Local residents queue for a Covid-19 nasal swab test in Bangkok, Thailand, on April 8, 2021.Reuters In the lobby of Bangkok's Pullman Grande hotel, medical teams clad in full-body protective gear shuttle back and forth, greeting well-heeled coronavirus patients as they arrive by ambulance for treatment. About 250 rooms in the five-star hotel have been repurposed as...
The entry approvals are being reduced in response to the worsening Covid-19 situation in India.The Straits Times Entry approvals for non-Singapore citizens and non-permanent residents are being reduced with immediate effect, in response to the worsening Covid-19 situation in India and the emergence of new virus variants, the Ministry of Health announced on Tuesday (April 20). From...
In one of the latest big-ticket property deals in Singapore, a sea-facing bungalow in the exclusive residential enclave of Sentosa Cove was reportedly bought in recent weeks for more than $39 million by a Chinese national from Fujian Province. Closer to the city, This Week In Asia understands that a 5,070 sq ft luxury penthouse at South Beach...
Suriya Koedsang pictured with his husband Bas at their wedding, in a photo that was uploaded to Facebook.Facebook When Suriya Koedsang uploaded photos of his wedding to Facebook on April 4, the 28-year-old Thai never could have imagined the hate his heartwarming post would soon receive from online trolls in Indonesia. Within days, the pictures of Koedsang...
Koji Suzuki, 66, a surfer and a surf shop owner, holds his surfboard at Karasuzaki beach, around 30 kilometres (20 miles) north of the tsunami-crippled Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant, in Minamisoma, Fukushima Prefecture, Japan, April 16, 2021.Reuters Koji Suzuki's surf shop, which he first opened in 1989, was washed away by the devastating tsunami that...
A sign of Ant Group is seen during the World Internet Conference (WIC) in Wuzhen, Zhejiang province, China, on Nov 23, 2020.Reuters Ant Group is exploring options for founder Jack Ma to divest his stake in the financial technology giant and give up control, as meetings with Chinese regulators signaled to the company that the move...
Photos on social media and local broadcasts showed downed powerlines, debris and houses stripped of roofs and walls.Facebook/Andrew Marshall A tropical cyclone off Australia's west coast destroyed several homes and cut electricity to tens of thousands of people overnight before weakening in power on Monday (April 12) morning. Officials said around 70 per cent of the structures...
The lift lobby at Block 196 Kim Keat Avenue. Both lifts were not operational for six hours on Saturday, forcing elderly residents to climb the stairs to get home.Lianhe Wanbao One of the two lifts in his Housing Board block was not working, and the one he was in did not stop on his floor but...
Demonstrators gesture as they protest against the military coup, in Dawei, Myanmar, on April 8, 2021 in this still image obtained from a video.Reuters via Dawei Watch Malaysia on Thursday defended a meeting between its ambassador to Myanmar and a representative from the military government, after criticism that it was recognition of the junta amid a...
Travellers walk through Terminal 2 at Heathrow Airport, amid the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) outbreak on Feb 14, 2021.Reuters Hundreds of seats on two special flights intended to bring stranded Hongkongers home from Britain after the end of a coronavirus travel ban were snapped up in two hours on Thursday, in a process marred by a crashed...
