Business Asian shares faced a third day of losses on Thursday after a shocking rise in U.S. inflation bludgeoned Wall Street and sent bond yields surging on worries the Federal Reserve might have to move early on tightening. FILE PHOTO: A man looks at stock market monitors in Taipei January 22, 2008. REUTERS/Nicky Loh 12
KABUL: A three-day ceasefire agreed by the warring Taliban and Afghan forces was due to come into force on Thursday (May 13), after weeks of intense clashes throughout the country. Proposed by the militants and agreed to by President Ashraf Ghani, the truce marks the Muslim holiday of Eid al-Fitr, which comes at the end
JEJU, South Korea: Every April in the fishing village of Jongdal, a day-long ritual takes place. Shamans make offerings to the gods, praying for bountiful catches and the safety of those who venture out to sea. Leading up to the ceremony, a group of women prepare food – to feed those in other realms, as
SINGAPORE: We breathe a sigh of relief seeing our children enter primary school. Gone are the days of dealing with fussy eating and agonising over what they eat. Just as we think our children’s eating habits are stabilising and that we have it all under control, they transit through another stage of life – a
LONDON: Forecasts for the Hong Kong property market this time last year were as gloomy as the view from the Peak overlooking the territory on one of its more polluted days. Political uncertainty, travel bans related to the COVID-19 pandemic and the UK’s decision to open the door to Hong Kongers holding British National Overseas
Manila said Wednesday that patrols had spotted nearly 300 Chinese militia ships in and around its exclusive economic zone earlier this week, amid bilateral tensions over the lingering presence of such vessels in Philippine-claimed waters of the South China Sea. Manila has been lodging daily protests with Beijing since last month after China refused to
WASHINGTON: The United States warned Wednesday (May 12) that Beijing would use the Winter Olympics to gloss over abuses as it slapped sanctions on another Chinese official over treatment of the Falun Gong. Releasing an annual US report on international religious freedom that found widespread concerns in China, a senior official said the United States
SINGAPORE: A National Parks Board (NParks) landscaper who tested positive for COVID-19 last week has been linked to the COVID-19 cluster at Changi Airport, the Ministry of Health (MOH) said on Wednesday (May 12). Epidemiological investigations showed that Case 63005, an NParks landscaper who was confirmed to have COVID-19 on May 8, had been at Changi Airport Terminal 3
UNITED NATIONS: The United States, Britain and Germany on Wednesday (May 12) called on China to end its repression of the Uyghur minority, speaking out at a video conference that infuriated Beijing. Rights groups say up to one million Uyghurs and people from other mostly Muslim groups are detained in internment camps in the northwest Xinjiang region
Official claims that China’s ethnic minority populations are growing faster than the majority Han population are being used to justify genocidal policies in Xinjiang, commentators said. “The growth rate of population of ethnic groups excluding Han is significantly higher than that of Han ethnic group over the last decade,” the official English-language China Daily newspaper
SINGAPORE: Jewel Changi Airport as well as Terminals 1 and 3 will be closed to members of the public from Thursday (May 13) for 14 days after a COVID-19 cluster with 25 cases was identified there. All workers in Terminals 1 and 3, as well as Jewel Changi Airport have been undergoing mandatory COVID-19 tests in
MALE: The Maldives on Wednesday (May 12) banned travellers from across South Asia in a bid to contain surging COVID-19 infections despite having one of the world’s most successful vaccination roll-outs. Sri Lanka and other countries in the region have also imposed travel restrictions as they battle a new wave of the coronavirus that has
NEW DELHI: India’s COVID-19 death toll surpassed 250,000 on Wednesday (May 12), official data showed, as the pandemic raged across the vast country of 1.3 billion people. According to the health ministry, 4,205 people died in the past 24 hours – a new record – taking total fatalities to 254,197. Advertisement Advertisement The number of
SINGAPORE: A new scam trend has surfaced, where scammers offer fake part-time jobs for e-commerce platforms, said the police on Wednesday (May 12). The fake advertisements are posted on Facebook, or sent via unsolicited WhatsApp messages from unknown numbers. Advertisement Advertisement The scammers would offer part-time jobs such as an affiliate marketing associate, with a
A draconian national security law imposed on Hong Kong by the ruling Chinese Communist Party (CCP) from July 1, 2020 appears set to spark an exodus of expats from the city, according to a survey conducted by the American Chamber of Commerce (AmCham). More than 40 percent of the 325 AmCham members who responded to the
KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia recorded its highest daily death toll from COVID-19 on Wednesday (May 12), as the country entered another national lockdown amid a third wave of infections. It reported a record 39 new COVID-19 fatalities, bringing the national death toll to 1,761. Advertisement Advertisement Daily COVID-19 infections rose by 4,765, taking the total number
KUALA LUMPUR: A 36-year-old man was charged in Malaysia on Wednesday (May 12) with murdering and sodomising a baby. The nine-month-old boy was being cared for by Mohamed Badruldin Mohamed’s wife, who was the baby’s nanny. Advertisement Advertisement Police on Tuesday said Mohamed Badruldin sodomised the baby on Apr 27 while his wife was cleaning
SINGAPORE: Ten cases in the community were among 16 new COVID-19 infections reported in Singapore as of noon on Wednesday (May 12), said the Ministry of Health (MOH). Seven of the 10 new community cases are linked to the Changi Airport cluster. Another two are linked to previous cases. Advertisement Advertisement Six new COVID-19 cases were imported and were
SINGAPORE: A “more open attitude” towards flight data sharing is important, when implementing Air Traffic Flow Management systems across the region and globally, said Dr Fang Liu, secretary-general of the International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) on Monday (Nov 20). She was speaking at the inaugural session of the ICAO Air Traffic Flow Management (ATFM) Global
SINGAPORE: Nine contracts worth about RM1 billion (S$320 million) were recently awarded for systems works on the Johor Bahru-Singapore Rapid Transit System (RTS) Link, said operator RTS Operations. RTS Operations – formed in 2020 as a joint venture between Singapore’s SMRT and Malaysian rail operator Prasarana – said on Wednesday (May 12) that these works
JOHOR BAHRU: For Iman Nurhannah Mohamed Fariq and her grandparents, who are living in a rented condominium unit in Johor Bahru, this year’s Hari Raya Puasa will not feel right. There will be no family members sitting around the veranda sharing ketupat and lodeh. No hugging and seeking forgiveness from one another. No posing for
SINGAPORE: Six building owners were charged in court under the Fire Safety Act for occupying premises without a valid fire certificate, said the Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF) on Wednesday (May 12). The building owners had allowed their premises to be occupied without a valid fire certificate, ranging between one to two months, said the
JOHOR BAHRU: In a surprise move at about 7.30pm on Monday (May 10), Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin announced that a Movement Control Order would be imposed on Malaysia effective from Wednesday (May 12). He posted a series of photographs of a Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) press statement on his Facebook page. Advertisement Advertisement In it were details
Business U.S. stocks fell on Tuesday as speculation that rising inflation pressure could prompt interest rate hikes sooner rather than later dragged on shares and hobbled the dollar, which struggled at a 2-1/2-month low. FILE PHOTO: The front facade of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) is seen in New York City, U.S., May 4,
SEOUL: Samsung BioLogics on Wednesday (May 12) said a report it was in talks with Pfizer Inc to begin production of the US drugmaker’s COVID-19 vaccine in South Korea as early as in August was “not factual”. The Korea Economic Daily reported earlier that the biotech arm of Samsung Group had been revamping production lines
Bangladesh expressed anger on Tuesday over “very unfortunate” and “presumptuous” comments made by China’s envoy a day earlier, when he warned Dhaka against participating in the United States-led Quadrilateral Security Dialogue on the Indo-Pacific region. On Monday, Ambassador Li Jiming had said that ties between Bangladesh and China could be “substantially damaged” if the South
CANBERRA: In a virtual meeting with a group of African students in late April, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken asked a question, implicitly, about China: “Are they bringing their own workers with them, or are they giving jobs to people in the country where they’re making investments?” Blinken seemed to be suggesting that Chinese
NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will not attend the G7 Summit in the UK in person, the Indian government said Tuesday, as the country reels from a massive wave of coronavirus cases. India is not part of the Group of Seven wealthy democracies but was invited to the talks by Britain, which holds the rotating
SINGAPORE: Thirteen community cases were among 25 new COVID-19 infections reported in Singapore as of noon on Tuesday (May 11), said the Ministry of Health (MOH). Seven of the 13 new community cases are linked to the Changi Airport cluster, while three are unlinked. The remaining three cases are linked to previous cases. Advertisement Advertisement UNLINKED COMMUNITY
SINGAPORE: Seven new cases, including household contacts and family members of previous cases, were on Tuesday (May 11) linked to a cluster of COVID-19 infections at Changi Airport. A Victoria Junior College student who tested positive last week was also linked on Tuesday to the cluster at the airport, taking the total number of cases in the cluster to 18.
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