PETALING JAYA (THE STAR/ASIA NEWS NETWORK) – To curb Covid-19, all interstate and inter-district travel without police approval will not be allowed across Malaysia from May 10 to June 6, said Senior Minister (Defence) Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob. In a statement on Saturday (May 8), he also said that from May 10 to June […]
SINGAPORE – Mr Jerrold Tan and Ms Stephanie Chan decided not to hold off on their wedding celebrations any more, despite a 10 per cent guest dropout rate and higher costs following the roll-out of stricter Covid-19 regulations. The veterinarians, both 29, tied the knot at Mandarin Oriental, Singapore on Saturday (May 8). They had […]
SHANGHAI (REUTERS) – Remnants of China’s largest rocket launched last week are expected to plunge back through the atmosphere late on Saturday or early on Sunday, European and US tracking centres said on Saturday (May 8). China’s foreign ministry said on Friday that most debris from the rocket will burn on re-entry and is highly […]
SHANGHAI (REUTERS) – China’s Internet watchdog said on Saturday (May 8) that it will ban some mobile app notifications and tighten regulations as the government ramps up a campaign to rein in the growing influence of Internet companies over its citizens’ daily lives. The Cyberspace Administration of China (CAC) will strengthen guidance and control of […]
TOKYO – Japan logged more than 7,000 new Covid-19 cases on Saturday (May 8) for the first time since January, with 14 prefectures setting new highs, as its worst-hit regions struggle with a shortage of manpower and hospital beds amid early signs of a lack of oxygen ventilators. Twenty-five people have died of Covid-19 at […]
SINGAPORE – A total of 321 people are being investigated by the police over scams where victims lost more than $8.4 million. The suspects – 196 men and 125 women aged between 16 and 75 – are believed to be involved in 578 cases, including Internet love, e-commerce and China officials impersonation scams. In a […]
Mourners in protective gear, or watching from home. Long waits at the cremation grounds. The trauma of loss has become both lonely and public. NEW DELHI — The lifeless are picked up from infected homes by exhausted volunteers, piled into ambulances by hospital workers or carried in the back of auto-rickshaws by grieving relatives. At […]
SINGAPORE – Following Singapore Press Holdings’ (SPH) announcement on Thursday (May 6) that it intends to transfer its media business to a not-for-profit company, observers The Straits Times spoke to said there are many precedents around the world on how to run a non-profit media organisation. They also said that while the old media business […]
(Reuters) – European stocks closed at a record high on Friday, marking strong weekly gains as positive economic data and upbeat earnings underpinned hopes of a swift economic recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic.FILE PHOTO: The German share price index DAX graph is pictured at the stock exchange in Frankfurt, Germany, May 7, 2021. REUTERS/StaffThe pan-European […]
(Reuters) – European stocks closed at a record high on Friday, marking strong weekly gains as positive economic data and upbeat earnings underpinned hopes of a swift economic recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic.FILE PHOTO: The German share price index DAX graph is pictured at the stock exchange in Frankfurt, Germany, May 7, 2021. REUTERS/StaffThe pan-European […]