MANILA: Four Philippine private universities rejected accusations on Sunday (Jan 24) by the authorities that they serve as recruitment grounds of Maoist rebels, days after students protested against security force patrols at some university campuses. President Rodrigo Duterte’s government has stepped up efforts to end a Maoist-led rebellion, one of the world’s longest insurgencies that
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KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia reported 3,346 new COVID-19 cases on Sunday (Jan 24), taking the national tally to 183,801 infections. There were also 11 more deaths involving ten citizens and one foreigner, aged 34 to 91. Malaysia’s death toll from the disease now stands at 678. Advertisement Advertisement Two of the fatalities were in their mid-thirties.
SINGAPORE: The phone rang and it was a harried voice on the other end. “Hello police? Faster come. There is a man acting suspiciously,” the caller said. This was part of a dummy 999 call that the police arranged for journalists to experience the stress and difficulties of answering and processing emergency calls. The demonstration
DENPASAR: A Russian social media celebrity was being deported from Indonesia on Sunday (Jan 24) after he held a party at a luxury hotel on the resort island of Bali attended by more than 50 people despite COVID-19 restrictions. The party held on Jan 11 violated health protocols put in place to fight the spread of
SINGAPORE: The Singapore Airlines cabin crew member who initially tested negative for COVID-19 had sought medical attention for a fever before testing positive for the disease a few days later, the Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore said on Sunday (Jan 24). The 29-year-old woman, known as Case 59529, had travelled to the United Kingdom for
SINGAPORE: An 18-year-old woman has been arrested for her suspected involvement in a series of cheating cases, the Singapore Police Force (SPF) said on Sunday (Jan 24), with one scam involving an online advertisement offering “nude materials”. On Oct 28 last year, police received a report from a victim who claimed to have been cheated
SINGAPORE: Singapore reported 48 new COVID-19 cases as of noon on Sunday (Jan 24), said the Ministry of Health (MOH) in its preliminary daily update. This is the highest number of imported infections in Singapore since Mar 23, when 48 imported cases were also reported. Advertisement Advertisement No locally transmitted cases were reported in the community
BEIJING: Chinese rescuers pulled seven gold miners to safety on Sunday (Jan 24), 14 days after they were trapped by an underground explosion, state broadcaster CCTV reported, with at least four others still believed to be alive in the mine. Footage showed the first miner to be rescued, a black blindfold across his eyes, being
GREATER NOIDA, India: India’s huge coronavirus vaccination drive is behind schedule, with a third of recipients not showing up for appointments because of safety fears, technical glitches and a belief that the pandemic is ending. After one week, India has vaccinated 1.4 million people, or 200,000 people per day. It had initially hoped to process 300,000
BEIJING: Ten workers trapped for two weeks after an explosion in a northern China gold mine have been provided with a normal diet as attempts to bring them to the surface continue, state media reported on Sunday (Jan 24). One of the workers is reported to have died while the fate of 11 others is
BEIJING: China reported 80 new COVID-19 cases on Saturday (Jan 23), down from 107 cases a day earlier, the country’s national health authority said on Sunday. The National Health Commission, in a statement, said 65 of the new cases were local infections. The number of new asymptomatic cases, which China does not classify as confirmed cases, fell
SINGAPORE: Burgers may be a rare indulgence for some, but for 30-year-old Ivan Yee, he has them several times a week. The foodie estimates that he has eaten about 100 burgers over the past 10 months, proclaiming on his Instagram page where he shares reviews of his meals: “I can eat burgers till the day I
WUHAN: A year ago, a notice sent to smartphones in Wuhan at 2am announced the world’s first coronavirus lockdown, bringing the bustling central Chinese industrial and transport centre to a virtual standstill almost overnight. It would last 76 days. Early Saturday (Jan 23) morning, however, residents of the city where the virus was first detected were
SINGAPORE: COVID-19 has merged work and home, disrupted holidays and rituals, upended annual travel plans, and rendered futures uncertain. New rhythms of days and weeks yield a deep uneasiness. It feels as though “time,” as William Shakespeare put it, “is out of joint”. Advertisement Advertisement That’s probably because meaning in our lives comes not just from
SINGAPORE: A line of about 20 abandoned NTUC FairPrice trolleys from July 2016 has been immortalised on Google street view, illustrating the scale of a problem that has plagued Sengkang’s Rivervale Crescent neighbourhood for a long time. There is an NTUC FairPrice supermarket at Rivervale Mall, and abandoned trolleys in the area are a daily occurrence, said
SINGAPORE: It has been five years since the Paris climate treaty was agreed upon by nearly all countries. In a year where the COVID-19 pandemic has dominated media headlines and policy agendas, more countries have recently announced their intentions to raise their initial pledges made at the Paris Agreement. Advertisement Advertisement Some notable “enhanced ambition”
DUBLIN: Ireland may have to slow the mass roll-out of COVID-19 vaccinations, including for the elderly, due to reduced supplies of the AstraZeneca vaccine to EU countries, Prime Minister Micheal Martin said on Saturday (Jan 23). The British company has told European Union officials that production problems will mean a cut in deliveries of its
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Larry King, the suspenders-sporting everyman whose broadcast interviews with world leaders, movie stars and ordinary Joes helped define American conversation for a half-century, died Saturday. He was 87. King died at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles, Ora Media, the studio and network he co-founded, tweeted. No cause of death was
KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia health authorities reported 4,275 new coronavirus cases on Saturday (Jan 23), the highest daily infections so far, raising the total number of confirmed cases to 180,455. The country also reported seven new fatalities, bringing the total number of deaths to 667. Advertisement Advertisement The record number comes just a week after the previous
SINGAPORE: More than 50,000 local workers were hired under the Jobs Growth Incentive in September last year, one month after the scheme launched, said the Ministry of Manpower (MOM) on Saturday (Jan 23) in its 17th and latest Jobs Situation Report. The Jobs Growth Incentive is a wage subsidy scheme introduced in August aimed at encouraging
BANGKOK: The critically endangered Siamese crocodile has been spotted for only the second time in a decade at Thailand’s largest national park, according to photos released on Saturday (Jan 23). The freshwater reptile - snapped by camera traps sunning itself at Kaeng Krachan National Park near the Thai border with Myanmar – was once ubiquitous across
WUHAN, China: Exactly one year after it thrust the word “lockdown” into the global conversation, Wuhan passes the anniversary on Saturday (Jan 23) with a mix of pride at recovering from the coronavirus and caution over a possible relapse. A year ago on Saturday, Wuhan shocked the world by ordering 11 million anxious citizens be
SHANGHAI: China on Saturday (Jan 23) reported a slight increase in new cases of COVID-19 as it marks the anniversary of the world’s first coronavirus lockdown, in the city of Wuhan where the disease emerged in late 2019. The National Health Commission said 107 new COVID-19 cases had been identified on Saturday, up from 103
SINGAPORE: It may seem like a lifetime to some, but it was precisely a year ago that Singapore reported its first COVID-19 case. On Jan 23, 2020, the Ministry of Health (MOH) said it had confirmed one imported case of “novel coronavirus” infection in Singapore. At that point, the virus didn’t have a name. Advertisement Advertisement The
BEIJING: China has authorised its coast guard to fire on foreign vessels and destroy structures on features it claims, potentially raising the possibility of clashes with regional maritime rivals. The Coast Guard Law passed on Friday (Jan 23) empowers the force to “take all necessary measures, including the use of weapons, when national sovereignty, sovereign
PUNE, India: The tiny clinking vials supervised by silent PPE-wearing technicians belie the excitement inside the world’s largest vaccine manufacturer, the Serum Institute of India, a major player in the fight against coronavirus. The firm, founded in 1966 in the western city of Pune, is producing millions of doses of the Covishield vaccine, developed by
COLOMBO: Sri Lanka’s health minister, who publicly endorsed sorcery and magic potions to stop surging coronavirus infections in the island, has tested positive and will self-isolate, officials said on Saturday (Jan 23). Pavithra Wanniarachchi had publicly consumed and endorsed a magic potion, later revealed to contain honey and nutmeg, manufactured by a sorcerer who claimed
SINGAPORE: Ever since WhatsApp updated its terms of use on Jan 6, many users concerned about their privacy have opted to uninstall WhatsApp and considered moving to other messaging apps. Ironically, many users may have already been sharing their contact details and the contact details of all their friends with Facebook, which owns WhatsApp since
TOKYO: The entire Olympic movement is united in its determination to ensure the Tokyo Games happen in July and August, International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Thomas Bach said in a video message to mark the six-month countdown to the opening ceremony. Britain’s Times reported on Friday (Jan 22) that Tokyo was looking to get out
SINGAPORE: A vessel that was chartered for a social gathering has been temporarily suspended from operating, after a group of people filmed “partying on a yacht” near Lazarus Island last month were found to have breached COVID-19 regulations. In a media release on Saturday (Jan 23), the Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore said that
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