SINGAPORE – Households in Singapore are advised to conserve electricity as costs are set to rise following the doubling of fuel prices, said Minister for Trade and Industry Gan Kim Yong on Tuesday (Oct 5). In a written parliamentary response that day, Mr Gan said fuel prices have more than doubled over the past 1½ […]
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia’s economic recovery will be stronger than expected this year but U.S. sanctions, a poor vaccination rate and the central bank’s monetary tightening will all weigh on the growth outlook, the World Bank said on Wednesday.FILE PHOTO: A well head and drilling rig in the Yarakta oilfield, owned by Irkutsk Oil Company […]
HONG KONG (BLOOMBERG) – Chief Executive Carrie Lam is expected to answer Beijing’s call to ease Hong Kong’s housing crisis and deepen integration with mainland China in the final policy address of her current term. Lam’s speech, set to be delivered to the Legislative Council at 11am on Wednesday (Oct 6), will serve as a […]
SYDNEY (AFP) – A longstanding deal that saw Australia detain asylum seekers in an offshore camp in Papua New Guinea (PNG) will be scrapped, the two countries announced Wednesday (Oct 6). Under Australia’s hardline immigration policies, migrants attempting to reach the country by boat have for years been sent to detention centres on Papua New […]
SINGAPORE – When it was announced on Tuesday (Oct 5) that Paralympian swimmer Yip Pin Xiu would be the inaugural recipient of a new President’s Award for Inspiring Achievement, the House burst into applause. From a child who was often bullied and stared at, to becoming a five-time gold medallist and former Nominated MP, Ms […]
In the chaos of the American military withdrawal and the Taliban takeover this summer, thousands of American-made weapons and tons of military equipment were seized by the militants as government military bases surrendered or were overrun. With the Taliban in power, more American weapons and military accessories are now being openly sold in shops by […]
SINGAPORE – Nine more seniors, aged between 64 and 90, have died from complicated linked to Covid-19, the Ministry of Health (MOH) said in their daily update on Tuesday (Oct 5). They include six men and three women, all of whom were Singaporeans or permanent residents. Four were vaccinated, two had been partially vaccinated and […]
NEW DELHI (REUTERS) – India’s top court ordered state authorities to pay 50,000 rupees (S$910) as compensation for each death caused by Covid-19, as a way to help families cope with the loss, according to its order reviewed by Reuters on Tuesday (Oct 5). India has recorded 449,260 deaths overall, a tally experts say is […]
SINGAPORE – Several private clinics here have been seeing a demand for Sinovac and Sinopharm vaccines as booster shots, owing largely to a fear of side effects from the third dose of an mRNA jab. Vaccines like Sinovac and Sinopharm use inactivated viral particles to teach one’s immune system to make antibodies. So far, it […]
SINGAPORE – Three Singapore Airlines planes were towed on Monday night (Oct 4) from Changi Airport to the Changi Exhibition Centre, where they will be stripped for parts in a process taking two months. The towing operation, which lasted a few hours, required road closures along Changi Coast Road and Aviation Park Road. SIA said […]