WELLINGTON (REUTERS) – Farmers in New Zealand drove their tractors to the city on Friday (July 16) in a protest demanding the government loosen its environmental policies and climate change regulations which they say are hurting their businesses. The nationwide demonstrations called “Howl Of A Protest” saw protesters flood busy motorways with tractors, pickup trucks […]
BEIJING (REUTERS, BLOOMBERG) – The Cyberspace Administration of China (CAC) said in a statement on Friday (July 16) that officials from at least seven departments of Chinese regulators sent on-site teams to conduct a cyber-security review of ride-hailing giant Didi Global. The regulators include the CAC, Ministry of Public Security, Ministry of State Security, Ministry of […]
SINGAPORE – Local escalator maintenance workers will also be covered under the Progressive Wage Model (PWM) from 2022, along with those maintaining lifts. Both groups of workers must also receive an annual bonus of at least one month of basic wages from January 2023, under recommendations submitted by a tripartite committee and accepted by the […]
KUALA LUMPUR (REUTERS) – Malaysia’s Health Ministry said on Friday (July 16) that it has granted conditional approval for emergency use to the Covid-19 vaccine manufactured by China’s Sinopharm. The Sinopharm vaccine in Malaysia was registered by pharmaceutical company Duopharma, Director-General of Health Noor Hisham Abdullah said in a statement. Duopharma had previously announced a […]
SINGAPORE – A man who was allegedly involved in a fatal stabbing case in Sumang Walk near Punggol Central was charged with murder in a district court on Friday (July 16). Heng Boon Chai is accused of killing Mr Kim Wee Ming, 46, along a corridor outside a flat on the sixth storey at Block […]
BRISBANE (AFP) – A group of Australia-based scientists are looking to venom from a deadly native spider to actually save lives, by halting the harmful effects of heart attacks. Researchers used venom from a type of funnel-web spider – among the world’s deadliest species – in a drug they hope can soon be taken to […]
KABUL (AFP) – As war rages across the countryside, young Afghans are plugging in their earphones and logging into audio-based app Clubhouse to argue with the Taleban and pitch counter-offensive tactics. Launched in the United States at the beginning of the Covid-19 pandemic, the platform acts as a giant conference call and first found popularity […]
MANILA (REUTERS) – The Philippines has detected its first locally acquired cases of the more infectious Delta coronavirus variant, its Health Ministry said on Friday (July 16), with one person dying from the disease. Of the 16 new Covid-19 cases with the Delta variant, 11 were tagged as locally acquired cases, Health Undersecretary Maria Rosario […]
MANILA (REUTERS) – The Philippines has detected its first locally acquired cases of the more infectious Delta coronavirus variant, its Health Ministry said on Friday (July 16), with one person dying from the disease. Of the 16 new Covid-19 cases with the Delta variant, 11 were tagged as locally acquired cases, Health Undersecretary Maria Rosario […]
KUALA LUMPUR (SIN CHEW DAILY/ASIA NEWS NETWORK) – Two months ago the whole world was staring with awe at the Covid-19 situation in India. That was a disaster of epic proportions with 300,000 to over 400,000 daily new infections for many days in a row. People were fighting for oxygen tanks. Those who died did […]