COX’S BAZAR (AFP) – Bangladesh began transferring several hundred Rohingya refugees on Thursday (Dec 3) to what the UN and rights groups worry is a dangerous low-lying island prone to cyclones and floods. Almost a million Rohingya – most of whom fled a military offensive in neighbouring Myanmar in 2017 – live in a vast […]
JOHOR BARU – The Johor government plans to send 1,000 food baskets to help “needy” Malaysians who are stranded in Singapore, Johor Menteri Besar Husni Mohammad said on Thursday (De c3). The Johor government is working with the Malaysia High Commission in Singapore to collect and distribute these baskets, with 300 to be sent out […]
BANGKOK (REUTERS) – Thailand on Thursday (Dec 3) reported at least five deaths after flash floods caused by monsoon rains hit seven provinces in the country’s southern region. The authorities reported that the deaths all took place in Nakhon Si Thammarat province, where television footage showed staff of a hospital piling up sandbags outside an […]
SHANGCUN/SHANGHAI(REUTERS) – As millions of mink are culled in Europe amid fears they could spread the novel coronavirus, struggling Chinese suppliers are defying calls for their business to be banned and taking advantage of a surge in global prices for the prized fur. Chinese mink farmers, rattled by a ban on wildlife trade early in […]
SHANGCUN/SHANGHAI(REUTERS) – As millions of mink are culled in Europe amid fears they could spread the novel coronavirus, struggling Chinese suppliers are defying calls for their business to be banned and taking advantage of a surge in global prices for the prized fur. Chinese mink farmers, rattled by a ban on wildlife trade early in […]
SINGAPORE – There were nine new coronavirus cases confirmed as of Thursday noon (Dec 3), taking Singapore’s total to 58,239. Eight were imported cases who had been placed on stay-home notices on arrival in Singapore, and one case from within a worker’s dormitory, said the Ministry of Health (MOH). No cases from the community were […]
SINGAPORE – Second Minister for Education Maliki Osman will be leading a review to see what more his ministry can do to ensure that graduates from the Institute of Technical Education (ITE) and the five polytechnics are prepared for the working world. Announcing the review on Thursday (Dec 3), Education Minister Lawrence Wong said it […]
SEOUL (BLOOMBERG) – South Korean President Moon Jae-in’s support rate hit a record low as turmoil over the fate of the country’s top prosecutor rocked his government, in a worrisome sign as he enters the latter stages of his administration. Mr Moon’s approval rating fell to 37.4 per cent, down from 43.8 per cent a […]
TOKYO — For more than six decades, Kazuo Odachi had a secret: At the age of 17, he became a kamikaze pilot, one of thousands of young Japanese men tasked to give their lives in last-ditch suicide missions near the end of World War II. As he built a family and a career as a […]
BANGKOK (AFP) – A coronavirus cluster in Thailand grew to 10 on Wednesday (Dec 2) amid fears scores of other Thai women connected to a hotel in a notorious Myanmar border town could be infected and may attempt to return home under the radar. Health authorities in Bangkok were holding emergency talks on Wednesday night, […]