SINGAPORE – Severe post-operative bleeding is a rare but potentially life-threatening complication. Patients may be incapacitated and unable to call for assistance. Even with intensive checks by nurses, potential bleeding may occur before the next check. A technological solution is required to continuously monitor patients for bleeding following any invasive procedure, as well as to […]
PETALING JAYA (THE STAR/ASIA NEWS NETWORK) – Malaysia’s Communications and Multimedia Minister Saifuddin Abdullah has tested positive for Covid-19. In a statement on Thursday (April 29), his ministry said Datuk Saifuddin is currently under quarantine at home while waiting to be admitted to hospital. The Communications and Multimedia Ministry also said he will continue to work while […]
KAOHSIUNG, TAIWAN (REUTERS) – Taiwan commissioned into service a new coast guard flagship on Thursday (April 29) to help counter China’s “grey zone” war tactics against the island. Taiwan’s civilian-run coast guard, which would operate as a branch of the navy during wartime, is often involved in confrontations with Chinese fishing and sand-dredging ships which […]
HONG KONG (AFP) – The United States said on Thursday (April 29) that it was “deeply concerned” by a new Hong Kong immigration law which includes powers to stop people leaving the city, raising fears Chinese mainland-style exit bans could be deployed there. The law was passed on Wednesday by a city legislature now devoid […]
BANGKOK (REUTERS) – Long queues have returned to Thailand’s unusually quiet international airport this week, after it converted its check-in area into an immunisation centre as part of efforts to speed up its Covid-19 vaccine rollout. Cordons and suitcases were replaced with evenly-spaced chairs at check-in counters, where immigration and airport staff and cabin crew […]
SINGAPORE – A possible Covid-19 cluster has surfaced at Tan Tock Seng Hospital, with a nurse infected and likely infections in a doctor and three patients in a general ward. The Health Ministry said that one of the three new Covid-19 community cases on Wednesday (April 28) was a nurse from Tan Tock Seng Hospital […]
MAE SAM LAEP, THAILAND (REUTERS) – Myanmar’s coup has brought war back to a remote South-east Asian frontier after 25 years, sending a new generation of villagers in both Myanmar and Thailand running for their lives from bullets and bombs. Ethnic Karen insurgents and the Myanmar army have engaged in heavy clashes near the Thai […]
TOKYO (AFP) – The young widow of an ageing Japanese real estate mogul was arrested Wednesday on suspicion of murdering the self-described “Don Juan” just months into their marriage, local media said, citing police sources. Kosuke Nozaki, who boasted in his autobiography of spending millions of dollars on young, beautiful women, died in 2018 of […]
BEIJING (REUTERS) – China is poised to report its first population decline in five decades following a once-in-a-decade census, the Financial Times newspaper said, citing sources familiar with the matter. A population drop will add pressure on Beijing to roll out measures to encourage couples to have more children and avert an irreversible decline. The […]
SINGAPORE – A plan by the Singapore Land Authority (SLA) to have an unmanned drone inspect the Southern Islands has taken flight. Since last week, a drone housed on Pulau Seringat has been making its rounds over islands linked to and near it, reducing the need for physical inspections of the islands and facilities by […]