Four Olympic contractors have been arrested in Tokyo for alleged drug use, police and Games organisers said Tuesday, as the Japanese capital counts down to the...
Two Australian apartment blocks have been placed under strict lockdown with residents barred from leaving on Tuesday, as authorities stepped up efforts to curb a fast-growing...
by John Lee, founder of Wildlife Asia (Singapore) It was a day of double bonanza for me. I set my foot on a Saturday night (10...
A global initiative to distribute coronavirus vaccines to poorer countries was boosted on Monday by a deal to buy more than 100 million Chinese jabs, as...
The COVID pandemic caused an estimated 18 percent increase in the number of people facing hunger, a UN report released on Monday found, dealing a massive...
The UN rights chief called on Monday for countries to do more to dismantle systemic racism against black people, urging acknowledgement and reparations for past wrongs....
Myanmar’s spiralling coronavirus count struck the trial of ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi on Monday, her lawyers said, with a witness for the prosecution failing...
Singaporean mandopop singer JJ Lin’s fans were unhappy with the technical issues that occurred during the singer’s Sanctuary Finale Virtual Concert live stream on Saturday (10...
In a media interview at Joo Chiat Community Club last Saturday (10 Jul), Manpower Minister (MOM) Tan See Leng told reporters that the government is currently...
In a media interview at Joo Chiat Community Club on Saturday (10 Jul), Manpower Minister Tan See Leng told reporters that the government is currently looking...
Nearly two months since police reports were made against Facebook page SMRT Feedback by The Vigilanteh over its now-deleted Facebook post published on 21 May, the...
The coronavirus might top the risks at the Tokyo Olympics, but organisers in Japan have other deadly, unpredictable threats to contend with: natural disasters. Japan is...
As of Monday noon (12 July), the Ministry of Health (MOH) has preliminarily confirmed an additional 26 cases of COVID-19 infection in Singapore. This brings the...
Over ten million people were placed under fresh COVID-19 restrictions and a curfew in the Thai capital Monday, as the kingdom battles a surge of cases...
Taiwanese tech giants Foxconn and Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company announced Monday they will each donate five million coronavirus vaccine doses to the government in a deal...