New seizure orders have been issued by Luxembourg court bailiffs on two units of Malaysian state oil company PETRONAS this week. The second order, which was issued...
BANJARMASIN, INDONESIA —The founder and chairman of the Sioux Snake Indonesia Foundation (YSUI), Aji Rachmat Purwanto, passed away after being bitten by a king cobra. Although...
TAIWAN — Taiwanese singer Liu Wen-cheng, known for his classic hits such as “Late” and “Soft Rain in March”, was reported yesterday to have passed away...
Yesterday (15 Feb), TOC reported that several People’s Action Party Members of Parliament served as Chief Executive Officers (CEOs) of Business China, a non-profit organization (NPO)...
FINLAND — Valio, a Finnish cooperative that is owned by around 4,000 Finnish dairy farmers, has been actively engaged in research aimed at reducing the carbon...
SG Mental Health Matters (SGMHM) was founded in 2020 by a group of friends and volunteers with the aim to conduct a public consultation to support...
PERAK, MALAYSIA — The Kampar Hospital in Perak, Malaysia has stated that it has never denied treatment to patients who do not comply with its dress...
HOYA, a global eyecare brand, is set to provide fitted eyewear to underprivileged children across Singapore in the coming weeks. The move follows a Corporate Social...
INDONESIA — Popular travel vlogger Nuseir Yassin, or more famously known as Nas from Nas Daily on social media, has once again sparked controversy after posting...
SINGAPORE — Singaporeans and residents of Singapore have expressed overall positive sentiments towards the Budget 2023 announcements, according to a post-Budget poll conducted by Southeast Asia...
by Hiroshi Hiyama and Katie Forster TOKYO, JAPAN — G7 host Japan is the group’s only member not to recognise same-sex unions, and ahead of this...
by Nina Larson GENEVA, SWITZERLAND — The World Health Organization will continue pushing until it finds an answer to how the COVID-19 pandemic started, the agency’s...
SAN FRANCISCO, UNITED STATES — Microsoft’s fledgling Bing chatbot can go off the rails at times, denying obvious facts and chiding users, according to exchanges being...
by Daniel Lawler PARIS, FRANCE — The vast majority of health claims used to advertise baby formula worldwide are not supported by rigorous scientific evidence, a...
WELLINGTON, NEW ZEALAND — A fifth person has died in New Zealand in the aftermath of Cyclone Gabrielle, police said Thursday, amid fears the death toll...