SINGAPORE – Former Institute of Technical Education College Central (ITE) student Steven Muthukumar, 19, comes from a family of 10, and his mother is the sole breadwinner after his father stopped working for health reasons. Despite his difficult circumstances and the Covid-19 pandemic, Mr Muthukumar was an active member of the Student Council and graduated […]
Regional Round-up Ep 8: Rodrigo Duterte’s report card and succession plan 12:07 mins Synopsis: Every week, The Straits Times analyses South-east Asia’s top news developments. The Straits Times’ regional correspondent Leslie Lopez chats with Money FM’s Elliott Danker about the following points: 1. Economic improvement: President Duterte’s strongest suit (3:38) 3. Philippines’ potential presidential candidates (6:07) […]
KABUL (REUTERS) – China told a visiting Taleban delegation on Wednesday (July 28) it expected the insurgent group to play an important role in ending Afghanistan’s war and rebuilding the country, the Chinese foreign ministry said. Nine Taleban representatives met Foreign Minister Wang Yi in the northern Chinese city of Tianjin on a two-day visit […]
TAIPEI (REUTERS) – The Taiwan authorities are investigating a former deputy defence minister and several other serving and retired military officers over contacts with what the authorities believe to be a Chinese spy, a source familiar with the matter said on Wednesday (July 28). The investigation is the most high-level case of suspected spying across […]
MUMBAI (NEW YORK TIMES) – Earlier this year, when Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken was up for confirmation in Washington, he was hit with a strange question about a piece of property 12,800km away on the Arabian Sea. Lincoln House, a former maharajah’s palace and US consulate in Mumbai, was supposed to have been […]
MUMBAI (NEW YORK TIMES) – Earlier this year, when Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken was up for confirmation in Washington, he was hit with a strange question about a piece of property 12,800km away on the Arabian Sea. Lincoln House, a former maharajah’s palace and US consulate in Mumbai, was supposed to have been […]
SINGAPORE – The Singapore Food Agency will be enhancing Covid-19 measures at the two fishery ports here after a serious outbreak of cases at Jurong Fishery Port. With 894 infections linked to it as at Tuesday, the Jurong Fishery Port cluster is the largest active Covid-19 cluster. The measures will be enhanced at three main […]
SEOUL (REUTERS) – North and South Korea are in talks to reopen a joint liaison office that Pyongyang demolished last year and to hold a summit as part of efforts to restore relations, three South Korean government sources with knowledge of the matter said. South Korean President Moon Jae-in and North Korean leader Kim Jong […]
SEOUL (REUTERS) – North and South Korea are in talks to reopen a joint liaison office that Pyongyang demolished last year and to hold a summit as part of efforts to restore relations, three South Korean government sources with knowledge of the matter said. South Korean President Moon Jae-in and North Korean leader Kim Jong […]
SEOUL (REUTERS) – South Korea on Wednesday (July 28) reported 1,896 new Covid-19 cases for Tuesday (July 27), its highest-ever daily increase, as the country struggles to subdue a fourth wave of outbreaks fanned by the more contagious Delta variant of the coronavirus. The daily tally broke a previous record set on July 22 as […]