HARNAI, PAKISTAN (AFP) – A young man with a jet-black beard crouches, grief-stricken, next to the body of his baby, swaddled in a blanket, as his other children look on in shock. “I tried to take out my children, but the jolt was so strong,” Mr Rafiullah, a farmer in the mountainous Pakistani district of […]
SINGAPORE – The Institute of Mental Health (IMH) will be working with social service agencies to co-create a training curriculum to help the agencies better care for youth with mental health conditions. President Halimah Yacob announced this on Thursday (Oct 7) during her speech at the third Asia Pacific Conference and Meeting on Mental Health. […]
SINGAPORE – A man jailed for public drunkenness in May reoffended soon after his release. On Thursday (Oct 7), Ganesan Samythurai, 55, was sentenced to 11 weeks’ jail after he pleaded guilty to the offence, as well as six other charges, including mischief and harassment, which he committed while out on bail. The Singaporean was […]
Subscriber picks is a weekly curation of the best from The Straits Times – where we bring you exclusive reports, in-depth analyses, and the latest happenings in Singapore and beyond. When will it be safe to travel again? That’s one question many are pondering, with the year-end holiday season approaching. While many Singaporeans are playing […]
MANILA (PHILIPPINE DAILY INQUIRER/ASIA NEWS NETWORK) – The Philippines is constantly assessing the newly formed Australia-United Kingdom-United States (Aukus) alliance, which it believes will “restore and keep the balance” in the Indo-Pacific region, a senior foreign affairs official said in a recent Asean meeting. In a statement on Wednesday (Oct 6), the Department of Foreign Affairs […]
SEOUL (AFP) – A South Korean court on Thursday (Oct 7) ruled it was unfair for the military to forcibly discharge a soldier over her gender-reassignment surgery, months after she took her own life over the decision. South Korea remains deeply conservative about matters of sexual identity and is less tolerant of LGBT rights than […]
Good morning! Here are our top stories to kick-start your Thursday, Oct 7. S’pore will stay the course in its reopening when new Covid-19 case numbers stabilise: Experts While the virus reproduction rate has slowed, the pace of reopening depends on the hospital load. READ MORE HERE 102-year-old woman among 3 new Covid-19 deaths; 3,577 […]
SEOUL – The inauguration of every new Japanese leader brings renewed hope in South Korea that the two neighbours can finally improve frayed bilateral ties. But experts say that, like on previous occasions, the chill will likely remain this time round, more so since bilateral ties will not be a priority in both capitals. Please […]
HONG KONG (BLOOMBERG) – Hong Kong is planning to set up a “mega-courtroom” to handle cases involving multiple defendants after thousands of arrests since mass protests in 2019 strained the Asian financial hub’s courts. The city’s leader Carrie Lam cited both a “courtroom shortage” and the need to ensure a “fair trial and due process”, […]
SINGAPORE – An innocuous injury to his left little toe in late 2019 led to an infection that resulted in nine foot-related surgeries and five lower limb angioplasties in just over a year for Mr Toh Eng Cheng. His gangrenous toe had to be amputated, and another six later, to curb a recurrence of diabetic […]