Singapore outlines tips for safer post-pandemic workplaces

A view of the city skyline in Singapore December 31, 2020.Reuters Singapore has started to plan for how offices will look and operate in the post Covid-19 era, signaling its intent to get one of the world’s key financial hubs fully back to business with new technology and safer workplaces. Adopting more touch-free technology, motion sensors, facial...

Wedding: Neelofa & PU Riz To Tie The Knot This Week?

Are we hearing wedding bells for Neelofa and fiancé PU Riz anytime soon? As reported by Harian Metro, speculations began to arise that the couple is set to walk down the aisle sometime this week. Rumour has it that it’s between 25th (Thursday) to 27th March (Saturday). For those wondering, it all started after the local celeb’s...

Misbun Sidek On What Makes Lee Chong Wei & Lee Zii Jia Different

Datuk Lee Chong Wei has left big shoes for the next Malaysian badminton champion to fill. Yet, newly crowned All-England champion Lee Zii Jia (李梓嘉) has stepped right into them. Datuk Misbun Sidek, who has been there for both champions revealed the duo have a common trait that sets them apart from the rest— their winning...

EU to sanction 11 people involved in Myanmar coup, foreign policy chief says

European High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs, Josep Borrell, speaks during European Foreign Ministers and Interior ministers Council in Brussels, Belgium, on March 15, 2021.Reuters The European Union will on Monday impose sanctions on 11 individuals linked to the Monday (Feb 1) coup in Myanmar, the EU’s foreign policy chief Josep Borrell said as he...

Taiwan loses 2 fighter jets in apparent collision, third such crash in 6 months

The F-5E jets crashedReuters Two Taiwanese fighter jets crashed on Monday (March 22) in the third such incident in the past half-year, at a time when the Beijing-claimed island's armed forces are under increasing pressure to intercept Chinese aircraft on an almost daily basis. While Taiwan's air force is well trained and well equipped, mostly with US-made equipment,...

Sinovac Covid-19 vaccine appears safe, triggers antibodies in trial in children: Researcher

The preliminary data was from Phase I and II clinical trials involving over 500 people.Reuters Sinovac Biotech's Covid-19 vaccine appears to be safe and able to trigger immune responses among children and adolescents, according to preliminary results from early and mid-stage trials, the company said late on Monday (March 22). The preliminary data was from Phase I...

Is North Korea’s move to cut ties with Malaysia a ‘test’ for Joe Biden?

Twitter/imnormgoh A move by Pyongyang to sever ties with Malaysia, following the extradition of a North Korean national to the United States on money-laundering charges, could be aimed at testing the administration of US President Joe Biden, according to analysts. Pyongyang announced on Friday that it was cutting diplomatic ties after a Malaysian Federal Court panel earlier...

Malaysia sets up compensation fund for Covid-19 vaccinations

Under the new fund, individuals requiring extended hospitalisation due to a vaccine reaction will be eligible for RM50,000 (S$16,333).Reuters Malaysia on Monday (March 22) announced it had established a RM10 million (S$3.3 million) compensation fund to provide cash assistance for any Covid-19 vaccine recipients who suffer severe reactions due to inoculations. The South-east Asian country has inoculated...

NUS hostel residents to be swabbed after traces of Covid-19 found in wastewater

Swabbing stations would be set up at UTown Residence on March 23, 2021. Residents of a hostel block at the National University of Singapore will need to be swabbed after traces of Covid-19 were detected in its wastewater. Staff and students were informed in a circular seen by The Straits Times on Monday night (March 22). Dr...

33-year-old businessman linked to alleged fraud of record $1b charged

Ng Yu Zhi was charged with two counts of cheating and two of being a party to fraudulent trading on March 22, 2021. Hreasily   A businessman charged on Monday (March 22) has been linked to an alleged fraud involving at least $1 billion, the largest in Singapore's history. Ng Yu Zhi, 33, is the director of two firms...