Low art: murals painted on Pattaya’s Walking Street
2022-10-25
CHON BURI: Pattaya City is redecorating, painting murals on its infamous Walking Street to attract tourists.Continue Reading
UK’s first Anglo-Asian leader grips a poison chalice
2022-10-25
The empire has struck back with a vengeance, as Anglo-Indian Rishi Sunak takes the United Kingdom’s national helm as its first-ever non-Caucasian prime minister. In a country that has had a sometimes vexed relationship with multi-culturalism, it speaks much of the millennial UK’s embrace of its ethnic minorities that Sunak has become prime minister. It […]Continue Reading
Flush with cash, Singapore Airlines to spend S$3.86 billion redeeming convertible bond
2022-10-25
Singapore Airlines Ltd (SIA) said on Tuesday (Oct 25) its strong cash position would allow it to spend S$3.86 billion to redeem convertible bonds issued in 2020 that helped it weather the halt in travel during the pandemic. The airline said in a statement that the bonds, which have aContinue Reading
Hiring of safe entry ambassadors due to staff turnover, not tighter COVID-19 restrictions: Recruitment firm
2022-10-25
Job postings for safe entry ambassadors had prompted speculation that tighter COVID-19 restrictions could be reimposed.Continue Reading
Field hospital opens in Kathu, Phuket
2022-10-25
PHUKET: A field hospital has opened in Kathu district to provide general medical services for outpatients while the Patong hill road is closed for repairs, provincial health chief Kusak Kukiatikul said on Tuesday.Continue Reading
Taiwan celeb shares ‘unpleasant experience’ at Singapore airport over GST payment for bag
2022-10-25
Singapore Customs told CNA that its officers at checkpoints “assess the specifics of each case”.Continue Reading
Police appeal for information on 12-year-old boy missing for 15 days
2022-10-25
Mohammad Safrizan Mohd Safizal was last seen near 50 Edgefield Plains in Punggol on Oct 10.Continue Reading
Hu Jintao: Fresh China congress footage stokes speculation over exit
2022-10-25
It shows more of what happened before China’s former leader was led out of a party congress session.Continue Reading
Migratory bird species in decline as flyway ecosystem dry up due to human activities
2022-10-25
ALMOST HALF OF WORLD’S BIRD SPECIES IN DECLINE Nearly half, or 49 per cent, of the world’s bird species are seeing declining populations amid threats such as climate change and habitat loss due to human activity, last month’s State of the World’s Birds report by BirdLife International showed. The reportContinue Reading
A Hindu son of South Asians is Britain’s new PM
2022-10-25
It is a huge relief. For the first time in many years, Britain’s ruling Conservative Party has made a sane, even boring choice as its new leader. The selection of Rishi Sunak gives the country its first prime minister of Indian ethnic origin, its youngest ever prime minister (at 42, pipping David Cameron, who when […]Continue Reading