SINGAPORE – Scammers are posing as young women in unsolicited text messages, police warned on Friday (March 26). An increasingly common ruse on platforms such as WhatsApp features a picture of a woman and a message starting with: “Hi, I haven’t heard from you for a long time.” The senders often claim to be based […]
SINGAPORE – There were 12 new coronavirus cases confirmed as at Friday noon (March 26), taking Singapore’s total to 60,265. There was one community case and no new cases from migrant workers’ dormitories, said the Ministry of Health (MOH). This is the first locally transmitted Covid-19 case reported since March 12. The remaining 11 cases […]
At a military parade on Saturday, the general who led the overthrow of Myanmar’s civilian government last month said the army was determined “to protect people from all danger.” Before the day was over, the security forces under his command had shot and killed a 5-year-old boy, two 13-year-old boys and a 14-year-old girl. A […]
Hi all, In today’s bulletin: Biden says China won’t surpass US as global leader on his watch; China sets duties on Australian wine for 5 years as ties sour; On the run and in the shadows, Myanmar’s NGOs face uncertain future; Supplies to Asia may be disrupted due to Suez Canal incident; Asian Americans speaking out […]
SINGAPORE – The last remaining local cluster of Covid-19 infections has closed, the Ministry of Health (MOH) said on Thursday (March 25) night. “As there have been no more cases linked to the case 60,102 cluster for the past two incubation periods (28 days), the cluster has now closed. There are currently no open clusters […]
ISLAMABAD (AFP) – A British-born militant sentenced to death for the murder of American journalist Daniel Pearl was ordered to be let out of prison on Thursday (March 25) by a Pakistan court in the latest twist to a legal saga spanning nearly two decades. The court said, however, that Ahmed Omar Saeed Sheikh should […]
BEIJING (REUTERS) – China’s CanSino Biologics (CanSinoBIO) has proposed supplying “tens of million of doses” of its single-dose Covid-19 vaccine to global vaccine-sharing scheme Covax, a senior company executive said. China has four locally developed Covid-19 vaccines approved for public use and pledged earlier to supply 10 million doses to Covax without specifying the time […]
SINGAPORE – In the near future, the protective gel bandages for a patient who has undergone surgery could be composed of fully organic materials. Currently, they are made from synthetic materials like polymethacrylate, more commonly known as acrylic. Most Singaporeans, no doubt, will be surprised by the base material for the new antibacterial gel bandages. […]
YANGON (REUTERS) – Thousands of pro-democracy activists took to the streets in Myanmar on Thursday (March 25), a day after a nationwide silent strike saw businesses shut and people stay at home in protest against the military coup in the South-east Asian country. Street protests were held in the commercial capital Yangon, the central city […]
SINGAPORE- A man who repeatedly molested his sister-in-law while she was asleep was finally caught after she woke up while he was committing the offence. The 25-year-old woman later viewed closed circuit television (CCTV) footage taken from a camera in the living room, where she had been sleeping, and saw him molesting her. She alerted […]