TOKYO (THE YOMIURI SHIMBUN/ASIA NEWS NETWORK) – Supercomputers are playing an important role in fundamental science and companies’ research and development. It is hoped that Japan will maintain its competitiveness in this field to compete with the rest of the world and promote its industry. The Fugaku supercomputer developed by Riken and Fujitsu Ltd ranked […]
HONG KONG (BLOOMBERG) – The national security law that China could impose on Hong Kong as early as this week won’t need to be used if the financial hub’s residents avoid crossing certain “red lines”, according to a top adviser to Hong Kong Chief Executive Carrie Lam. “It really is to warn people: Do not […]
When Madam Yap Lay Hong, 102, was wheeled out of her room at the nursing home last Thursday, she saw her second son Alan Ho from a distance. She called out “Ah Beng” and welcomed him with a big smile. The centenarian who lives in Lee Ah Mooi Old Age Home is Singapore’s oldest coronavirus […]
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Federal Reserve bought $428 million in bonds of individual companies through mid-June, making investments in familiar household names like Walmart and AT&T as well in major oil firms, tobacco giant Philip Morris International Inc, and a utility subsidiary of billionaire Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway holding company. The transactions disclosed Sunday […]
NEW DELHI (REUTERS) – India is seeking the extradition of a top Pakistan militant suspected to have planned the 2008 Mumbai attacks after the United States said last week he was living freely in Pakistan, government officials said on Sunday (June 28). India and the US have both indicted Sajid Mir of the Pakistan-based Lashkar-e-Taiba […]
YANGON (AFP) – The United Nations called for “urgent measures to spare civilians” in Myanmar’s conflict-wracked north-west on Sunday (June 28), saying fighting has intensified between the army and insurgents. The military has been battling the Arakan Army (AA) – a rebel group seeking more autonomy for ethnic Rakhine Buddhists – in Myanmar’s Rakhine and […]
SINGAPORE – There are 213 new coronavirus cases confirmed as of Sunday noon (June 28), taking Singapore’s total to 43,459. They include 11 community cases, of which five are work pass holders and six are Singaporeans or permanent residents, said the Ministry of Health (MOH) on Sunday. Migrant workers living in dormitories make up the […]
HONG KONG (BLOOMBERG) – China’s top legislative body added Hong Kong’s security legislation to its latest agenda, NOW TV reported, signalling Beijing may soon hand down a still-secret measure that pro-democracy activists and business groups say could erode the city’s unique freedoms. The National People’s Congress Standing Committee planned to discuss the legislation to punish […]
The country has the fourth-highest number of infections globally, behind the United States, Brazil and Russia. India has more than 500,000 confirmed coronavirus cases, according to government figures that showed a record daily leap of 18,500 new infections on Saturday. Authorities said a total of 15,685 people had died after another 385 deaths were added […]
SINGAPORE – An increase in Covid-19 cases in the community here has not deterred people from heading to the beach this weekend. Groups of families and friends were seen hanging out at East Coast Park as well as Sentosa’s Siloso Beach on Saturday (June 27). Beachgoers were spotted at East Coast Park throughout the day, […]