BANGKOK (AFP) – At least 17 passengers were killed and more than dozen injured on Sunday (Oct 11) when a bus collided with a train in Thailand, officials said. The collision happened around 50km east of the capital Bangkok as the bus passengers were on their way to a temple in Chachoengsao province for a […]
Zouk nightclub will be transforming its dance floor into a spin studio by day and cinema by night, as it pivots to stay afloat with clubbing off the cards for the foreseeable future. Zouk Group’s chief executive Andrew Li told The Sunday Times that the tie-up with spin studio Absolute Cycle will allow the club […]
SINGAPORE – By mid-September, homesickness and depression was eating away at Malaysian Mohd Izwan Sarip. The 32-year-old, who works in Singapore, had been away from his wife and children since March, when Malaysia decided to close its borders to curb the spread of the coronavirus. “When I was told to come to Singapore I had […]
WASHINGTON (BLOOMBERG) – China has deployed tens of thousands of soldiers on India’s Northern border, Secretary of State Michael Pompeo said, in further signs that a deadly military standoff between the world’s two most populous countries is far from cooling down. “The Indians are seeing 60,000 Chinese soldiers on their northern border,” Mr Pompeo said […]
HONG KONG — The Hong Kong police said on Saturday that they had arrested nine people accused of helping a group of protesters, who were later intercepted by the mainland Chinese authorities, flee the city in August by speedboat. The arrests seemed intended to send a message to anyone who might consider helping other antigovernment […]
HONG KONG (AFP) – An annual World Press Photo exhibition featuring images from Hong Kong’s huge pro-democracy protests last year has been shut down in Macau without explanation, sparking speculation of political pressure from Beijing. The exhibition has been hosted by the Association Casa de Portugal Macao every year since 2008 and was scheduled to […]
MANILA (AFP) – After months of live-streaming mass to millions of faithful from behind closed doors, churches in the Catholic-majority Philippines are beginning to reopen. But strict coronavirus rules mean worship is still far from normal, and the contagion spreading across the deeply religious country has forced churches to get creative to meet the spiritual […]
PETALING JAYA (THE STAR/ASIA NEWS NETWORK) – Some Umno MPs have started lodging police reports denying claims that they are supporting Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim as the next Prime Minister of Malaysia. They have resorted to lodging police reports as their names were on the list of MPs allegedly supporting Mr Anwar despite issuing statements […]
SINGAPORE – The Samaritans of Singapore (SOS), a crisis intervention and suicide prevention centre, has officially launched its text messaging service for individuals in distress. Called SOS Care Text, the service was launched on World Mental Health Day on Saturday morning (Oct 10), following several months of preparation, SOS said in a statement. Since then, […]
SINGAPORE – There is a positive outcome from the Covid-19 pandemic on the mental health front, say experts. It has provided many good opportunities for mental health landscape in the country to grow and improve in the future. Ahead of World Mental Health Day on Saturday (Oct10), Institute of Mental Health senior consultant Dr Jimmy […]