DHAKA (AFP) – Tens of thousands of people gathered to mourn the controversial leader of Bangladesh’s largest Islamist group as his funeral was held on Saturday (Sept 19) in a rural south-eastern town, police said. Allama Shah Ahmad Shafi, who had led the hardline Hefazat-e-Islam group since it was formed in 2010, died of age-related […]
Several Singaporean students studying in the United Kingdom scrambled to change their flights there yesterday to ensure they would not have to spend time in quarantine upon arrival. This was due to Thursday’s announcement that from 4am this morning, those arriving in England and Scotland from Singapore will no longer need to self-isolate for 14 […]
YANGON (BLOOMBERG) – Myanmar will hold the Nov 8 general election as planned by ensuring social distancing measures at polling stations across the country even as Covid-19 cases surge, an election commission official said. “We don’t have any plan to postpone the general election for Covid-19 reason,” Mr Myint Naing, a member of the Union […]
TAIPEI (REUTERS) – Taiwan’s air force scrambled jets for a second consecutive day on Saturday (Sept 19) as multiple Chinese aircraft approached the island and crossed the sensitive midline of the Taiwan Strait, with the island’s government urging Beijing to “pull back from the edge.” Taiwan’s Defence Ministry said 19 Chinese aircraft were involved, one more […]
A top United States diplomat’s visit to Taiwan was marked by more than a dozen Chinese military jets flying into the island’s airspace yesterday to signal Beijing’s displeasure, which prompted Taipei to scramble its own fighter planes in response. US Undersecretary for Economic Affairs Keith Krach, who arrived in Taipei on Thursday for a three-day […]
(Reuters) – European equity markets closed lower on Friday, with travel, banking and auto shares leading declines as a resurgence in coronavirus cases across the continent rekindled fears about the pandemic’s impact on a nascent economic recovery.The German share price index DAX graph is pictured at the stock exchange in Frankfurt, Germany, September 18, 2020. […]
(Reuters) – European equity markets closed lower on Friday, with travel, banking and auto shares leading declines as a resurgence in coronavirus cases across the continent rekindled fears about the pandemic’s impact on a nascent economic recovery.The German share price index DAX graph is pictured at the stock exchange in Frankfurt, Germany, September 18, 2020. […]
SINGAPORE – A fire broke out on Friday (Sept 18) night at the Sembawang God of Wealth Temple. The fire occurred at 28 Admiralty Street past 9pm on Friday evening, and the blaze appeared to engulf a large portion of the four-storey temple. The Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF) said it was alerted to the […]
BANGKOK (REUTERS) – Thailand’s King Maha Vajiralongkorn has endorsed a new army chief from his own King’s Guard faction in an annual reshuffle of defence personnel, the government said in a statement on Friday (Sept 18). Armed forces reshuffles in Thailand are scrutinised carefully for signs of which military factions are in the ascendancy in […]
SINGAPORE – Singapore Airlines (SIA) pilots have agreed to take deeper pay cuts of up to 50 per cent so that more of them can stay employed. This is on top of a 10 per cent cut in the monthly variable component (MVC) of their salaries, The Straits Times has learnt. With the new agreement […]