KUALA LUMPUR – Malaysia’s announcement that it was exploring travel bubble arrangements with other countries to revive the tourism industry has drawn cautious optimism from experts, who say the government first needs to bring down coronavirus infections in the community, which have recently been rising by close to 2,000 new cases daily. “We need to […]
FILE PHOTO: Chairs are seen put onto tables upside down at a closed restaurant as the spread of the coronavirus (COVID-19) disease continues in Munich, Germany, December 7, 2020. REUTERS/Andreas GebertBERLIN (Reuters) – Germany’s Ifo institute expects Europe’s largest economy to recover less strongly than expected next year as a stricter lockdown to contain a […]
Singapore and Malaysia are still in discussions over the twice-delayed high-speed rail (HSR) project, which has until Dec 31 before officials have to make a final decision on its status, a Singapore Ministry of Transport spokesman has said. The ministry was responding to a Malaysian news report on Sunday, quoting an unnamed source, that said […]
KUALA LUMPUR (THE STAR/ASIA NEWS NETWORK) – Umno information chief Shahril Hamdan has accused its longest-serving MP Tengku Razaleigh Hamzah of not respecting party discipline by not supporting the just-ratified 2021 budget. Without mentioning the name of the lawmaker, Mr Shahril said he could not understand the move made by a “senior and influential” MP […]
KUTUPALONG, Bangladesh (AFP) – Stay in a squalid refugee camp – hopeless, starving, and made to feel a burden – or leave, risking death, rape, human trafficking and months at sea to reach a husband you’ve never met. This is the bleak choice many Rohingya women, already scarred from fleeing violent persecution in Myanmar, are […]
KUTUPALONG, Bangladesh (AFP) – Stay in a squalid refugee camp – hopeless, starving, and made to feel a burden – or leave, risking death, rape, human trafficking and months at sea to reach a husband you’ve never met. This is the bleak choice many Rohingya women, already scarred from fleeing violent persecution in Myanmar, are […]
SYDNEY (REUTERS) – Australia’s most populous state on Wednesday (Dec 16) reported its first coronavirus case in nearly two weeks after an airport worker tested positive prompting authorities to suggest international flight crews should also quarantine after arriving. A 45-year-old man who shuttles international airlines staff to the airport tested positive for Covid-19, New South […]
SYDNEY (REUTERS) – Australia’s most populous state on Wednesday (Dec 16) reported its first coronavirus case in nearly two weeks after an airport worker tested positive prompting authorities to suggest international flight crews should also quarantine after arriving. A 45-year-old man who shuttles international airlines staff to the airport tested positive for Covid-19, New South […]
SINGAPORE – When the last customers leave Robinsons’ flagship store at 2pm on Wednesday (Dec 16), the doors will start closing on an iconic 162-year-old department store. On its last day, the Heeren outlet is opening to customers between 11am and 2pm. About 30 people were in the store when The Straits Times visited at 11.15am, […]
SINGAPORE – There is no reason to believe that Singapore was a target of the recent high-profile hacking attack involving cyber security firm FireEye and software provider SolarWinds Corp, authorities said late on Tuesday (Dec 15). Even so, the Cyber Security Agency of Singapore (CSA) said that it has sent out an advisory on Dec […]