MOLLEM, INDIA (AFP) – Fronted by a 20-year-old in pigtails, the dancing flash mob swings into action, campaigning to save a threatened wildlife reserve – part of a growing, youth-led environmental movement rattling the Indian authorities. The battle between the state and environmental activists is not new in India, where impoverished tribal communities have long […]
TOKYO (Reuters) – Bank of Japan Governor Haruhiko Kuroda said on Friday he hopes to deepen debate with global policymakers on what role monetary policy can play in addressing climate change.FILE PHOTO: Bank of Japan Governor Haruhiko Kuroda speaks at a news conference in Tokyo, Japan, January 21, 2020. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon“There are many factors we […]
NEW DELHI (REUTERS) – After gifting and selling tens of millions of Covid-19 vaccine doses abroad, India suddenly finds itself short of shots as new infections surge in the world’s second-most populous country. India breached 200,000 daily infections for the first time on Thursday (April 15), and is trying to inoculate more of its population […]
SINGAPORE – It felt like deja vu when staff at a Jurong East moneylender experienced a second robbery at their shop on Monday (April 12), just five months after the first. The November case involved a knife, with the culprit pulling the hair of an employee at OT Credit while holding the weapon. He fled […]
BEIJING (AFP) – China on Thursday (April 15) summoned Japan’s ambassador over Tokyo’s “wrong decision” to release more than one million tonnes of treated water from the Fukushima nuclear plant into the ocean. Assistant foreign minister Wu Jianghao “lodged solemn representations” with ambassador Hideo Tarumi and accused Japan of “suspected violation of international law,” the […]
NEW DELHI (REUTERS) – The second surge of Covid-19 cases in India has swamped hospitals much faster than the first because mutations in the virus mean each patient is infecting many more people than before, said epidemiologists and doctors. India’s daily infections skyrocketed more than twentyfold to more than 200,000 on Thursday (April 15) since […]
SINGAPORE – A woman allegedly took the personal information of more than 50 people and used it to redeem face masks. Koh Pek Keang, 42, a Malaysian, was charged on Thursday (April 15). She faces one charge of illegally obtaining personal information and another of cheating and dishonestly inducing a delivery of property. Koh allegedly […]
SINGAPORE – A woman allegedly took the personal information of more than 50 people and used it to redeem face masks. Koh Pek Keang, 42, a Malaysian, was charged on Thursday (April 15). She faces one charge of illegally obtaining personal information and another of cheating and dishonestly inducing a delivery of property. Koh allegedly […]
BEIJING – China has insisted that inoculations against Covid-19 are entirely voluntary, but various measures have suggested the reality of its massive national vaccination exercise is far more complex. While the central authorities have called for an end to the heavy-handed measures, the country still faces an uphill task in meeting its target of vaccinating […]
HONG KONG (BLOOMBERG) – Hong Kong has expanded eligibility for Covid-19 vaccines to all residents aged 16 and older, local media reported, in the government’s latest attempt to boost a low inoculation rate by making the shots widely accessible. Residents aged 16 and above will be allowed to receive BioNTech vaccines, while those older than […]