TOKYO (REUTERS) – Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga’s approval ratings fell five percentage points to 58 per cent, with many unhappy with his handling of the coronavirus pandemic, according to a poll taken over the weekend by the daily Nikkei newspaper. The dip in ratings follows criticism over his hesitation to suspend a domestic travel […]
PETALING JAYA (THE STAR/ASIA NEWS NETWORK) – Despite the health ministry’s warning, false information on Covid-19 and bogus remedies for the disease remain rampant in Malaysia. Herbs, healing oils, honey and home-made concoctions – these are some of the “preventive medicines” being talked about among Malaysians. The Sabah state, which consistently recorded four-figure cases in Malaysia’s […]
TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan’s industrial output rose for the fifth straight month in October and retail sales in the same month grew the most in over a year, signalling the economy was recovering further from the damage caused by the COVID-19 crisis.FILE PHOTO: Steam is emitted from factories at Keihin industrial zone in Kawasaki, Japan […]
SINGAPORE – A songbird poached to the brink of extinction has found a stronghold in Singapore, with likely more than half of its global wild population making its home here, a new study has found. Conservation experts said the encouraging finding shows that the conservation efforts in Singapore are paying off. Please subscribe or log […]
SINGAPORE – The Republic is stepping up efforts to grow more food locally, with the ongoing pandemic highlighting how diversifying food sources may not be enough to ensure a stable supply. Plans to bump up local food production continued over the past year, even as the Covid-19 pandemic disrupted global supply chains, said Ms Grace […]
SINGAPORE – Ms Natasha Chiam is the name behind a successful home-grown brand of ice cream, but that is not what she wants your kids to eat. Instead, how about fudgey brownies that are 40 per cent zucchini (just do not tell the little ones)? Or chocolate oatmeal raisin nibbles made with dark chocolate and […]
SINGAPORE – The frail elderly and post-surgery patients who are too weak to undergo physical rehabilitation may be able to do so when a protein in the body is activated by magnetic fields, causing muscles to respond as if the patient has exercised. A team of researchers from the National University of Singapore (NUS) are […]
COLOMBO (AFP) – Guards opened fire on Sunday (Nov 29) to contain a prison riot near Sri Lanka’s capital where an inmate was killed and three wounded while protesting a surge of coronavirus infections, police said. Spokesman Ajith Rohana said elite police commandos were deployed at the Mahara prison where inmates rioted against overcrowded conditions […]
SINGAPORE – Financial adviser Wilson Tham had arranged through a maid agency for a helper to arrive in May from the Philippines, a month before his first child was due to be born. But the Covid-19 pandemic made travel near impossible, said the 37-year-old. Please subscribe or log in to continue reading the full article. […]
NEW DELHI (REUTERS) – Some of the world’s leading long-distance runners participated in a half-marathon in New Delhi on Sunday (Nov 29), even as India’s capital grappled with a surge in Covid-19 cases and air pollution that has recently been among the world’s worst. More than 60 professional runners participated in the race, while several […]