COLOMBO (AFP) – A Sri Lankan court hearing into the fire and sinking of a container ship off Colombo was told on Monday (June 7) that its local agent had deleted e-mails vital to the investigation. The Singapore-registered MV X-Press Pearl reported an onboard acid leak to its representative Sea Consortium Lanka who in turn […]
SINGAPORE – Singapore has seen a rash of racist incidents recently, the latest on Saturday (June 5), when an interracial couple was told off in public just for being together. But interracial relationships here are hardly unusual, although they come with unique challenges. Please subscribe or log in to continue reading the full article. Get […]
SINGAPORE – A total of 33 people are being investigated for flouting Covid-19 rules after they were caught by the police in an unlicensed karaoke outlet. The police said in a statement on Monday night (June 7) that the group comprises 26 men and seven women, aged between 20 and 68. They were caught after […]
JAKARTA – Indonesia has asked China for technical assistance to kick-start the production of Covid-19 vaccine so that it could become a regional production hub, as the two countries pledged to improve bilateral relations during their inaugural high-level dialogue in China over the weekend. Such dialogue is a new format to better coordinate the various […]
SINGAPORE – When Mr Dave Parkash uploaded a video on Facebook of a Chinese man making racist remarks to him and his girlfriend, he felt compelled to raise awareness that such racism still continues to exist in Singapore, though he had not expected the video to go viral. Since the video was posted on Sunday morning […]
NEW DELHI (REUTERS) – Key Indian cities reopened for business on Monday (June 7), with long queues for buses in the financial hub of Mumbai while traffic returned to the roads of New Delhi after a devastating second wave of coronavirus that killed hundreds of thousands. The 100,636 new infections of the past 24 hours […]
BANGKOK (ASIA NEWS NETWORK) – As the rich countries get their vaccination numbers up, whilst poorer countries are still struggling, there is some hope that we are getting to grips with the pandemic. On the climate change front, there has been some remarkable achievements in the last two months. First, US President Biden’s Climate Summit […]
LAHORE (AFP) – From briyani to pilau, Pakistan and India’s shared culinary landscape is defined by basmati, a distinctive long-grain rice now at the centre of the latest tussle between the bitter rivals. India has applied for an exclusive trademark that would grant it sole ownership of the basmati title in the European Union, setting […]
SINGAPORE – Commuters will be able to use just one mobile application to book taxi, private bus, car rental and leasing services from the ComfortDelGro Group by early next year. The new app will also offer options that are currently available on ComfortDelGro’s Zig app, such as restaurant bookings. ComfortDelGro said on Monday (June 7) […]
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