BEIJING (BLOOMBERG) – China started giving Covid-19 vaccines to children as young as three, as the country grapples with the return of the delta variant and more frequent virus outbreaks. Multiple places across China are rolling out vaccines to children aged between three and 11, according to reports in local media. The shots, developed by […]
SEOUL (AFP) – The de facto leader of South Korea’s sprawling Samsung group Lee Jae-yong was convicted on Tuesday (Oct 26) of illegally using the anaesthetic drug propofol, the latest legal travail to beset the multibillionaire. The vice-chairman of the world’s biggest smartphone maker Samsung Electronics and, according to Forbes, the world’s 238th richest person was […]
TOKYO – Japan’s Princess Mako, the eldest niece of Emperor Naruhito, married her university sweetheart on Tuesday (Oct 26) morning in a stripped-down, low-key administrative affair. The event took place amid public unease over their union, with controversy and malicious gossip swirling around her union with up-and-coming lawyer Kei Komuro, a commoner who was raised […]
SINGAPORE – Singapore will contribute $7.9 million worth of medical supplies to a regional reserve as part of the city-state’s support for Asean’s collective effort to prepare for future public health emergencies, Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong announced on Tuesday (Oct 26). To help with swift and equitable distribution of Covid-19 vaccines within the region, Singapore […]
BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN (REUTERS) – United States President Joe Biden will take part in a virtual summit with the Asean on Tuesday (Oct 26), the first time in four years Washington will engage at the top level with a bloc it sees as key to its strategy of pushing back against China. The US embassy in […]
CHENNAI (REUTERS) – A rise in extreme weather events in India – from droughts and floods to heatwaves and hailstorms – is fuelling climate migration as the nation’s poorest are forced to abandon their homes, land and livelihoods, researchers said on Tuesday (Oct 26). In a survey of more than 1,000 households across three Indian […]
SINGAPORE- Fourteen people between the ages of 60 and 93 have died of complications linked to Covid-19, the Ministry of Health (MOH) said on Monday (Oct 25). All of them had various underlying medical conditions, said MOH in its daily virus update. It gave no further details. This takes Singapore’s death toll to 329. Monday […]
LONDON (REUTERS) – Two pairs of bejewelled Mughal-era spectacles set with diamond and emerald lenses are expected to fetch up to US$3.5 million (S$4.7 million) each when they are auctioned in London on Wednesday (Oct 27). The glasses were commissioned by an unknown 17th century prince, auction house Sotheby’s said, with the precious stone lenses […]
Good evening! Catch up on some of the main headlines on Monday, Oct 25. 74% of those given wrong Covid-19 vaccine dose at Bukit Merah Polyclinic have received replacement MOH said the initial reduced dose was unlikely to cause any adverse reactions. READ MORE HERE Gan Kim Yong explains 5-person dining in rule for Bloomberg […]
SINGAPORE – More than 200,000 seniors here have received their Covid-19 vaccine booster shots, while 87 per cent of seniors aged 70 and above are fully vaccinated against the virus. Minister for Social and Family Development Masagos Zulkifli gave the update on the vaccination of seniors during the Community Care Day celebrations held virtually on […]