SINGAPORE – A 20-year-old man who had planned to use a knife to attack and kill Jews leaving a synagogue, and to take up arms abroad, has been detained under the Internal Security Act (ISA). Amirull Ali, who was a full-time national serviceman in the Singapore Armed Forces (SAF) when he was arrested in February, […]
SINGAPORE – A nominee’s efforts in engaging the wider community to collectively build a sustainable Singapore will be considered when recognising efforts with the President’s Award for the Environment. The award, which is the highest accolade for environmental sustainability, will from this year reflect the new Singapore Green Plan 2030. The Ministry of Sustainability and […]
WASHINGTON (REUTERS) – An Israeli-Canadian lobbyist hired by Myanmar’s junta will be paid US$2 million (S$2.7 million) to “assist in explaining the real situation” of the army’s coup to the United States and other countries, documents filed with the US Justice Department show. More than 60 protesters have been killed and 1,900 people have been […]
JAKARTA (THE JAKARTA POST/ASIA NEWS NETWORK) – There aren’t many heroes in the latest saga rocking the Democratic Party, but plenty of villains seem to be involved, and Indonesia’s democracy is certainly worse off because of the drama. A hostile takeover of a political party’s leadership, with a government official at the helm, certainly takes […]
JAKARTA (THE JAKARTA POST/ASIA NEWS NETWORK) – There aren’t many heroes in the latest saga rocking the Democratic Party, but plenty of villains seem to be involved, and Indonesia’s democracy is certainly worse off because of the drama. A hostile takeover of a political party’s leadership, with a government official at the helm, certainly takes […]
TOKYO (BLOOMBERG) – Japan can achieve its goal of being carbon neutral by 2050 without relying on nuclear power, a prominent backer of Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga said, indicating divisions in the ruling party on energy policy. Liberal Democratic Party lawmaker Masatoshi Akimoto said nuclear power brings enormous risks over time, becoming less appealing as […]
TOKYO (REUTERS) – Japan is paying for the huge cost of rebuilding areas hit by the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami with a special “solidarity” tax that could become a model to shoulder the much bigger spending needed to combat the coronavirus pandemic. Households are bearing the brunt of the bill, paying an extra 2.1 […]
WASHINGTON (AFP) – China could invade Taiwan within the next six years, as Beijing accelerates its moves to supplant American military power in Asia, a top US commander said on Tuesday (March 9). Democratic and self-ruled Taiwan lives under constant threat of invasion by authoritarian China, whose leaders view the island as part of their […]
BEIJING (REUTERS) – China summoned Britain’s ambassador in Beijing on Tuesday (March 9) to lodge “stern representations” over an “inappropriate” article she wrote defending recent international media coverage on China, the foreign ministry said. Caroline Wilson’s article in Chinese was posted on the official WeChat account of the British embassy in Beijing last week, amid […]
PETALING JAYA (THE STAR/ASIA NEWS NETWORK) – Malaysia is banking on domestic “revenge tourists” to boost the battered leisure travel sector once it is safe to take holidays again, a top tourism official said on Tuesday (March 9). “Our domestic tourists are waiting to travel again, especially interstate travel. If they are allowed to cross […]