DHAKA (AFP) – A lonely rhinoceros at a Bangladesh zoo is looking for new love after losing her partner seven years ago, but coronavirus pandemic travel restrictions are hampering her keeper’s attempts to play matchmaker. Kanchi, a star attraction at the Bangladesh National Zoo, is at her most fertile age. But since the death of […]
KUALA LUMPUR – Malaysia has extended its strict partial lockdown restrictions to another state – Kelantan – as the country’s surge in coronavirus cases continued unabated on Friday (Jan 15). Kelantan is the sixth state in Malaysia to come under the Movement Control Order (MCO), the National Security Council (NSC) announced on Friday, joining Melaka, […]
SINGAPORE – The owner of two printing businesses who evaded goods and services (GST) tax has been jailed for 14 weeks and ordered to pay $323,733 – three times the amount of tax dodged. Pua Om Tee, 58, was convicted of wilfully evading tax by making false entries in GST returns for her two businesses […]
BANGKOK (REUTERS) – Scores of Thai protesters briefly scuffled with police on Friday (Jan 15), saying they feared another student activist would be charged with insulting Thailand’s King. But police and the lawyer for activist Chaiyapon Danothai said he did not face lese majeste charges, which have been brought against at least 40 protesters since […]
BANGKOK (REUTERS) – Scores of Thai protesters briefly scuffled with police on Friday (Jan 15), saying they feared another student activist would be charged with insulting Thailand’s King. But police and the lawyer for activist Chaiyapon Danothai said he did not face lese majeste charges, which have been brought against at least 40 protesters since […]
SINGAPORE – Road potholes have proliferated across the island after heavy rains in the last several weeks, raising concern among motorists and cyclists a like. Senior Parliamentary Secretary for Transport Baey Yam Keng on Friday (Jan 15) told The Straits Times he is aware of the situation: “The rains this year have been heavier and […]
MELBOURNE (AFP) – A racing pigeon detained by Australian authorities and set to be destroyed over concerns it was an American intruder received a lifeline on Friday (Jan 15), when experts revealed its leg tag was probably fake. Originally thought to have flown from Alabama to a backyard in Melbourne – an epic journey of […]
NEW DELHI (BLOOMBERG) – India, one of the world’s largest manufacturers of inoculations, plans to offer 20 million doses of coronavirus vaccine to its neighbors as it draws up a policy to supply vials to countries across the globe, people with knowledge of the matter said. An Indian state-run company will buy vaccines from the […]
SINGAPORE – A 38-year old man was arrested on Wednesday (Jan 13) for the possession and importation of airsoft guns without a valid licence. The guns are replicas that shoot non-metallic projectiles. Any gun that shoots pellets using compressed gas – including airsoft guns – are considered arms under the Arms & Explosives Act. Police […]
TOKYO (REUTERS) – Japan missed opportunities to coordinate coronavirus testing and secure hospital beds in the months before the pandemic’s third wave, health officials, doctors and experts say, missteps that hampered its response as winter set in. Japan has stood out for containing infections while avoiding the strict lockdowns that devastated economies elsewhere. The death […]