or illegally exported, the National Gallery announced on Thursday (July 29). The Canberra gallery identified the works – which include sculptures, photographs and a scroll – as either stolen, looted or of unknown origin. The collection […]