TAIPEI (REUTERS) – Taiwan hopes that US President Donald Trump can get better from the coronavirus soon so that he can continue to lead the free world in resisting China’s”outrages”, the speaker of the island’s Parliament said on Monday (Oct 5). Democratic Taiwan has come under increasingly severe military pressure from China, which claims the […]
Singapore Airlines (SIA) will continue to increase flights gradually, reaching about 15 per cent of its usual passenger capacity by the end of this year. The carrier and its regional arm, SilkAir, will be reinstating flights to Brunei, Fukuoka in Japan, Kathmandu in Nepal and Male in the Maldives in the next three months. Flights […]
NEW DELHI (REUTERS) – India hopes to receive up to 500 million doses of coronavirus vaccine by July to inoculate about 250 million people, health minister Harsh Vardhan said on Sunday (Oct 4), as infections in the world’s second-worst affected country continue to surge. India’s has recorded some 6.55 million infections, with 75,829 in the […]
FILE PHOTO: World Bank President David Malpass responds to a question from a reporter during an opening press conference at the IMF and World Bank’s 2019 Annual Fall Meetings of finance ministers and bank governors, in Washington, U.S., October 17, 2019. REUTERS/Mike TheilerBERLIN (Reuters) – The COVID-19 pandemic could trigger a debt crisis in some […]
FILE PHOTO: World Bank President David Malpass responds to a question from a reporter during an opening press conference at the IMF and World Bank’s 2019 Annual Fall Meetings of finance ministers and bank governors, in Washington, U.S., October 17, 2019. REUTERS/Mike TheilerBERLIN (Reuters) – The COVID-19 pandemic could trigger a debt crisis in some […]
FILE PHOTO: U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi participates in a news conference at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, U.S. October 1, 2020. REUTERS/Erin Scott/File PhotoWASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Sunday said progress was being made on coronavirus relief legislation to respond to the economic fallout from a pandemic that has killed […]
Twelve people were charged in a district court yesterday after they allegedly flouted safe distancing measures and took part in an unlawful gathering on Lazarus Island amid the Covid-19 outbreak on Aug 8. According to court documents, the event took place between 11am and 6pm that day. The 12 are said to have violated Covid-19 […]
SINGAPORE – Sentosa’s beaches were filled with people on Sunday (Oct 4), about two weeks before guests will be required to book their visits during peak periods. Groups of friends and families were spotted at Palawan, Siloso and Tanjong beaches, where some sun-tanned, played volleyball or held picnics. Others took to the water, swimming or […]
PETALING JAYA (THE STAR/ASIA NEWS NETWORK) – Malaysia was still recording triple-digit cases, with 293 new Covid-19 infections on Sunday (Oct 4). The total number on Sunday is slightly lower than 317 new infections on Saturday, which was a record high since the pandemic hit Malaysia in March. Most of the new cases were recorded […]
JAKARTA (Reuters) – Indonesia moved a step closer to passing President Joko Widodo’s contentious “Job Creation” bill after parliament’s legislation committee and government ministers on Saturday approved the latest version for a vote next week.FILE PHOTO: Indonesia’s President Joko Widodo attends an ASEAN leaders summit with United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, in Bangkok, Thailand November […]