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TAIPEI (REUTERS) – The European Parliament’s first official delegation to Taiwan said on Thursday (Nov 4) the diplomatically isolated island is not alone and called for bolder actions to strengthen EU-Taiwan ties as Taipei faces rising pressure from Beijing. Taiwan, which does not have formal diplomatic ties with any European nations except tiny Vatican City, […]
KUALA LUMPUR (BLOOMBERG) – Malaysia’s Finance Minister Zafrul Abdul Aziz said he is not aware that Najib Razak has been appointed as an adviser to the government, after a report said the former prime minister was offered a role to consult on the economy. “I’m not aware that he’s an adviser,” Mr Zafrul said in […]
SINGAPORE – Covid-19 restrictions have not stopped pre-school educator Puvaneswarri Nagarajan from pulling out the stops to decorate her home for Deepavali. “We put up grander decorations since we are not going out anywhere,” said the 34-year-old mother of two. These include colourful lights and flower decorations along the common corridor outside their Bukit Panjang […]
SINGAPORE – The judicial and legal services in Singapore will be split to allow for greater specialisation and prepare for future challenges, after Parliament on Wednesday (Nov 3) approved the creation of the Judicial Service Commission (JSC). The move to restructure Singapore’s legal service came after six decades under an “integrated” system where a single […]
(Reuters) – European shares hit fresh record highs on Wednesday, as a recent run of upbeat corporate earnings and a recovery in metal prices outweighed losses from a slide in oil stocks.FILE PHOTO: The German share price index DAX graph is pictured at the stock exchange in Frankfurt, Germany, November 2, 2021. REUTERS/StaffAfter rising as […]
SINGAPORE – The number of road accidents involving heavy vehicles has been falling since 2018. There were 776 accidents in 2018, 690 in 2019, 426 last year, and 268 this year as at June, said Minister of State for Home Affairs Muhammad Faishal Ibrahim in Parliament on Wednesday (Nov 3). Dr Faishal was responding to […]
BEIJING (REUTERS) – China flagged on Wednesday (Nov 3) it is targetting a 1.8 per cent reduction in average coal use for electricity generation at power plants over the next five years, in a bid to lower greenhouse gas emissions. The target, announced by China’s economic planner, the National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC), comes […]
SINGAPORE – A woman who crashed her car into the wall in an underpass along the Seletar Expressway (SLE) on Tuesday (Nov 2) was rescued by two passersby just before the vehicle burst into flames. The 33-year-old woman was later taken, conscious, to Khoo Teck Puat Hospital. The police and the Singapore Civil Defence Force […]
YANGON (REUTERS) – Myanmar’s ruling military on Wednesday (Nov 3) stood by its decision to deny a South-east Asian envoy access to detained former leader Aung San Suu Kyi, resisting growing international pressure to comply with a regional peace plan agreed in April. Vice-Senior General Soe Win, the second in command of the junta that […]