A handout photo. Singapore's Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong speaks during an interview with BBC on March 2, 2021.Ministry of Communications and Information (MCI) via Reuters Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong said in a TV interview he hoped Singapore would start re-opening its borders by the end of the year as more countries ramp up vaccination...
Prince William said on Thursday (March 11) that Britain's royals were not racist after Meghan Markle, wife of his younger brother, Prince Harry, said one unnamed member of the family had asked how dark their son Archie's skin might be. Meghan, 39, made the allegation during an explosive tell-all interview that she and Prince Harry, 36,...
2020 Taiwan International Balloon Festival (Courtesy of Taiwan International Balloon Festival) The 2021 Taiwan International Balloon Festival will run from July 3 to Aug. 8 at the Luye Highland for a total of 37 days. Although this year’s main visual design has not yet been finalized, an official said that the event this year will feature the...
Women wearing kimonos pose for a souvenir photo with blooming cherry blossoms in Kyoto. Instead of tarpaulins being laid out in the parks of Tokyo in anticipation of the arrival of the first cherry blossoms, crash barriers are being erected with signs warning that the annual revelries are prohibited as a result of the coronavirus pandemic. The...
Chinese comedian Yang Li has emerged as a leading feminist voice in China.YouTube No single comedian has been attacked as much as Yang Li, who rose to fame in August on a talk show competition with her iconic catchphrase “Why are men so ordinary, yet so confident?” Around Christmas, she joked about men again, “A friend told...
This will be done in order to minimise the risk of transmission from workers who transport essential goods to Singapore.Shin Min Daily News Some cargo vehicle drivers who regularly come into Singapore from Malaysia will be offered Covid-19 vaccination by the Republic from later this month. This will be done in order to minimise the risk of...
Britain's Queen Elizabeth, Prince Harry and Meghan, the Duchess of Sussex pose for a picture with some of Queen's Young Leaders at a Buckingham Palace reception following the final Queen's Young Leaders Awards Ceremony, in London, Britain on June 26, 2018. LONDON — Queen Elizabeth said on Tuesday (March 9) the British royals were saddened by the challenging experiences...
A Myanmar citizen living in India burns a poster of Myanmar's army chief Senior General Min Aung Hlaing with his face crossed out, during a protest organised by Chin Refugee Committee, against the military coup in Myanmar, in New Delhi, India on March 3, 2021. CHAMPHAI — When Tha Peng was ordered to shoot at protesters with...
Scores of Chinese nationals demonstrate outside their embassy in Malaysia in 2019 claiming they lost their life savings to Teow’s MBI group.Facebook/Irene Andy An enigmatic Malaysian businessman with links to the rich and famous disappears, apparently fleeing the country and leaving in his wake hundreds of millions of missing ringgit, a string of angry investors and...
Before Covid-19 brought travelling to a stop, Amos Ananda Yeo led a jet-setter’s lifestyle. A fashion designer by profession, he regularly shuttled between his native Singapore, Korea, Japan and Vietnam for his eponymous streetwear label Amos Ananda. But for the past four years, he has been based mainly in Shenzhen, China, where he runs a...
