JAKARTA – Indonesian President Joko Widodo announced on Thursday (July 1) emergency measures on populous Java and Bali aimed at controlling the Covid-19 Delta variant amid an unprecedented spike in cases in recent weeks. “The government will deploy all resources to curb the spread of Covid-19. The military, police , doctors, civil service, medical staff […]
SINGAPORE – Singapore’s labour market continued to recover in May, latest figures from the Ministry of Manpower showed on Thursday (July 1). The resident unemployment rate, which covers Singapore citizens and permanent residents, fell for the seventh consecutive month. It declined to 3.8 per cent, from 3.9 per cent in the preceding month. Meanwhile, unemployment […]
SINGAPORE – Singapore’s labour market continued to recover in May, latest figures from the Ministry of Manpower showed on Thursday (July 1). The resident unemployment rate, which covers Singapore citizens and permanent residents, fell for the seventh consecutive month. It declined to 3.8 per cent, from 3.9 per cent in the preceding month. Meanwhile, unemployment […]
TOKYO (REUTERS) – Balancing a new software programming job and caring for a toddler in Tokyo, LaShawn Toyoda saw increasing confusion in her social media feeds among non-Japanese speakers about how they could get a Covid-19 vaccine. The 36-year-old, a former English teacher who had recently completed an intensive coding course as part of a […]
SINGAPORE – Housing Board resale prices climbed for the fifth consecutive quarter but eased from recent highs, flash estimates released on Thursday (July 1) showed. Resale prices rose 2.8 per cent in the three months to June this year from the previous quarter, compared with a 3 per cent rise in the first quarter. Year on […]
BEIJING – In the summer, the sun rises early in Beijing, so when the crowd piled into spectator stands on Tiananmen Square in the wee hours of Thursday (July 1) morning, it was already bright. Some 70,000 spectators had gathered in the heart of the Chinese capital to celebrate the centenary of China’s ruling party. […]
BEIJING (AFP) – President Xi Jinping will lead centenary celebrations for the Chinese Communist Party in Tiananmen Square on Thursday (July 1), pulling on history to remind patriots at home and rivals abroad of China’s – and his own – irresistible rise. At 8am local time (0000 GMT), above the giant portrait of Mao Zedong […]
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka — Hundreds of dead sea creatures, including whales and dolphins, have washed ashore in Sri Lanka, apparently poisoned by chemicals from a cargo ship that caught fire and sank, government officials said on Wednesday, revealing some of the toll of what is being called the country’s worst environmental disaster. The remains of […]
SINGAPORE – The maritime sector will get an extra $3.5 million in Covid-19 support, while relief measures that were set to expire this month have also been extended until the end of this year. This is to help prop up the hard-hit sector, said the Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (MPA) in a statement […]
JAKARTA – Tents have popped up and spaces repurposed as hospitals in Jakarta find themselves barely coping with the soaring numbers of Covid-19 patients that have also left medical workers with fatigue and burnout. Some hospitals have converted their emergency units into isolation sites for Covid-19 cases, while tending patients with urgent, non-Covid conditions, such […]