Police detain a woman as people gather at a memorial site in Clapham Common Bandstand, following the kidnap and murder of Sarah Everard, in London, Britain, on March 13, 2021.Reuters London police faced a backlash from the public on Sunday and an official inquiry into their actions after using heavy-handed tactics to break up an outdoor...
Buddhist monks spreads ambers in a bonfire at the fire-walking festival, called hiwatari matsuri in Japanese, at Mt.Takao in Tokyo, Japan, on March 14, 2021.Reuters Japanese worshippers prayed for the safety of themselves and their families on Sunday by walking barefoot with Buddhist monks over smouldering coals at an annual festival near Mt. Takaosan. The fire-walking was...
A general view of the Purple Island in Shinan, South Korea, March 9, 2021. Reuters Dressed all in purple, bent-over women held long rakes aloft as they walked in a line to a lavender field to carry out some pruning on an island in southwest South Korea. Residents dressed in purple clothing work in a lavender field...
cnsphoto via Reuters A hotel that bills itself as the world’s first “polar bear hotel” has opened in China’s far northeastern Heilongjiang province, drawing both guests and criticism for its central feature: live polar bears. The Polar Bear Hotel, part of the Harbin Polarland theme park in Heilongjiang’s capital and largest city, Harbin, opened its doors on...
FILE PHOTO: Malaysian Foreign Minister Dato' Saifuddin Abdullah speaks during the news conference at the end of the meeting September 12, 2019 at the Diaoyutai State Guesthouse, Beijing, China.Andrea Verdelli/Pool via REUTERS Malaysia’s government on Friday (March 12) defended a new law aimed at tackling rampant fake news related to Covid-19 and an ongoing state of...
Malaysian influencer Cathryn Li has said that the recent vitriol against her online has driven her to suicide. In an Instagram post on Saturday (March 13), Li detailed how she suffered an emotional collapse and "tried to end all the pain". An accompanying photo showed angry red marks around the middle of her neck. She wrote in the...
A handout photo. Singapore's Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong speaks during an interview with BBC on March 2, 2021.Ministry of Communications and Information (MCI) via Reuters Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong said in a TV interview he hoped Singapore would start re-opening its borders by the end of the year as more countries ramp up vaccination...
Chilli Api Catering was ordered to suspend its operations from Sunday (March 14) following a food poisoning outbreak which affected 82 people. Those affected fell ill with gastroenteritis symptoms after eating food prepared by the catering firm between March 10 and 12. Fourteen of them have been hospitalised, and are in a stable condition, the Ministry...
No flying cars in 2020? It’s okay because AirAsia is planning to introduce drone delivery services and air taxi very soon! Teleport, the logistics venture of AirAsia Digital, is exploring the use of automated drones to deliver goods from AirAsia’s e-commerce platforms. “The pilot project for the delivery of goods from AirAsia’s e-commerce platforms, including AirAsia shop,...
Kepong Member of Parliament, Lim Lip Eng, has offered assistance to those who were fined under the Emergency (Prevention and Control of Infectious Diseases)(Amendment) Ordinance 2021 that imposes a fine of up to RM10,000 for those who violate Standard Operating Procedures (SOP). Source: Twitter In his tweet, he writes, “I would like to inform the public, especially those made...
