YANGON (AFP) – With hospitals in junta-run Myanmar empty of pro-democracy medical staff and Covid-19 cases surging nationwide, volunteers are going house-to-house to collect the fast-rising number of victims dying in their homes. Early each morning, Than Than Soe’s phone starts ringing with requests from family members of those who have died in the commercial […]
TOKYO (REUTERS) – Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga and South Korean President Moon Jae-in will hold their first in-person summit on Friday (July 23), coinciding with the start of the Tokyo Olympics, Japan’s Yomiuri newspaper reported on Monday. The report of Moon’s visit comes amid a political uproar in Seoul triggered by comments by a […]
Good morning! Here are our top stories to kick-start your Monday, July 19. Fencing, mandatory SafeEntry to be implemented at more markets amid rise in Covid-19 cases: MOH The added access control will better enable contact tracing to ring-fence cases, MOH said. READ MORE HERE Reduced capacity for physical sports and dance CCAs in schools; […]
SINGAPORE – Tamarind is a tropical fruit that is typically used to heighten flavour in sweet and savoury dishes. And while tamarind shells are usually discarded during food production, they could be used to conduct and store electricity in the future. An international research team, led by Nanyang Technological University (NTU), has found a way […]
SINGAPORE – There were 88 new locally transmitted coronavirus cases confirmed at noon on Sunday (July 18), including 25 cases linked to the growing cluster involving KTV outlets and nightclubs. This brings the total number of cases in the KTV cluster to 173. There were also 42 cases linked to the Jurong Fishery Port cluster. Of the […]
SINGAPORE – The capacity limit for physical sports and dance co-curricular activities (CCAs) in schools will be reduced from 50 to 30 people due to the sharp rise in Covid-19 cases in the community. The Ministry of Education (MOE) said that group sizes should also be reduced from five to two people. In response to […]
SINGAPORE – Seniors are most at risk of developing serious symptoms from the Covid-19 virus and should get vaccinated as soon as possible, said the Ministry of Health (MOH). Seniors can walk in to any vaccine centre for vaccinations or book appointments through this website, MOH said in a statement on Sunday night (July 18). It […]
SINGAPORE – There were 88 new locally transmitted coronavirus cases confirmed at noon on Sunday (July 18), including 23 cases linked to the growing cluster involving KTV outlets and nightclubs. This brings the total number of cases in the KTV cluster to 172. There were also 37 cases linked to the Jurong Fishery Port cluster. […]
BANGKOK (AFP) – Thai police deployed water cannons against protestors in Bangkok on Sunday (July 18) as demonstrators defied Covid-19 restrictions to call for Premier Prayut Chan-o-cha’s resignation and mark the one-year anniversary of a pro-democracy movement. The kingdom is currently facing its worst-ever Covid-19 wave, registering record numbers of cases daily as hospitals buckle […]
SINGAPORE – Waffles with maple syrup are a welcome breakfast treat or pair them up with fried chicken for an irresistible savoury dish. The flexibility of the popular food item helped fire up the imaginations of two National University of Singapore students during their time at the NUS Overseas Colleges programme in Silicon Valley, and spurred […]