Describing travel bans as a “blunt tool” to curb the spread of COVID-19, infectious diseases specialist Prof Prof Paul Ananth Tambyah said that this a difficult...
JAKARTA, INDONESIA — New COVID-19 variants have spread across numerous countries in Southeast Asia, sending a warning sign that the pandemic is not over yet, despite...
Infectious diseases expert Professor Paul Tambyah says that while the measures may not have a “major impact” on the situation, it does “buy time”. In a...
As of Tuesday noon (18 May), the Ministry of Health (MOH) has preliminarily confirmed an additional 38 cases of COVID-19 infection in Singapore. This brings the...
Malaysia-based rights group Lawyers for Liberty (LFL) has slammed the Singapore government over a S$5000 cost order imposed on local human rights lawyer Ravi Madasamy over...
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has banned his cabinet from speaking out in public on the South China Sea dispute, after key ministers engaged in a war...
Hong Kong’s newly appointed Catholic bishop on Tuesday said he would need to tread carefully with Beijing as it cracks down on dissent — but vowed...
The Ministry of Manpower (MOM) said today (18 May) that Singapore would have been hit hard by a shortfall of at least 100,000 workers and 30,000...
Former Singaporean DJ and model Jade Rasif took to Instagram on Sunday (16 May) to share her bad experience with the COVID-19 quarantine orders received from...
Hong Kong is temporarily shutting its representative office in Taiwan, officials said Tuesday in the latest indication of strained ties. “The Hong Kong Economic, Trade and...
The Palestinian enclave of Gaza’s only COVID-19 laboratory is no longer able to carry out testing due to an Israeli air strike Monday on the clinic...
Thailand reported a new daily high of nearly 10,000 coronavirus cases on Monday, more than two-thirds of them in prisons, as the kingdom battles its third...
The Pfizer and Moderna COVID vaccines should remain highly effective against two coronavirus variants first identified in India, according to new research carried out by US scientists....
The United States’ top military officer has warned the conflict between Israel and Palestinian militants Hamas is creating instability beyond Gaza, saying it is “in no...
A UN General Assembly meeting set for Tuesday to discuss a non-binding resolution on halting arms transfers to Myanmar was postponed indefinitely because there was not...