SINGAPORE – A karaoke outlet has been ordered to suspend operations for 20 days for failing to comply with Covid-19 safe management measures on Christmas Day. MZS Family Karaoke in the Orchard Road area was found to have allowed large groups of more than five customers on its premises, and to have let them consume alcohol […]
JAKARTA (THE JAKARTA POST/ASIA NEWS NETWORK) – In less than two weeks after the arrest of then-maritime affairs and fisheries minister Edhy Prabowo in late November on charges of corruption, then-social affairs minister Juliari Batubara was named a corruption suspect by the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK). According to KPK chairman Firli Bahuri, the graft case […]
BEIJING (CHINA DAILY/ASIA NEWS NETWORK) -The United Kingdom began a nationwide inoculation program on Dec 8, using the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine. By Dec 23, 1 million Americans had received jabs of the same vaccine. Meanwhile, a vaccine developed by Moderna and another by AstraZeneca are reportedly almost ready for use. And in China, millions have reportedly […]
SINGAPORE – The Singaporean who spied on the United States for China has been arrested by the Internal Security Department on his return to Singapore on Wednesday (Dec 30). Dickson Yeo Jun Wei, 39, had been sentenced to 14 months’ jail in the US for spying, and he revealed to investigators there that his “previous intelligence […]
BEIJING (REUTERS) – Chinese tourists, millions of whom have shunned overseas travel this year because of the global pandemic, are further narrowing the scope of their journeys, visiting nearby cities and avoiding trips out of their provinces. Recent cases of the novel coronavirus in Beijing and northern China have rekindled public concern, already shaken by […]
HONG KONG — A group of Hong Kong protesters who were arrested by the mainland Chinese authorities while fleeing the city by speedboat were sentenced to prison in a mainland court on Wednesday, in the Chinese Communist Party’s latest offensive against pro-democracy activists who have sought to challenge its rule. Eight of the protesters, who […]
SYDNEY (BLOOMBERG) – A second cluster of Covid-19 infections has emerged in Sydney, prompting authorities to further tighten restrictions on New Year’s Eve parties in an effort to prevent a wider outbreak. Eighteen new local cases of the virus were reported overnight, New South Wales state Premier Gladys Berejiklian told reporters on Wednesday (Dec 30). […]
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NEW DELHI – Chinese video-sharing app Tik Tok’s global popularity became its curse in 2020. The app, owned by Internet technology company ByteDance, hit new levels of popularity this year. Please subscribe or log in to continue reading the full article. Get unlimited access to all stories at $0.99/month Latest headlines and exclusive stories In-depth […]
SINGAPORE – Some 665kg of cannabis that was seized by the authorities in Vietnam did not pass through or originate from Singapore, contrary to what some foreign media had reported, the Central Narcotics Bureau (CNB) said on Tuesday (Dec 29). It added that its investigations had found the container departed from a European country and had […]