HANOI (XINHUA) – Nearly 16,600 people are being quarantined and monitored, Vietnam’s health ministry said on Thursday (Dec 3), as the country tries to contain the latest Covid-19 outbreak. Vietnam reported three new cases of Covid-19 infection on Thursday, bringing its total confirmed cases to 1,361 with 35 deaths from the disease so far, said […]
SINGAPORE – Police are investigating 22 people for their suspected involvement in illegal betting activities and for breaching safe distancing measures under the Covid-19 (Temporary Measures) (Control Order) Regulations 2020. The 21 men and one woman, aged between 52 and 88, were rounded up in the Serangoon area on Wednesday (Dec 2) during an enforcement […]
SHANGHAI (REUTERS) – Moves by the United States to limit visitor visas for Chinese Communist Party members and their families and a ban on Xinjiang cotton imports are “worrisome signs” bilateral ties are being shifted onto a dangerous path, Chinese state media said on Friday (Dec 4). The government-backed newspaper China Daily said in an […]
YANGON (REUTERS) – Tenderly stroking the back of a large Burmese python resting on his lap, Buddhist monk Wilatha is trying to play a part in saving scores of snakes that might otherwise be killed or destined for the black market. The 69-year-old monk has created a refuge for snakes ranging from pythons to vipers […]
FILE PHOTO: Canada’s Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance Chrystia Freeland speaks to news media before unveiling her first fiscal update, the Fall Economic Statement 2020, in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada November 30, 2020. REUTERS/Blair GableOTTAWA (Reuters) – The economic impact of the second wave of COVID-19 in Canada has been deeper than expected and […]
BEIJING (AFP) – A Chinese space probe left the surface of the Moon late on Thursday (Dec 3) to return to Earth, according to images carried by state broadcaster CCTV. The Chang’e-5 spacecraft’s mission is an ambitious attempt to bring back the first lunar samples in four decades. It left the moon at 11.10pm (11.10pm […]
SINGAPORE – A trial for Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong’s defamation lawsuit against The Online Citizen (TOC) editor Terry Xu concluded on Thursday (Dec 3) after Mr Xu’s lawyer, Mr Lim Tean, briefly questioned Ms Kwa Kim Li, who prepared six wills for the late Mr Lee Kuan Yew. Ms Kwa, a managing partner at […]
SINGAPORE – No work pass holders here have been found sleeping rough in the streets, contrary to various articles in the media on homeless Malaysian workers in Singapore, the Ministry of Manpower (MOM) has said. Following a Nov 22 New Straits Times (NST) report titled “Homeless Malaysians in Singapore”, MOM said it contacted an interviewee […]
KUALA LUMPUR – Malaysian opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim’s is unlikely to lose his position because of his failure on Thursday (Dec 3) to meet a self-imposed seven-day deadline to topple Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin. Not only is there a lack of an alternative within the opposition Pakatan Harapan (PH) coalition, but former Sabah chief minister Shafie […]
KUALA LUMPUR – Malaysian opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim’s is unlikely to lose his position because of his failure on Thursday (Dec 3) to meet a self-imposed seven-day deadline to topple Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin. Not only is there a lack of an alternative within the opposition Pakatan Harapan (PH) coalition, but former Sabah chief minister Shafie […]