SINGAPORE – Home-based learning left kids like Darwisyah high and dry if they didn’t have a computer to hand but a new initiative is helping get them up to speed. The Singapore Children’s Society gave 37 students new tablets with keyboards that were funded by the AJ Warren Dental Clinic on Friday (March 19). It […]
BANGKOK (REUTERS) – Thailand’s Covid-19 task force said on Friday (March 19) it will ban for a second year the street water fights that usually take place during celebrations for the upcoming Thai new year due to the pandemic. The Songkran festival takes place from April 13 to 15 ,and in a normal year crowds […]
SEOUL — North Korea on Friday severed diplomatic ties with Malaysia after that country’s highest court agreed to extradite a North Korean man accused of money laundering to the United States, a major coup in Washington’s efforts to choke Pyongyang’s illicit trade. In a ruling last week, Malaysia’s federal court approved the extradition of a […]
TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan’s big manufacturers mood likely improved in the three months to March from the previous quarter and they see a further recovery ahead thanks to solid external demand and coronavirus vaccinations, a Reuters poll showed on Friday.FILE PHOTO: Steam is emitted from factories at Keihin industrial zone in Kawasaki, Japan February 28, […]
NEW DELHI (REUTERS) – India’s coronavirus infections surged to more than a three-month high on Friday (March 19), led by a record daily increase in the western state of Maharashtra, where authorities have adopted fresh curbs to restrain the spread of the disease. India’s overall tally of infections stands at 11.51 million, the highest after […]
WONOGIRI, INDONESIA (REUTERS) – Once considered crazy by fellow villagers, Indonesian eco-warrior Sadiman has turned barren hills green after 24 years of effort, making water resources available in the drought-prone mountainous region where he lives. Affectionately addressed as ‘mbah’ or ‘grandpa’, the 69-year-old has worked relentlessly to plant trees in the hills of central Java […]
SYDNEY (REUTERS) – Protesting alone outside an Australian hospital where the son of Myanmar’s Attorney-General works as a doctor, Burmese electrical engineer Susu San is determined to let the military junta know their children will be hounded wherever they go. The 33-year-old woman was hard to miss as she stood in the hospital car park, […]
ISLAMABAD (DAWN/ASIA NEWS NETWORK) -I never thought I would need the jab of a vaccine to activate my patriotism. Since news of the availability of anti-Covid-19 vaccines has been regurgitated by the press, I have suffered anxiety about whether or not I should allow myself to be vaccinated. Which one, though? AstraZeneca? The Pfizer-BioNTech? Moderna? […]
SYDNEY (REUTERS) – Papua New Guinea officials will tighten internal border controls, restrict personal movement, and enforce mask wearing in public from next week, as the country confronts a steep rise in Covid-19 infections. Officials in the Pacific island nation of 9 million people also said they will bar mass gatherings, close schools and may […]
Good morning! Here are our top stories to kick-start your Friday, March 19. Trust in Singapore’s key institutions rose last year: Survey The country’s score is fifth behind India, China, Indonesia and Saudi Arabia. READ MORE HERE US, China spar with rare harsh public rebukes in first in-person talks of Biden presidency US is looking […]