KUALA LUMPUR (SIN CHEW DAILY/ASIA NEWS NETWORK) – After the announcement of the Movement Control Order (MCO), Malaysians were shocked at the follow up declaration of the Emergency by the Yang di-Pertuan Agong Sultan Abdullah Sultan Ahmad Shah (Agong) on the advice of the Prime Minister. I was teaching a Zoom class when my son […]
JAKARTA (AFP) – Grieving friends and relatives were expected at a Jakarta cemetery on Thursday (Jan 14) for the funeral of a flight attendant on the crashed Indonesian passenger jet, as divers restarted their hunt for its second black box. Mr Okky Bisma, 29, was the first confirmed victim of last Saturday’s disaster after fingerprints […]
LANGKAWI (THE STAR/ASIA NEWS NETWORK) – Quick action by firemen had averted a major disaster and possibly saved the tropical rainforest on the Langkawi holiday island from being engulfed in fire. Firemen managed to contain the blaze at the luxurious Andaman Resort to prevent it from spreading to the 10 million-year-old rainforest located within its […]
SHANGHAI/BEIJING (REUTERS) – China reported its biggest daily jump in new Covid-19 cases in more than 10 months as infections in north-eastern Heilongjiang province nearly tripled, underscoring the growing threat ahead of a major national holiday. The National Health Commission said in a statement that 138 new Covid-19 cases were reported on Jan 13, up […]
Good morning! Here are our top stories to kick-start your Thursday, Jan 14. Trump becomes first US president to be impeached twice All 222 House Democrats and 10 Republicans voted to charge Trump with incitement of insurrection. READ MORE HERE Trump denounces political violence after being impeached His message comes as violent demonstrations were anticipated […]
SINGAPORE – Expelled from Queensway Secondary School a decade ago, sentenced to eight years’ jail in 2018 for drug-related offences, David (not his real name) could not stop the downward spiral. All that changed when he was given a shot at taking the O-levels while in prison. On Monday (Jan 11), the 25-year-old got his […]
WASHINGTON (AFP) – Archaeologists have discovered the world’s oldest known cave painting: a life-sized picture of a wild pig that was made at least 45,500 years ago in Indonesia. The finding described in the journal Science Advances on Wednesday (Jan 13) provides the earliest evidence of human settlement of the region. Co-author Maxime Aubert of […]
SEOUL, South Korea — As North Korea’s leader, Kim Jong-un, convened a party congress over the past eight days, outside analysts wondered if his failure to improve the economic lives of his people would affect the dictator’s nuclear ambitions. At the gathering of his ruling Workers’ Party, Mr. Kim provided an unequivocal answer: absolutely not. […]
SEOUL – South Korean prosecutors charged a woman with murder who abused her 16-month-old adopted child to death amid rising public anger over the case, which went on trial on Wednesday (Jan 13). The woman, surnamed Jang, was indicted last month on charges of fatal child abuse and neglect. Her daughter, known as Jung-in, died […]
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