Holding the postponed Tokyo Olympics this summer will be “really difficult” given a spike in coronavirus infections across Japan, the head of the Tokyo Medical Association...
by Shaun Tandon President Joe Biden will withdraw all US troops from Afghanistan before this year’s 20th anniversary of the 11 September attacks, finally ending America’s...
New Zealand will force banks to reveal the impact their investments have on climate change under world-first legislation intended to make the financial sector’s environmental record...
by Rob Lever Facebook’s independent Oversight Board announced Tuesday it would start accepting requests to remove “harmful content” that users believe has been wrongly allowed to...
Cairo, Egypt — The megaship which blocked Egypt’s Suez Canal and crippled world trade for nearly a week has been “seized” on court orders until the vessel’s...
After Indonesia’s Corruption Eradication Commission’s (KPK) Deputy for Enforcement Inspector-General Karyoto called Singapore a ‘paradise for fugitives of corruption’, the Indonesian government agency has released a...
Blogger and activist, Roy Ngerng has raised S$111,605.45 over six days of fundraising to pay for defamation damages to be paid to the Prime Minister of...
Over 18,200 visitors have entered Singapore on an Air Travel Pass as of 8 Apr from countries that the city-state has unilaterally opened its borders to,...
Deputy Prime Minister Heng Swee Keat’s announcement on Thursday (8 Apr) that he will not be running for the Prime Minister position shocked the country and...
The Philippine foreign ministry said Tuesday it had confronted Beijing’s envoy over the “illegal lingering” of Chinese boats at a contested reef in the South China...
Hong Kong’s government on Tuesday said it will be illegal for residents to encourage others to boycott or cast blank ballots in the city’s already limited...
Anti-coup protesters turned Myanmar’s New Year festival of Thingyan into a rallying point Tuesday, painting pro-democracy messages on traditional clay pots and collecting flowers. Myanmar is...
A Hong Kong newspaper linked to a spiritual group banned in China said Tuesday it would “never back down” after a gang of sledgehammer-wielding men ransacked...
The World Health Organization on Tuesday called for a halt to the sale of live wild mammals in food markets to prevent the emergence of new...
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte said he will “waive” his chance to get a COVID-19 vaccine, arguing elderly people like him should not be prioritised. Just over...