KINMEN, TAIWAN (REUTERS) – Amid rising tensions with Beijing, the de facto United States ambassador in Taipei on Sunday (Aug 23) joined a Taiwanese leader for the first time to commemorate a key military clash and the last time Taiwanese forces joined battle with China on a large scale. China, which claims Taiwan as its […]
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump, in a Fox News interview airing Sunday, raised the possibility of decoupling the U.S. economy from China, a major purchaser of U.S. goods. In a video excerpt, Trump initially told interviewer Steve Hilton “we don’t have to” do business with China, and then later said about decoupling: “Well […]
JAKARTA (AFP) – A fire engulfed the office of Indonesia’s attorney-general on Saturday (Aug 22) evening in downtown Jakarta. There were no immediate reports of casualties and officials did not say what might have caused the blaze, which spread quickly through the six-storey building. Images showed firefighters dumping water on the raging blaze, which appeared […]
SINGAPORE – The regional health clusters, such as the National Healthcare Group and SingHealth, will phase out their deployment at the dormitories with a new division under the Ministry of Manpower (MOM) to take over. The move comes as all dormitories were declared clear of Covid-19 on Aug 19. To be fully operational by Oct […]
SINGAPORE – Diners are still attempting to book multiple tables at some food and beverage (F&B) outlets to circumvent social distancing rules, although the majority are adhering to safe distancing measures. Checks by The Straits Times on Saturday (Aug 22) with three restaurant owners showed that some patrons continue in attempts to bend the rules that limit […]
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JAKARTA (THE JAKARTA POST/ASIA NEWS NETWORK) – Indonesia’s state-owned airport operator Angkasa Pura II has formed a task force to prevent people from flying kites around the flight zone of the country’s main airport at the edge of the capital city Jakarta. Airport spokesman Febri Toga Simatupang said the task force would educate local residents […]
BEIJING (XINHUA) – About 63 per cent of Chinese said they would only eat at restaurants that take precautions against the spread of the novel coronavirus, the China Youth Daily reported citing a recent survey. The survey polled 2,502 people born between the 1960s and 2000s from both urban and rural areas. As the epidemic […]
SINGAPORE – Motorists can expect a few roads to be closed and traffic delays in several areas next week as the 14th Parliament opens on Monday (Aug 24) at Parliament House and The Arts House. To facilitate the event, Old Parliament Lane and Empress Place will be closed to vehicular traffic from 12.01am to 11.59pm on […]
PUTRAJAYA (THE STAR/ASIA NEWS NETWORK) – Malaysian authorities have detected a new Covid-19 cluster in a restaurant linked to three confirmed cases in the capital Kuala Lumpur. Health director-general, Datuk Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah said the first two cases were the restaurant’s foreign workers, aged 26 and 27, who tested positive on Aug 16. “The […]