Have you ever wanted to try something that your parents didn’t approve of? Date a certain someone, change your degree or career, move to a different country entirely… Well, normally, our parents have our best interests in mind, which is why they advise caution. However, it cannot be denied that sometimes the risk pays off. Online...
People react outside Insein prison as Myanmar's Junta releases prisoners including people that protested against the military coup, in Yangon, Myanmar on Oct 18, 2021.Reuters Myanmar's military government has freed hundreds of political prisoners from the notorious Insein prison, including Aung San Suu Kyi's party spokesman and a famous comedian Zarganar, local media reported. Minutes after military...
The Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine is authorised for children as young as 12, and the companies are seeking authorisation for use in those as young as five years of age.Reuters WASHINGTON - The Pfizer/BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine was 93 per cent effective in preventing hospitalisations among those aged 12 to 18, according to an analysis released by the US Centres...
Actress Zheng Shuang (left) was fined US$46 million (S$61.8 million) for tax evasion and her ex-partner Zhang Heng was fined US$5 million for abetting the crime.Weibo The former partner of Zheng Shuang, who has run afoul of Chinese regulators, was fined more than 32 million yuan (S$6.7 million) on Monday (Oct 17) for helping the disgraced...
SINGAPORE - Singapore military aircraft that flew over southern Johor earlier this month were taking part in a multilateral exercise and had obtained the requisite approvals to enter Malaysian territorial airspace, said the Ministry of Defence (Mindef) on Tuesday (Oct 19). This was during Exercise Bersama Gold, a Five Power Defence Arrangements (FPDA) exercise held from...
The longstanding drama surrounding Dato’ Seri Vida’s “romance” with her former personal assistant (PA) Iqbal Zulkefli has been dominating headlines and social media for several months now. Things have gone from bad to worse, after reports broke out over the weekend saying that the cosmetics entrepreneur made a “surprise visit” to her ex-fiancé’s house at 3am in the...
SINGAPORE - In managing the Covid-19 pandemic, Singapore did not take a purist "zero-Covid" or "living with Covid" approach, but adopted an eradication strategy when the population was vulnerable before opening up progressively after vaccination had given Singaporeans a protective shield. Health Minister Ong Ye Kung said this on Monday morning (Oct 18) in his opening...
Lau Ka-kuen The United States was largely absent in vaccine diplomacy early this year but entered the arena when President Joe Biden announced in May that the US would distribute 80 million Covid-19 vaccine doses worldwide. Biden did not hide his intention: The US wanted to counter the influence of China and Russia by using the "arsenal...
Myanmar's president Win Myint reviews the honour guard during his welcome ceremony at the Government House in Bangkok, Thailand on June 14, 2018.Reuters file Myanmar's deposed president testified on Tuesday (Oct 12) that the military tried to force him to relinquish power hours before its Feb 1 coup, warning him he could be seriously harmed if...
Screengrab from TikTok/broarifffff Frustrated after waiting too long to pick up an order, a Foodpanda delivery rider decided to step in and prepare the food himself at an eatery in Selangor, Malaysia. A viral TikTok video shared on Oct 6 — with more than 330,000 views — shows user broarifffff filming In the 11-second clip, the man filming the hilarious...
