Singapore clinched three of the top five private equity and venture capital deals struck in the region in the first quarter amid markedly slower economic activity across South-east Asia due to the pandemic. There were 141 such deals worth US$1.4 billion (S$1.95 billion) in the region in the three months to March 31, Ernst & Young...
Back on 18th May, American content creator Dustin Pfundheller published a video on his YouTube account titled “Other Side of the Truth”, praising Malaysia’s effort in their fight against Covid-19. Unfortunately, it was revealed that the video, titled “How Malaysia Did The Impossible”, was blocked by Facebook. According to Pfundheller, the clip promotes “false, misleading and deceptive...
Sina Corporation, the operator of social media platform Weibo, said late Monday that a company controlled by its chairman offered to take it private, making it the latest US-listed Chinese firm to consider a privatisation offer as rising tensions between the world’s two biggest economies have some companies rethinking their American listings. The Beijing-headquartered company said...
A landslide buried nine people on Wednesday in China's Hubei province, the People's Daily newspaper reported, after some of the heaviest rain in decades brought floods that have killed more than 100 people. The landslide occured in Huangmei County in the early hours and efforts were being made to rescue the people, the newspaper said. From June...
Since the Covid-19 pandemic, freedom to travel around the world has been restricted due to travel bans. US citizens used to enjoy tremendous freedom, but a new passport power analysis has deduced that they’re now on par with developing countries. Citizenship firm Henley and Partners said this was due to “poor handling of the pandemic”. Source: Passport...
A father and his 4-year-old daughter have completed a 71-day bicycle journey — 4,139 kilometres — to reach Lhasa, Tibet, becoming well-known online and receiving lots of support from netizens. Dou Haobei and his daughter Dou Dou had set out from Dongguan, Guangdong province on April 2 and reached their destination in the Tibet autonomous region...
A Chinese family that was stranded in the Seychelles for five months because of the coronavirus pandemic is finally back home. Rex Yang Zhouhu and his mother, sister and three-year-old nephew are under a 14-day self-quarantine in a Shanghai hotel after flying from Ethiopia last Tuesday. The 33-year-old Chongqing native became a social media star in China...
The prevalence of a genetic mutation of the novel coronavirus will not hamper testing for the virus and may have little impact on the effectiveness of Covid-19 vaccines under development, a senior expert said. The mutation, called G614, which is now the dominant form in the global Covid-19 pandemic, is more likely to infect people but...
A movie theatre in Malaysia is making nationwide headlines for implementing separated seating zones for men, women and family members. The cinema in question is the Lotus Five Star (LFS) Cinemas located in Paya Bunga Square, Kuala Terengganu. This came following the government’s announcement that all cinemas nationwide are allowed to reopen. Source: Sinar Harian In an interview with Sinar...
Keen on watching movies on a big screen but scared of the potential spread of Covid-19? Perhaps the next best thing is a drive-in cinema. It was announced last week that Malaysia’s first drive-in cinema, called M-Junction, will be debuting very soon. How soon you asked? According to our source, the launch will take place either...
