BANGKOK (BLOOMBERG) – Thai Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha, facing pressure amid expanding protests calling for his ouster, told reporters on Friday (Oct 30) that “no one wants to stage a coup”. Asked about rumours and suggestions by some protesters of a possible coup to replace him, he said the question should be asked of those […]
SINGAPORE – When a woman was apprehended earlier this month at shopping mall Novena Square, a video of her being detained was circulated with some claiming that the police had abused their power and arrested her for no reason. This use of misinformation was an attempt to delegitimise the police, said Minister of Home Affairs […]
JOHOR BARU (THE STAR/ASIA NEWS NETWORK) – The Johor Baru district has been declared a red zone after the number of Covid-19 cases surpassed 40 in the span of 14 days. Johor health and environment committee chairman R. Vidyananthan said monitoring and surveillance efforts would be boosted because of an expected increase in the number […]
SINGAPORE – While working as a Foodpanda deliveryman, a man sent messages to his colleagues in two chat groups, rallying personal mobility device (PMD) users to gather at Punggol Park, arm themselves with weapons and cause injury to others. Benny Mok Swee Tian committed the offence on Dec 30 last year, in the wake of […]
What it feels like to leave New York and land in a parallel universe of calm politics and good health. By Natasha Frost The Australia Letter is a weekly newsletter from our Australia bureau. Sign up to get it by email. Roughly three weeks ago, I stepped off a plane and into a parallel universe. […]
SINGAPORE – About three weeks before a tragic event on Thursday (Oct 29) ended with a 35-year-old mother falling from a Housing Board block with her 5-week-old daughter, a resident living in the same block noticed the woman looking sad. Madam Low, who is in her 80s, said: “She looked very pale, and her baby […]
The Singapore-Hong Kong air travel bubble will be an important test that will determine if similar arrangements for leisure travel can be made with other governments. Transport Minister Ong Ye Kung said: “We need to persuade our partners… that it is possible to stay safe and yet open.” If Singapore and Hong Kong can demonstrate […]
BEIJING – For decades, China harnessed its manufacturing prowess to lift the country from poverty, flooding the world with a dizzying array of cheap goods that not only improved lives from Sudan to South Carolina, but also fed a runaway trend of consumerism. When it finally had enough of being the world’s factory and wanted […]
TOKYO (REUTERS) – Total confirmed cases of Covid-19 in Japan exceeded the 100,000 mark on Thursday (Oct 29), public broadcaster NHK said, as the number of daily infections has crept up in recent weeks. The number of people infected with the coronavirus in Japan has come to 100,516, including those who contracted the virus aboard […]
(Reuters) – Shares of Leslie’s Inc LESL.O surged 21% in their Nasdaq debut on Thursday, marking a strong listing for the pool supplies retailer after it sold $680 million in stock in its initial public offering. Stock opened at $20.60 per share, compared with the IPO price of $17 per share. The company, which is […]