SINGAPORE – Asean and China can benefit from exploring new “building blocks” of growth in areas such as digitalisation and sustainability, in addition to deepening cooperation in existing areas such as trade, said Deputy Prime Minister Heng Swee Keat on Monday (July 12). With sound economic fundamentals and a total combined population of two billion people, there […]
SINGAPORE – Claiming that her domestic helper was “smelly”, a woman forced the Indonesian to shower with the toilet door open and get dressed in front of open windows. This was part of the abuse Rosdiana Abdul Rahim, 33, inflicted on Ms Mayang Sari in 2017. The domestic helper’s age is not stated in court […]
SYDNEY – Australia has launched an international lobbying campaign against a United Nations proposal to downgrade the heritage status of the Great Barrier Reef, privately accusing China of orchestrating the move. Environment Minister Sussan Ley was due to fly to Europe on Saturday (July 10) to meet delegates of United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural […]
SINGAPORE – Climate analysts and experts here have welcomed the public sector taking the lead to start reducing carbon emissions five years ahead of the national goal. They are confident the sector is in good stead to realise its ambitious climate goals and targets, with some experts suggesting that there may be room for even […]
NEW DELHI – Ms Sirisha Bandla’s trip to the edge of space alongside billionaire Richard Branson on Sunday (July 11) has been feted by Indians as an example of women from the country breaking the glass ceiling. The vice-president of government affairs for Virgin Atlantic, who was born in Guntur district in the state of […]
SYDNEY (REUTERS) – The prospect of an extended lockdown in Sydney loomed on Monday (July 12) as Australian health officials reported yet another record daily rise in Covid-19 cases for the year, fuelled by the highly infectious Delta variant. New South Wales state reported 112 new locally transmitted Covid-19 cases, almost all of them in Sydney, despite the […]
SINGAPORE – Two buses were involved in an accident at Bukit Batok Bus Interchange on Sunday afternoon (July 11), leaving one on its side. The buses, both of which were plying the feeder service route 945, are operated by Tower Transit. Three drivers and 15 commuters were involved in the accident, said a Tower Transit […]
SINGAPORE – Two buses were involved in an accident at Bukit Batok Bus Interchange on Sunday afternoon (July 11), leaving one on its side. The buses, both of which were plying the feeder service route 945, are operated by Tower Transit. Three drivers and 15 commuters were involved in the accident, said a Tower Transit […]
SINGAPORE – A man who was allegedly behind a series of cat slashings in Ang Mo Kio was handed additional charges on Wednesday (July 7). Leow Wei Liang, 37, is now accused of slashing six more cats with a penknife between April 25 and May 20. This brings the total number of charges Leow faces […]
YANGON (REUTERS) – Myanmar’s military authorities pledged on Monday (July 12) to ramp up oxygen supplies to help treat Covid-19 patients, as residents described their struggle to secure supplies to save loved ones from a record-setting wave of infections. Photographs on social media showed long queues of residents in Myanmar’s biggest city Yangon trying to […]