SINGAPORE – The Court of Appeal will decide damages in a lawsuit brought against Changi General Hospital (CGH) by Ms Noor Azlin Abdul Rahman, who died in 2019 of lung cancer which the hospital was late in diagnosing. It comes after her estate and her brother, executor of the estate, filed an appeal against the […]
COIMBATORE, INDIA (AFP) – Twenty-eight elephants have been tested for Covid-19 at a forest reserve in southern India, officials said on Wednesday (June 9), after the reported death of a rare Asiatic lion from the virus. In what is believed to be the first known death of an animal in India from the coronavirus, a […]
SINGAPORE – Certificates of entitlement (COE) ended mostly higher after a longer three-week break between the latest tender Wednesday (June 9) and the previous one on May 19. COE for cars up to 1,600cc and 130bhp closed at $48,510, up from $41,801. COE for cars above 1,600cc or 130bhp finished at $60,109, up from $58,089. […]
SINGAPORE – After he was fired from his job, a warehouse worker at an online retailer slashed two directors of the company with a chopper – killing one and grievously hurting the other. Yee Jing Man spared a third director but ordered his superior to eat a red packet containing $20 that the man had given […]
BENGALURU (REUTERS) – India on Wednesday (June 9) reported 92,596 new Covid-19 infections over the past 24 hours, and 2,219 deaths from the coronavirus. It is the second consecutive day cases have fallen below 100,000. The country’s total Covid-19 case load now stands at 29.1 million, while total fatalities are at 353,528, according to data […]
HONG KONG (REUTERS) – The Hong Kong team behind celebrity humanoid robot Sophia is launching a new prototype, Grace, targeted at the healthcare market and designed to interact with the elderly and those isolated by the Covid-19 pandemic. Dressed in a blue nurse’s uniform, Grace has Asian features, collar-length brown hair and a thermal camera […]
KUALA LUMPUR – Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin arrived at the palace early on Wednesday (June 9), in what appears to be the first of a series of audiences that the King is granting to political leaders to discuss Malaysia’s Covid-19 and political crises. The Premier usually meets the King, Sultan Abdullah Ahmad Shah, on Wednesdays for […]
SINGAPORE – An 86 year-old Singaporean woman died of complications from Covid-19 on Monday (June 7). The woman – called case number 62680 by MOH – was previously warded in ward 9D at Tan Tock Seng Hospital from April 20 to April 22. The ward was at the centre of a large coronavirus cluster. She […]
BEIJING – Asean and China on Tuesday (June 8) pledged to exercise self-restraint to avoid actions that would “complicate or escalate” disputes in the South China Sea, while also committing to resuming negotiations on a code of conduct (COC) for the waterway. In a statement released a day after a special meeting of Asean and […]
SINGAPORE – More than 3,200 listings of illicit health products on local e-commerce platforms have been removed by the authorities in a crackdown. The Health Sciences Authority (HSA) said in a statement on Tuesday (June 8) that the product listings were removed between January and May 2021. The majority of listings taken down include prescription medicines for […]