SINGAPORE – She was in the living room taking care of her grandson when she heard thunder crashing in the distance at about 10.10am. What followed was an unusual sound of metal cracking. Madam Heng, 70, who declined to give her full name, said it was not until her son came home on Monday evening (April […]
BANGALORE – A 40-year-old domestic helper, known only as Mrs Mumtaz, died on Sunday (April 18) in Bangalore on her way to a fourth hospital in a desperate attempt to find an intensive care bed. Despite her oxygen saturation levels dropping by the hour, hospitals would not take her. “One hospital had no beds available, […]
SINGAPORE – She was in the living room taking care of her grandson when she heard thunder crashing in the distance at about 10.10am. What followed was an unusual sound of metal cracking. Madam Heng, 70, who declined to give her full name, said it was not until her son came home on Monday evening (April […]
Good evening! Catch up on some of the main headlines on Monday, April 19. Phase 2 of underground ‘highway’ for used water to be financed through borrowing: MOF The second phase is estimated to cost about $6.5 billion. READ MORE HERE CNB seizes over 40kg of drugs, including record amounts of cannabis and heroin Together […]
NEW DELHI (BLOOMBERG) – Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi faces growing criticism across the political spectrum for holding large election rallies as the country’s health system reels from a deadly wave of Covid-19 cases, forcing citizens to beg for oxygen and hospital beds on Twitter. Mr Modi avoided wearing a mask at a campaign rally […]
ISLAMABAD (DAWN/ASIA NEWS NETWORK) – With spring comes thaw. Recent tentative steps towards improving India-Pakistan relations are welcome. It has been two months since the ceasefire announcement, and several weeks since the Indus Water Commission met. Confirmation of the United Arab Emirates’ (UAE) mediating role implies that the process has legs. This should be a […]
ISLAMABAD (DAWN/ASIA NEWS NETWORK) – With spring comes thaw. Recent tentative steps towards improving India-Pakistan relations are welcome. It has been two months since the ceasefire announcement, and several weeks since the Indus Water Commission met. Confirmation of the United Arab Emirates’ (UAE) mediating role implies that the process has legs. This should be a […]
CANBERRA (REUTERS) – Australia will hold a Royal Commission to examine suicides among serving and former military personnel, Prime Minister Scott Morrison said on Monday (April 19), bowing to public pressure to find ways to stem a mounting toll. More than 500 have died from suicide since 2001, government data shows, a statistic that has […]
BEIJING (CHINA DAILY/ASIA NEWS NETWORK) – Beijing and Washington should avoid creating confrontation as they roll out efforts at a working level to translate into reality the consensus reached at the recent high-level strategic dialogue in Anchorage, Alaska, a senior diplomat said. China and the United States are cooperating on some specific issues, as they […]
HONG KONG (REUTERS) – Hong Kong will suspend flights from India, Pakistan and the Philippines from April 20 for two weeks after the N501Y mutant Covid-19 strain was detected in the Asian financial hub for the first time, authorities said in a statement late on Sunday (April 18). The three countries would be classified as […]