SINGAPORE: Facebook page The Alternative View has been issued a correction direction for suggesting that the Housing & Development Board (HDB) profits from the sale of Build-to-Order (BTO) flats at Central Weave @ AMK. The direction was issued under the Protection from Online Falsehoods and Manipulation Act (POFMA). The case involvedContinue Reading
FAZILPUR, Pakistan: Truck driver and father-of-seven Mureed Hussain was planning for his daughter’s October wedding when floodwater inundated his home, taking away the entire back wall and, with it, her hard-earned dowry. “I had been collecting her dowry for almost three years,” Hussain told AFP from the courtyard of hisContinue Reading
TOKYO: A Japanese government panel tasked with tackling rising prices and wage issues will meet on Friday and consider additional policy measures that should be taken, Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said on Sunday (Sep 4). Speaking to reporters in northern Japan’s Niigata prefecture, Kishida said the government should consider reviewingContinue Reading
HONG KONG: China’s CanSino Biologics Inc said on Sunday (Sep 4) that its recently developed COVID-19 vaccine has been approved by the country’s drug regulator for emergency use as a booster, potentially benefiting its business. The inhaled version of CanSino’s adenovirus-vectored COVID-19 vaccine has obtained the green light from theContinue Reading
SINGAPORE: Part of the Ulu Pandan park connector that was closed after a landslide two days ago has been reopened, said the National Parks Board (NParks) on Sunday (Sep 4). However, a section of the park connector closer to the incident site in Clementi – the stretch between Boon LayContinue Reading
PHITSANULOK: A woman has been arrested for allegedly transferring a total of 15.7 million baht from a man’s bank account to her own account with a mobile phone she had stolen from him, police said at a press conference on Sunday.Continue Reading
PHITSANULOK: A woman has been arrested for allegedly transferring a total of 15.7 million baht from a man’s bank account to her own account with a mobile phone she had stolen from him, police said at a press conference on Sunday.Continue Reading
SHANGHAI: China’s top legislator Li Zhanshu will attend the seventh Eastern Economic Forum in Vladivostok this week, the official Xinhua news agency reported on Sunday (Sep 4), becoming the most senior Chinese official to visit Russia since the Ukraine war began. Li, chairman of the National People’s Congress Standing Committee,Continue Reading
SINGAPORE: Deputy Prime Minister Lawrence Wong will visit Malaysia from Sunday (Sep 4) to Wednesday, the Prime Minister’s Office announced on Sunday. It is Mr Wong’s first official visit to Malaysia as Deputy Prime Minister. He was appointed to the role in June. Mr Wong, who is also the the FinanceContinue Reading
SURAT THANI: A fire broke out at a community market in Don Sak district of this southern province – known to tourists for its ferries to Koh Samui and Koh Phangan – early on Sunday, destroying two houses. There were no casualties, police said.Continue Reading