SINGAPORE, SINGAPORE — Singapore’s economy grew more than expected last year but much slower than in 2021, official data showed Tuesday, as analysts warned of weaker...
by Laurie Chen China is experiencing a huge Covid-19 surge after years of hardline containment restrictions were dismantled last month. A growing number of countries are...
by Amber Wang TAIPEI, TAIWAN — China’s warplane incursions into Taiwan’s air defence zone nearly doubled in 2022, with a surge in fighter jet and bomber...
by Foong Swee Fong To keep Build-To-Order (BTO) flats offered by the Housing Development Board (HDB) “affordable”, the government takes the resale price of public housing...
INDIA — Reuters reported that India’s overall jobless rate rose to a 16-month high at 8.3 per cent in December last month. In November, it was 8...
OTTAWA, CANADA — A ban on foreigners buying residential property in Canada took effect on Sunday, aiming to make more homes available to locals facing a...
TAIPEI, TAIWAN — Taiwan’s President Tsai Ing-wen extended an olive branch to Beijing on Sunday, pledging to offer assistance if needed as coronavirus cases surge in...
SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA — Australia on Sunday became the latest country to demand travellers from China provide a negative COVID-19 test before arrival, citing a “lack of...
STOCKHOLM, SWEDEN — EU countries will meet next week to discuss a joint response to travellers from China amid concern over the country’s explosion of COVID...
BEIJING, CHINA — President Xi Jinping said Saturday the “light of hope is right in front of us” as China faces an explosion of COVID-19 cases...
OTTAWA, CANADA — Canada said Saturday it would require travellers arriving from China to show a negative COVID-19 test, following similar moves by the United States...
RABAT, MOROCCO — Morocco said Saturday it will ban entry to all travellers from China, where cases of COVID-19 have exploded. Other nations, including France, Britain...
BANGKOK, THAILAND — The political party headed by jailed Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi condemned her latest sentence and said on Saturday it would continue...
LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM — The UK will require travellers from China to show a negative COVID-19 test before boarding, the government said Friday, expressing concern about...
by Ella Ide VATICAN CITY, HOLY SEE — Benedict XVI, who died on Saturday aged 95, was the first pope to resign since the Middle Ages...