TOKYO — The Australian softball players who arrived in Japan this week for the last stage of their training before the Tokyo Olympics have spent most of their lives trying to reach the world’s pre-eminent sporting event. Now they will experience much of their Olympic moment confined to small hotel rooms. The Australian women are […]
OTTAWA (Reuters) – A year into the pandemic, Canada’s national statistics agency is updating how it measures inflation, using new types of data for the first time as it bets on what lockdown spending shifts will prevail even as life returns more to normal.FILE PHOTO: A woman looks on as she walks past cordoned off […]
KUALA LUMPUR – From confusion over Covid-19 lockdown rules and vaccine appointments to complaints over meagre aid packages and double standards in enforcing restrictions, not to mention a spate of deaths in police custody, the Muhyiddin Yassin administration is reeling from a laundry list of grievances. It has led to a prolonged backlash on social media. There were […]
HONG KONG (AFP) – Israel-based web host Wix made an error in pulling a Hong Kong democracy website from its servers following a takedown request by the Chinese financial hub’s police, the company said on Friday (June 4). The removal is the first known case of Hong Kong police using a sweeping new national security […]
SINGAPORE – New delivery riders joining GrabFood from July will be required to take part in a two-day training programme, which will cover topics such as the sharing of public paths and defensive riding. Meanwhile, existing GrabFood riders are encouraged to sign up for the programme. It will be fully funded for GrabFood riders. The […]
JAKARTA (THE JAKARTA POST/ASIA NEWS NETWORK) – That Indonesia, among the largest archipelagic states in the world with a huge population and rich in natural resources, needs strong armed forces is beyond question. The fact is defence spending in the fourth-most populous country in the world amounts to as little as 0.8 per cent of […]
SINGAPORE – Staff and residents at the Grace Lodge nursing home who came into contact with an infected healthcare assistant have tested negative for Covid-19 thus far. All visits will be suspended until further notice, but the nursing home will facilitate phone or video calls for families who wish to connect with their loved ones […]
MELBOURNE (REUTERS) – An Australian court on Friday (June 4) ordered a dozen media firms to pay a total of A$1.1 million (S$1.1 million) in fines for breaching a suppression order on reporting the conviction of former Vatican treasurer George Pell for child sexual assault. The 12 media outlets, mostly owned by Nine Entertainment and […]
SINGAPORE – Two air bases in the United States have been shortlisted to host the Republic of Singapore Air Force’s (RSAF) next-generation F-35B fighter aircraft and its F-16 training detachment, said the Ministry of Defence (Mindef) in a statement on Friday (May 4). The preferred location is the Ebbing Air National Guard Base at Fort Smith in […]
TAIPEI (BLOOMBERG) – Japan is planning later this month to send some of its Covid-19 vaccine to Taiwan, which has been struggling to procure its own supplies and blamed China for impeding shipments of the shots. Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi told Parliament Thursday (June 3) that Taiwan has an urgent need for supplies of the […]