To pump, or not to pump?The Straits Times file With the imminent ban on Russian oil and the increased demand worldwide, petrol prices have now hit a new high in Singapore, going for as much as $4 per litre. It wasn't too long ago that petrol prices saw a slight drop, but that appears to be short-lived....
A man has a swab collected at a nucleic acid testing site in Lujiazui financial district after the lockdown placed to curb the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) outbreak was lifted in Shanghai, China, on June 2, 2022.Reuters Shanghai residents' relief over the easing of a two-month Covid-19 lockdown is giving way to frustration as they face hours...
Have you ever wonder what it’s like to rent out an entire cinema hall to yourself or with your loved ones? Some have actually experienced watching a less popular film alone where the hall was basically empty. However, when going to see a hit movie starring a very famous Aa-list actor, chances are, the hall is going...
Sarcophaguses that are around 2500 years old, from the newly discovered burial site near Egypt's Saqqara necropolis, are seen during a presentation in Giza, Egypt, on May 30, 2022.Reuters Archaeologists working near Cairo have uncovered hundreds of ancient Egyptian coffins and bronze statues of deities. The discovery at a cemetery in Saqqara contained statues of the gods...
Taiwan’s air force suspended flight training of new pilots on Tuesday (May 31) after a jet trainer crashed killing its pilot, the defence ministry said, the second fatal accident the air force has experienced in 2022. The ministry said the AT-3 jet crashed during a training mission from the Gangshan air base in the southern city...
Since the shock collapse of Malaysia’s Pakatan Harapan government in March 2020, just 22 months after it swept to power, the fortunes of the coalition’s linchpin, the Parti Keadilan Rakyat (PKR), has been in free fall. Led by the country’s reformist icon Anwar Ibrahim , the PKR has stuttered at multiple by-elections. It has also been...
Chicken importers facing a Malaysian export ban that kicks in from June 1 are urging their clients to accept whatever parts - such as breast or wing - are available, rather than order the whole bird. For their part, importers are ramping up processing before the ban, stockpiling as much chicken in chillers and freezers while they can...
Elon Musk arrives at the In America: An Anthology of Fashion themed Met Gala at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City, New York, US, on May 2, 2022.Reuters Elon Musk hopes Amber Heard and Johnny Depp are both able to "move on" from their defamation case. The billionaire businessman dated Amber, 36, for several...
A handout photo. Shanghai-based Dazzle Fashion joined the Metaverse Fashion Week event on blockchain-based Decentraland in March.South China Morning Post China's Big Tech companies from ByteDance to Tencent Holdings are testing the waters in the fashion metaverse even though prospects of monetisation and profitability are slim in the foreseeable future. TikTok owner ByteDance is launching a digital...
Mr Mohd Shariff submitted an application for his wife's new passport on April 6, intending to travel to Kuala Lumpur on Vesak Day on May 15 with his family. But they had to put their plans on hold when she could not get her travel document on time. He is among other people here who have...
