There were 248 new coronavirus cases confirmed as of Thursday noon (July 16), taking Singapore's total to 47,126. They include 11 community cases and comprise two Singaporeans or permanent residents, seven work pass holders and two dependant pass holders, said the Ministry of Health (MOH) on Thursday. Epidemiological investigations are being done for the other cases. There were also four...
The wife of Tunku Mahkota Johor (TMJ) Tunku Ismail Idris, Y.A.M Che Puan Khaleeda officially turns 27 today (16th July)! To commemorate the special day, His Royal Highness took to his official social media to post a sweet birthday shout out to the Kuala Lumpur-born beauty. On his Facebook page, TMJ shared a photo of him standing...
President Donald Trump on Tuesday ordered an end to Hong Kong’s special status under US law to punish China for what he called “oppressive actions” against the former British colony, prompting Beijing to warn of retaliatory sanctions. Citing China’s decision to enact a new national security law for Hong Kong, Trump signed an executive order that he...
The rearranged Tokyo Olympics are likely to be a pared-down version of recent editions of the four-yearly Games, Japanese Olympic Committee chairman Yasuhiro Yamashita said on Tuesday. Japan and the International Olympic Committee postponed the Tokyo Games until 2021 in March because of the coronavirus pandemic. Since then, organisers have spoken of trying to simplify the event...
A Malaysian court heard on Monday (July 13) a contempt case brought by the government against independent news portal Malaysiakini and its editor-in-chief over readers' comments posted on its website, in a case widely seen as a test for press freedoms. Rights groups have accused Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin's government of stifling dissent after a series...
Malaysia’s Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin cleared a major hurdle in parliament on Monday, as lawmakers narrowly approved a motion to remove the lower house speaker, in a vote seen as an important barometer of his support. While not officially a confidence vote, the outcome was the first real measure of how much legislative backing Muhyiddin could...
The United States reported more than 59,000 new Covid-19 cases on Wednesday, the biggest increase ever reported by a country in a single day, according to a Reuters tally. The United States faces a bleak summer as infections surge and many states are forced to close bars and popular beaches to try to curb the rise. In...
A wooden sculpture of US first lady Melania Trump was torched near her hometown of Sevnica, Slovenia, on the night of July Fourth, as Americans celebrated US Independence Day, said the artist who commissioned the sculpture. Brad Downey, a Berlin-based American artist, told Reuters he had the life-sized blackened, disfigured sculpture removed as soon as police...
A bus carrying high school students plunged into a reservoir in southwest China on Tuesday, as days of torrential rain triggered flood warnings across large parts of the country and disrupted the first day of national college exams. In the central city of Wuhan, where the coronavirus epidemic first erupted in December, a record-breaking 426 millimetres...
If China, as it has pledged, eliminates absolute poverty by the end of this year, it will be an unprecedented achievement in the world. There could be many reasons behind its imminent success, but the top reason, according to me, is strong and consistent leadership. Addressing a Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) National Committee panel discussion...
