SINGAPORE – Crowne Plaza Changi Airport closed for two weeks from Friday (Jan 8) after two unlinked Covid-19 cases working at the hotel’s Azur restaurant emerged. The Ministry of Health has started to test all staff working at the hotel for Covid-19. Here’s what we know so far about the two cases. 1. Case 59028 A Korean national, […]
HONG KONG – The city’s daily new coronavirus infections may have dropped to their lowest in seven weeks so far but infectious diseases experts believe that current tough social distancing measures have to remain until figures for local cases fall to zero or low digits. Such considerations may add to the caution of the government, […]
HONG KONG – The city’s daily new coronavirus infections may have dropped to their lowest in seven weeks so far but infectious diseases experts believe that current tough social distancing measures have to remain until figures for local cases fall to zero or low digits. Such considerations may add to the caution of the government, […]
DHAKA (THE DAILY STAR/ASIA NEWS NETWORK) – We are alarmed at the way unauthorised factories are producing thousands of low-quality face masks and selling them in wholesale markets. As the number of coronavirus patients is increasing in the country during winter, there is also a growing demand for face masks among people. Taking this as […]
SINGAPORE – Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong took the Covid-19 vaccine on Friday (Jan 8) morning, at the start of a nationwide drive to vaccinate staff across various public healthcare institutions. Also vaccinated were the Health Ministry’s director of medical services Kenneth Mak, along with 88 healthcare workers from the Singapore General Hospital (SGH). “It’s […]
SEOUL (AFP) – A South Korean court on Friday (Jan 8) ordered the Japanese government to pay compensation to 12 World War II sex slaves or their families, in an unprecedented ruling likely to infuriate Tokyo. The Seoul Central District Court ruled that Japan should pay the victims 100 million won (S$120,994) each, South Korea’s […]
BANGKOK — One of Indonesia’s most notorious terrorists, the Muslim cleric Abu Bakar Bashir, was released from prison on Friday after serving more than 10 years of a 15-year sentence for helping establish a terrorist training camp. Mr. Bashir, 82, is the co-founder and former spiritual leader of a clandestine terrorist group, Jemaah Islamiyah, that […]
SINGAPORE – While Covid-19 has made it necessary for many to embrace digitalisation, there are some who need help grasping tools and skills of technology, and they should not be left behind, said Minister in the Prime Minister’s Office Maliki Osman. Digital inclusivity was one of the main concerns highlighted by participants during a virtual […]
SINGAPORE – Two brothers were jailed on Thursday (Jan 7) for offences related to their family’s physical abuse of a female friend with mild intellectual disability, which left her in a near-death state. Muhammad Iskandar Ismail, 32 , was jailed for two months and four weeks, after pleading guilty to one count of causing hurt […]
COPENHAGEN (Reuters) – Danish prosecutors said on Thursday they had charged two British nationals with unlawfully obtaining more than 9 billion Danish crowns ($1.5 billion) via a sham trading scheme to make double tax reclaims. The fraud scheme, known as ‘cum-ex’ trading, involved submitting more than 3,000 applications to the Danish Treasury on behalf of […]