(The author is editor-at-large for finance and markets at Reuters News. Any views expressed here are his own.)FILE PHOTO: Passersby wearing protective face masks are reflected on a stock quotation board outside a brokerage, amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in Tokyo, Japan November 10, 2020. REUTERS/Issei KatoLONDON (Reuters) – For a couple of days […]
SINGAPORE – Eight people were each issued composition fines of $300 over the last two weekends for failing to comply with safe management measures while in Little India. The Singapore Tourism Board (STB) has also stepped up checks on establishments popular with tourists and precincts such as Little India since the start of phase two. […]
FILE PHOTO: Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau speaks at a news conference held to discuss the country’s coronavirus disease (COVID-19) response in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. November 6, 2020. REUTERS/Patrick DoyleLONDON (Reuters) – Canada’s Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said on Wednesday a trade agreement with Britain should be secured by the end of the year, although […]
SINGAPORE – Domestic worker Nalin (not her real name) does not get enough sleep every day. She has been caring for a 92-year-old with dementia for two years, looking after her throughout the night. During the day, she is unable to rest as she worries about leaving her care recipient unsupervised. Another domestic worker Kevaly […]
SINGAPORE – Domestic worker Nalin (not her real name) does not get enough sleep every day. She has been caring for a 92-year-old with dementia for two years, looking after her throughout the night. During the day, she is unable to rest as she worries about leaving her care recipient unsupervised. Another domestic worker Kevaly […]
SINGAPORE – The Muslim community should be careful when seeking religious guidance, and check that the asatizah is qualified under the Asatizah Recognition Scheme (ARS), a database of registered religious teachers here. In a statement on Tuesday (Nov 10), Minister for Muslim Affairs Masagos Zulkifli said if members of the community are unsure or come […]
KUALA LUMPUR (THE STAR/ASIA NEWS NETWORK) – Malaysia’s Barisan Nasional (BN) coalition, which is led by Umno, on Tuesday (Nov 10) said it will only support the 2021 budget if two conditions are met, piling pressure on the government led by Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin. BN is a member of Tan Sri Muhyiddin’s Perikatan Nasional […]
The voter fraud, perpetrated on Monday in New Zealand, was real. And the contenders were, er, fowl. As the citizens slept, a hacker slipped more than 1,500 fake votes into an election database, sending one flightless bird to the top. The scandal has roiled Bird of the Year 2020, an online popularity contest among the […]
JAKARTA • Thousands of supporters gathered at Jakarta’s airport yesterday to welcome back Rizieq Shihab, a firebrand cleric and Islamist leader, who went into exile in Saudi Arabia after facing charges over sending pornographic messages and insulting state ideology. There were chaotic scenes as his supporters, dressed in white, paralysed the airport’s toll road, scrambling […]
HONG KONG (NYTIMES) – When protests swept Hong Kong last year, Madam Alexandra Wong, better known as “Grandma Wong”, always seemed to be there. Day after day, she stood out among the hundreds of thousands of demonstrators as a small woman with short gray hair waving a large British flag. Then, during a few tumultuous […]