Yang Bao Bei (杨宝贝) has been making headlines again recently. Although many thought she would be keeping her head down after her suicide attempt and scams last year, it was the opposite. The influencer got into an argument with fellow YouTuber Chris Hoo after she alleged he had sent people to beat her up. However, another YouTuber Song Yi had a shocking reveal for netizens...
Emergency personnel from the FDNY provide medical aid as they respond to an apartment building fire in the Bronx borough of New York City, US, on Jan 9, 2022.Reuters Nineteen people were killed, including nine children, and dozens were injured when a fire started by a malfunctioning space heater spread smoke through a 19-floor building in...
Authorities on the Indonesian tropical island Bali released 33 endangered green sea turtles into the ocean on Saturday (Jan 8) in an effort to boost a population threatened by poachers and illegal traders. The turtles, from the Chelonia mydas species that is protected in Indonesia, were released on Kuta beach after they being rescued during a...
In 2021 there were a raft of reports about the Myanmar military regime’s mass killings, and the massacre in Hpruso, Kayah state, on Christmas Eve ranks as one of the deadliest attacks of the year. Anti-junta fighters, rights activists and officials from international aid agencies who spoke to This Week in Asia said that while news...
People lining up for Covid-19 tests during a citywide mass testing in Tianjin on Jan 9, 2022.Reuters The Chinese city of Tianjin, with around 14 million people, has tightened exit controls and now requires residents to obtain approval from employers or community authorities before leaving town and a negative Covid-19 test within 48 hours of departure. The...
Malaysia's former Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad reacts during a session of the lower house of parliament, in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia July 13, 2020.Reuters/Lim Huey Teng Former Malaysian prime minister Mahathir Mohamad, 96, successfully underwent an "elective medical procedure" and is expected to be discharged in a few days, the National Heart Institute said on Sunday. "The procedure...
A 28-year-old Bangladeshi worker was taken to hospital on Sunday afternoon (Jan 9) after he fell from the fourth storey of Chinatown Point and landed on the second storey. In response to inquiries from The Straits Times, the Singapore Civil Defence Force said that it received a call for assistance at 133 New Bridge Road at about...
Indonesia aims to wean itself off coal and become carbon neutral by 2060 or sooner.Reuters Mr Aji Tri Atmojo lives in a traditional Javanese house with wooden walls on the outskirts of the Indonesian capital of Jakarta, but his rustic home got a modern touch after he installed a row of solar panels on his roof. Since...
A number of Chinese cities have started emergency screenings for coronavirus on imported food and ordered fruit buyers to quarantine after fresh produce from Southeast Asia tested positive. Despite little evidence that people can catch Covid-19 from food, at least nine cities in Zhejiang and Jiangxi provinces have reported positive coronavirus results on dragon fruit imported...
A fourth dose of Covid-19 vaccine boosts antibodies five-fold a week after the shot is administered, Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett said on Tuesday (Jan 4), citing preliminary findings of an Israeli study. “A week into the fourth dose we know to a higher degree of certainty that the fourth dose is safe,” Bennett said at...
