The influx has overwhelmed the country’s already weak health system. The provincial government has said that some 1,200 medical facilities were still marooned. “We’re overwhelmed,” said Moinuddin Siddique, director at the Abdullah Shah Institute of Health Sciences at Sehwan city, which is surrounded by the flood waters, told Reuters. MalariaContinue Reading
SEOUL – Will they? Or won’t they? There are conflicting reports on whether Japanese Prime Minster Fumio Kishida and South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol will summit on the sidelines of the 77th UN General Assembly held in New York this week. The two early-in-their-term leaders – Kishida took power in October 2021, Yoon in May […]
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Mr Chow said the state government had previously stated that it might hold its polls if GE15 was called towards the end of 2022. However, the state had not considered the monsoon at that time, he said, according to New Straits Times. “At that time, we said that we mightContinue Reading
President Joe Biden has – not for the first time – suggested that the US would intervene “militarily” should China attempt an invasion of Taiwan._ In an interview with CBS’s “60 Minutes” on September 18, 2022, Biden vowed to protect the island in the face of any attack. Pressed if that meant the US getting […]
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BANGKOK: Asian tourists are only expected to resume international travel at pre-pandemic levels gradually, by 2024, the new chief executive of online travel agency Agoda said late on Monday (Sep 19). The Asia-focused company expects tourists from Asian countries, excluding China, will take about six months after respective COVID-19 restrictionsContinue Reading
YANGON: At least 11 schoolchildren died in an air strike and firing on a Myanmar village, the UN children’s agency said, an attack the country’s junta said targeted rebels hiding in the area. Myanmar has been in chaos since the military seized power in a coup in February last year,Continue Reading
SINGAPORE: A woman was fined $100,000 by a court on Tuesday (Sep 20) in relation to the death of a worker who was electrocuted while replacing a roller shutter. Lee Ee Ten, 65, was the employer of the deceased electrician, Mr Tong Baorong. She pleaded guilty to one count ofContinue Reading
HONG KONG: A thundering thrash metal riff reverberated through a Hong Kong bar, but the music was being live-streamed from a studio across town to obey pandemic rules that have outlawed small gigs for more than 650 days. The coronavirus has battered live performances around the world, especially in theContinue Reading
The stations are Turf City, King Albert Park, Maju, Clementi, West Coast and Jurong Lake District, forming Phase 2 of the Cross Island Line. Continue Reading
A Steve Jobs fan flew all the way to Dubai to buy the latest iPhone, hours before its sale in India.Continue Reading