SINGAPORE – Christian and Muslim religious leaders in Singapore met on Thursday (Jan 28) to reaffirm the mutual trust and understanding between the two religious communities and condemn the plot by a Protestant Christian youth to attack Muslims at two mosques here. The meeting was held at the Yusof Ishak Mosque in Woodlands, one of […]
SINGAPORE – Singapore has again made it to the top ranks of the least corrupt countries in the world based on a global survey released annually. The Republic along with Finland, Switzerland and Sweden scored 85 points each, tying for third place in the 2020 Corruption Perceptions Index released by the global anti-graft movement, Transparency […]
SINGAPORE – A 16-year-old Singaporean boy planning a terror attack on Muslims at two mosques was detained under the Internal Security Act (ISA) last month. A Protestant Christian of Indian ethnicity, he is the first detainee to be influenced by far-right extremist ideology and the youngest person detained under the ISA for terrorism-related activities to […]
PETALING JAYA (THE STAR/ASIA NEWS NETWORK, XINHUA) – Not wearing face masks properly and a lackadaisical attitude towards physical distancing are contributing to the high number of Covid-19 cases in Malaysia, say health experts. “This can often be seen among service staff, food vendors, waiters at restaurants, construction workers and in offices in the private […]
MANILA (REUTERS) – According to one rumour circulating in the Philippines, the coronavirus vaccine will allow President Rodrigo Duterte to kill people at the push of a button. Elsewhere in the country of 108 million, memories of a dengue vaccine that has been banned locally are putting people off the idea of immunisation even before […]
SYDNEY (BLOOMBERG) – Google’s dominance of digital advertising technology in Australia needs to be addressed, the country’s competition watchdog said, opening up another front in its battle with the US giant. In some areas of the market, Google takes in 100 per cent of the revenue or ads traded, the Australian Competition & Consumer Commission […]
SYDNEY (REUTERS) – New Zealand, Vietnam and Taiwan rank the top three in a Covid-19 Performance Index of almost 100 countries and territories for their successful handling of the coronavirus pandemic, with Britain and America near the bottom of the pile. The Lowy Institute said its index published on Thursday (Jan 28) excludes China, where […]
SYDNEY (REUTERS) – New Zealand, Vietnam and Taiwan rank the top three in a Covid-19 Performance Index of almost 100 countries and territories for their successful handling of the coronavirus pandemic, with Britain and America near the bottom of the pile. The Lowy Institute said its index published on Thursday (Jan 28) excludes China, where […]
HANOI (BLOOMBERG) – Vietnam’s ministry of health reported two new domestic virus patients, the first local cases since early December, according to its website. A female patient in the northern province of Hai Duong, who works at Poyun, an electronic products manufacturer, had close contact with a Vietnamese woman who tested positive for the virus […]
HANOI (BLOOMBERG) – Vietnam’s ministry of health reported two new domestic virus patients, the first local cases since early December, according to its website. A female patient in the northern province of Hai Duong, who works at Poyun, an electronic products manufacturer, had close contact with a Vietnamese woman who tested positive for the virus […]