BEIJING (NYTIMES) – The starting gun went off at 9am. Two hours later, frigid winds along the 62-mile mountain trail had left runners shivering and blown a cameraman’s equipment over. By early afternoon, shepherds and other local residents had begun a small rescue effort after hearing that some contestants in the race might be in […]
JAKARTA – Plans by Indonesia’s anti-graft watchdog to remove more than 50 ofits graft investigators and personnel, while subjecting two dozen more to retraining, amounts to a “purge” aimed at weakening the once-vaunted agency,said one of its top investigators. The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) last month said 75 of its personnel had failed a tailor-made […]
BANGALORE – As the smoking ship continues sinking off the Sri Lankan coast, the authorities brace themselves for a “catastrophic oil spill” that could devastate marine life and fishing communities for years to come. After the Singapore-flagged X-Press Pearl caught fire on May 20 near Sri Lanka’s capital of Colombo, the Sri Lanka Navy and […]
SINGAPORE – One way to provide caregivers with more support is to use time as a currency that they can give to each other, so they can take a break when needed, said panellists at the Institute of Policy Studies Women’s Conference on Thursday (June 3). Dr Kalyani Mehta, former professor for gerontology and social […]
SINGAPORE – The first executive condominium (EC) site in the “forest town” Tengah has been awarded to Taurus Properties SG for $400,318,000, the Housing Board announced on Thursday (June 3). This translates to $603 per square foot per plot ratio (psf ppr) for the 99-year leasehold site – a record land rate for an EC […]
SINGAPORE – Many countries have started to include children as young as 12 years in their mass Covid-19 vaccination drives to stem a surge in coronavirus cases. Health regulatory authorities have approved the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine for use on an emergency basis for 12- to 15-year-olds after data showed that it is safe and has high […]
BEIJING (REUTERS) – China’s state planner on Thursday (June 3) warned provincial and regional governments against missing their energy consumption and efficiency targets for 2021 after two-thirds of them fell short of at least some of their goals in the first quarter. Only 10 out of 30 mainland Chinese regions and provinces met their goals […]
BEIJING (REUTERS) – Normal discussions between China and the United States on the trade and economic fronts have resumed and both sides will start to pragmatically solve some concrete issues for producers and consumers, China’s commerce ministry said on Thursday (June 3). The discussions aimed at solving various issues comes after a period of strained […]
SINGAPORE – A maid hit, spat on and forcefully grabbed the back of the head of a 72-year-old stroke patient under her care – all of which occurred on the same day. Aye Aye Than, 26, was jailed for 10 weeks on Thursday (June 3). The Myanmar national pleaded guilty to one count of voluntarily […]
SINGAPORE – A bicycle ride with two of his friends during the school holidays turned fatal for 14-year-old Muhammad Nur Shazly Mohd Ali. He was killed in a road accident with a trailer on Monday (May 31) along Marine East Drive. Malay-language daily Berita Harian (BH) on Thursday quoted the teenager’s aunt Ms Nor Salinah […]