JAKARTA (AFP) – Two extremely rare Javan rhinoceros calves have been spotted in an Indonesian national park, boosting hopes for the future of one of the world’s most endangered mammals. The rhino calves – a female named Helen and male called Luther – were seen with their mothers in footage taken from nearly 100 camera […]
BANGKOK (NYTIMES) – In the murky waters of the Strait of Malacca, about 145km south of Phuket, Thailand, four divers discovered a World War II submarine that was scuttled 77 years ago, now teeming with marine life. The wreckage, believed to be the USS Grenadier, was found last October by divers Jean Luc Rivoire, Lance Horowitz, […]
SINGAPORE – Two women, who were then chief executive officer of Singapore Straits Wine Company and then head of operations, allegedly abetted one of their subordinates to give bribes totalling more than $5,000 to a man who was then an assistant general manager at the Cut By Wolfgang Puck restaurant. Lim Yok Lyn, 47, the […]
TAIPEI (REUTERS) – The last two days of Chinese aircraft approaching Taiwan demonstrate that Beijing is a threat to the entire region and have shown Taiwanese even more clearly the true nature of China’s government, President Tsai Ing-wen said on Sunday (Sept 20). Multiple Chinese aircraft flew across the mid line of the Taiwan Strait […]
TAIPEI (REUTERS) – The last two days of Chinese aircraft approaching Taiwan demonstrate that Beijing is a threat to the entire region and have shown Taiwanese even more clearly the true nature of China’s government, President Tsai Ing-wen said on Sunday (Sept 20). Multiple Chinese aircraft flew across the mid line of the Taiwan Strait […]
SINGAPORE – The idea of gender equality goes beyond matrices of performance in specific fields, and must “be imprinted deeply into our collective consciousness”, said Home Affairs and Law Minister K. Shanmugam on Sunday (Sept 20). When every boy and girl is taught from an early age that both genders are to be treated equally […]
SINGAPORE – The idea of gender equality goes beyond matrices of performance in specific fields, and must “be imprinted deeply into our collective consciousness”, said Home Affairs and Law Minister K. Shanmugam on Sunday (Sept 20). When every boy and girl is taught from an early age that both genders are to be treated equally […]
Good morning! Here are our top stories to kick-start your Sunday, Sept 20. Some diners in S’pore still flouting Covid-19 rules at eateries despite government clampdown Establishments in popular spots such as Bugis, Orchard Road and Tanjong Pagar have come under greater scrutiny. READ MORE HERE Foreign talent curbs hit foreign graduates of Singapore universities […]
FILE PHOTO: The Chief Economist of the Bank of England, Andy Haldane, listens from the audience at an event at the Bank of England in the City of London, London, Britain April 27, 2018. REUTERS/Toby MelvilleLONDON (Reuters) – Britain is recovering faster than anyone had expected from the economic impact of COVID-19, but businesses need […]
GEORGE TOWN (THE STAR/ASIA NEWS NETWORK) – A 21-year-old pharmacy student, the sole survivor of a carbon monoxide poisoning case which killed three others, remained in critical condition on Saturday (Sept 19) at a hospital in Kuala Lumpur. The four young women, all 21 years old, were suspected to have inhaled carbon monoxide on Thursday […]