NEW DELHI (AFP) – Commuters flashed victory signs as India restarted city metro services on Monday (Sept 7) after a nearly six-month hiatus, determined to live with the new normal even as the vast nation overtook Brazil as the second-worst coronavirus-affected country. Masked commuters sat in mostly empty coaches as journalists clambered for pictures at […]
The coronavirus pandemic has hit many sectors hard, but one of the industries that is set to grow instead is medical technology. Among the firms with job openings at SGInnovate’s virtual fair is medtech company Lucence Diagnostics, which specialises in developing genomic tests for cancer detection and treatment selection. The company is looking to hire […]
JOHOR BARU (THE STAR/ASIA NEWS NETWORK) – Johor wants Putrajaya to speed up the full reopening of Malaysia’s border with Singapore, says Mentri Besar Datuk Hasni Mohammad. Hasni said he recently met Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin to discuss the matter, adding that Muhyiddin had asked Senior Minister Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob to […]
President Rodrigo Duterte has granted an absolute pardon to a US serviceman who was found guilty of killing a Filipino transgender woman nearly five years ago. Foreign Secretary Teodoro Locsin first broke the news on his Twitter account that Lance Corporal Joseph Scott Pemberton, 25, could now walk free. “Cutting matters short over what constitutes […]
Japan's chief cabinet secretary Yoshihide Suga signals chance of calling snap election: Asahi report
TOKYO (REUTERS) – Japan’s chief cabinet secretary Yoshihide Suga signalled the possibility of calling a snap election if he were to become the country’s next prime minister, the Asahi newspaper reported on Tuesday (Sept 8). Suga, a frontrunner to succeed incumbent prime minister Shinzo Abe, also stressed Japan’s resolve to hold next year’s Tokyo Olympic Games […]
COLOMBO (AFP) – A massive fire that crippled an oil tanker off Sri Lanka has reignited in strong winds, the island nation’s navy said on Monday (Sept 7), just a day after the blaze was extinguished. The Panamanian-registered New Diamond, carrying over 270,000 tonnes of crude and diesel, was en-route from Kuwait to the Indian […]
MANILA – President Rodrigo Duterte has granted an absolute pardon to a US serviceman who was found guilty of killing a Filipino transgender woman nearly five years ago. Foreign Secretary Teodoro Locsin first broke the news on his Twitter account that Lance Corporal Joseph Scott Pemberton, 25, could now walk free. “Cutting matters short over […]
KUALA LUMPUR – Water supply has been mostly restored to three-quarters of districts in the Kuala Lumpur federal territory and Selangor state that had been hit hard by a supply cut from last Thursday, officials said on Monday (Sept 7). The water supply was abruptly cut as pollution threatened four water treatment plants in Selangor. […]
TAIPEI (Reuters) – Taiwan’s exports jumped in August, boosted by Chinese telecom giant Huawei Technologies Co Ltd rushing to get in orders at Taiwanese firms before they have to comply with U.S. curbs that take effect this month. Exports rose 8.3% from a year earlier to $31.17 billion in August, the finance ministry said on […]
(Reuters) – European shares bounced on Monday after a Wall Street-led rout in technology stocks kept global sentiment subdued in the previous week, with investors keeping a close watch on COVID-19 vaccine developments. Australia expects to receive its first batches of a potential COVID-19 vaccine in January after a deal was struck with CSL (CSL.AX) […]