WASHINGTON (REUTERS) – United States Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said Washington is considering sanctions and other restrictions on those involved in the arrest of over 50 people in Hong Kong and warned it could target the territory’s economic and trade office in the US. In a move likely to further rile Beijing, Mr Pompeo […]
HONG KONG (AFP) – Jailed Hong Kong democracy campaigner Joshua Wong was arrested by police on Thursday (Jan 7) under the city’s new national security law, a senior police source told Agence France-Presse. Wong, currently serving a sentence of 13½ months for his role in organising democracy protests, was arrested inside Shek Pik Prison on a […]
KUALA LUMPUR (SIN CHEW DAILY/ASIA NEWS NETWORK) – Health director-general Noor Hisham Abdullah’s series of announcements seems to declare to the world that Malaysia’s coronavirus outbreak is almost out of control. Our modular hospitals are bursting at the seams, asymptomatic patients are encouraged to go on home quarantine, infected patients are discharged early without screening, […]
KUALA LUMPUR (SIN CHEW DAILY/ASIA NEWS NETWORK) – Health director-general Noor Hisham Abdullah’s series of announcements seems to declare to the world that Malaysia’s coronavirus outbreak is almost out of control. Our modular hospitals are bursting at the seams, asymptomatic patients are encouraged to go on home quarantine, infected patients are discharged early without screening, […]
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Scenes of supporters of U.S. President Donald Trump storming the Capitol building to undo Trump’s election loss shocked the world on Wednesday, but most investors viewed the unrest as a short-term event that was unlikely to have a lasting impact on asset prices.Pro-Trump protester clash with Capitol police during a rally […]
NEW YORK (Reuters) – New York Governor Andrew Cuomo, facing an economic chasm resulting from COVID-19 shutdowns, wants to follow neighboring New Jersey in legalizing mobile sports betting and recreational marijuana to help his state regain its financial footing.FILE PHOTO: New York Governor Andrew Cuomo speaks during a news conference at LaGuardia Airport’s new Terminal […]
SINGAPORE – Shops and eateries at malls including Plaza Singapura, The Shoppes at Marina Bay Sands and Northpoint City are among 26 places visited by Covid-19 patients while they were still infectious, said the Ministry of Health (MOH). Providing an updated list of places in its statement on Wednesday (Jan 6) night, the ministry said […]
KUALA LUMPUR – Barisan Nasional’s (BN) recently sacked secretary-general said on Wednesday (Jan 6) that Umno president Ahmad Zahid Hamidi had sent a letter to the King supporting opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim to become Malaysia’s prime minister. Zahid was also plotting to topple the ruling Perikatan Nasional (PN) by negotiating with the Chinese-based Democratic Action […]
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BEIJING – China has partially sealed off the city of Shijiazhuang in northern Hebei province, after the province reported 63 confirmed cases of Covid-19 on Tuesday (Dec 5), sparking fear that this could herald a new wave of infections in the country. The province, which neighbours the Chinese capital, declared it was going into “war-time […]