PARIS, FRANCE — Nearly 1,700 journalists have been killed worldwide over the past 20 years, an average of more than 80 a year, according to an...
SELANGOR, MALAYSIA — Malaysia civil servants now may need to have a stronger heart as well as being constantly alert, as some of their ministers might...
YANGON, MYANMAR — Myanmar’s junta has thrown the book at Aung San Suu Kyi since it ousted her government last year, charging the democracy figurehead with...
by Isabelle Tourne and Daniel Lawler PARIS, FRANCE — The true global death toll of COVID-19 remains difficult to nail down three years after the first...
NAYPYIDAW, MYANMAR — Ousted Myanmar democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi was sentenced to another seven years in jail as her long series of trials ended...
SINGAPORE — On Thursday (29 Dec), Singapore Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) announced that more than 100,000 people will receive awards for their contribution to Singapore’s fight...
by Rodrigo Almonacid SAO PAULO, BRAZIL — Brazilian football icon Pele, a three-time World Cup winner who is widely regarded as the greatest player of all...
LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM — Reuters reported on Thursday (29 Dec 2022) that around 9,000 people in China are probably dying each day from COVID-19. The estimate came from...
SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA — South Korea took steps on Friday to limit travellers from mainland China, imposing visa restrictions, testing requirements and limiting flights as Beijing...
BEIJING, CHINA — China has insisted the data it publishes on COVID-19 deaths has always been transparent, state media reported, despite the official figures being tiny...
Several countries have made decisions to tighten border controls by requiring COVID-19 negative tests for all visitors from China, worried that new variants might emerge from...
SINGAPORE — Mr Li Hongyi, son of Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong and former Temasek Holdings CEO, Mdm Ho Ching, will be part of the...
by Byamukama Richard Bard The root causes of the security crisis in the Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and the Great Lakes region cannot be...
Below is a Facebook post by Mr Jeffery Khoo, candidate for PSP’s West Coast GRC team, who contested with Dr Tan Cheng Bock and Non-Constituency Members...
INDIA — India will make a Covid-19 negative test mandatory for travellers from China, Hong Kong, Japan, South Korea, Singapore and Thailand from 1 January, the...