TAIPEI (AFP) – Taiwan’s government agencies face around five million cyber attacks and probes a day, an official said on Wednesday (Nov 10), as a report warned of increasing Chinese cyber warfare targeting the self-ruled island. Taiwanese officials have previously said the island faces millions of cyber attacks every month, with around half of them […]
SINGAPORE – Home-grown transport giant ComfortDelGro Corp has called off plans to float its Australian unit, citing unfavourable conditions. The group said on Wednesday (Nov 10) that initial public offering (IPO) conditions in Australia “have become more challenging and other strategic options have presented themselves” since it announced in August that it was listing its […]
SINGAPORE – The African lion from the Singapore Zoo which had signs of sickness on Monday (Nov 8) has tested positive for Covid-19, said the Animal and Veterinary Service (AVS) on Wednesday evening. It is the fifth lion in Singapore to be infected with the coronavirus, after four Asiatic lions at the Night Safari tested […]
SINGAPORE – Less than two weeks after he was put on probation for other offences, a 17-year-old boy posed as a woman online offering sexual services to cheat men into paying him. Using pictures of women he found on Instagram, the teenager put up advertisements on sites such as Locanto. When victims responded, he would […]
SEOUL (REUTERS) – South Korea encouraged its citizens to take Covid-19 booster shots on Wednesday (Nov 10), as more of the elderly fell ill and reported vaccine breakthrough infections, driving serious and critical cases to a record. Severe coronavirus cases jumped from the mid-300s in October to 460 on Wednesday, official data showed. Of the […]
HONG KONG (BLOOMBERG) – A top Chinese virologist warned the country risks economic collapse if local officials continue to try to wipe out all traces of Covid-19, marking the most vocal criticism of China’s so-called Covid Zero approach by one of its own experts. Prof Guan Yi, a virologist at the University of Hong Kong, […]
SEOUL – He is known for being an uncompromising prosecutor who will not cower in the face of pressure from higher powers – not even the country’s president. Now, Mr Yoon Seok-youl wants to take over from President Moon Jae-in and is a hot favourite for the top job. Please subscribe or log in to […]
WELLINGTON (REUTERS) – Shops and malls in New Zealand’s biggest city Auckland flung their doors open for the first time in three months on Wednesday (Nov 10) as the city, which is at the epicentre of the country’s coronavirus outbreak, gradually reopened. Retail stores filled up within hours of reopening due to pent up demand […]
SINGAPORE – A pilot initiative by the Ministry of Education (MOE) to help at-risk students stay in school through after-school support and customised holiday programmes will be expanded to about 100 primary and secondary schools in the next few years. Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong said on Wednesday (Nov 10) that around 13,000 students will […]
SHANGHAI (REUTERS) – China’s southwestern city of Chengdu said on Wednesday (Nov 10) it had conducted 30,000 Covid-19 tests on visitors at a mega entertainment centre, and rounded-up those who tried to flee the site, in the second mass screening at a large venue in days. All Covid-19 tests returned negative results, reported the official […]