Sister Lucy Kalapura of Wayanad district in India’s Kerala state is rarely nervous, but her pulse raced last week as she prepared to give a statement in court. “I am a nun fighting for justice. Please do not throw me out on the streets,” she told the Kerala High Court last Wednesday, representing herself after […]
BANGKOK (REUTERS) – Thailand on Sunday (July 18) announced an expansion of coronavirus restrictions that include travel curbs, mall closures and a night-time curfew to three more provinces after the country reported a third consecutive day of record case numbers. The country reported 11,397 infections and 101 deaths on Sunday, bringing the cumulative total to […]
FILE PHOTO: Argentina’s President Alberto Fernandez poses next to International Monetary Fund (IMF) Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva, at the Sofitel hotel in Rome, Italy May 14, 2021. Argentine Presidency/Handout via REUTERS/File PhotoBUENOS AIRES (Reuters) – Talks between Argentina and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) are advancing, the Argentine representative to the development bank said on […]
SINGAPORE – The National Council of Churches of Singapore (NCCS) has been in touch with church leaders here to keep watch over the youth in their congregations to combat far-right influence. Commenting on the 16-year-old Christian Singaporean detained under the Internal Security Act for plotting attacks against Muslims here last December, NCCS’ general secretary, Reverend Dr […]
SINGAPORE – Within a year, Singapore resident Stephanus Widjaja, 46, an Indonesian, had lost 10 friends and a relative to Covid-19 back home. The business consultant, who has been living here since 2008, felt helpless as he attended virtual funerals of his loved ones in Bandung and Jakarta, unable to return home due to border […]
KABUL (REUTERS) – The daughter of Afghanistan’s ambassador to Pakistan was briefly kidnapped by unknown assailants who left her with injuries and rope marks, officials and a hospital report said on Saturday (July 17). Silsila Alikhil was going home on Friday in the Pakistani capital Islamabad when she was seized for several hours and “severely […]
SINGAPORE – All it took was a few clicks to like a few videos and comments on a social media page, and Amanda (not her real name) earned $2. “I thought it was a pretty simple task,” she said, adding that she was paid via PayNow. But that easy money, introduced to her via a […]
MANILA – Boxing legend Manny Pacquiao was ousted on Saturday (July 17) as head of President Rodrigo Duterte’s political party, deepening a rift that could dampen the snowballing run of the president’s daughter. Mr Duterte himself was at the national assembly of the Partido Demokratiko Pilipino-Laban (Philippine Democratic Party-Fight) where Energy Secretary Alfonso Cusi, his […]
SINGAPORE – Fishmongers from all markets are to be tested for Covid-19 following a cluster at Jurong Fishery Port that was declared on Friday (July 16). The Ministry of Health (MOH) said on Saturday (July 17) that there is a risk of transmission of the virus to other markets, as there was spread from the […]
SINGAPORE – More than 300 people are assisting with investigations following their suspected involvement in a range of scams where victims lost more than $8.2 million. The police said on Saturday (July 17) that the suspects, aged between 15 and 77, comprise 210 men and 92 women. They are believed to be involved in more […]