Chinese city Xi’an draws backlash with flu lockdown proposal
2023-03-10
Xi’an says it may turn to lockdowns – a measure criticised as “excessive” after strict Covid controls.Continue Reading
Malaysia ex-premier Muhyiddin charged with corruption
2023-03-10
After being arrested by authorities yesterday, Malaysia’s former prime minister, Muhyiddin Yassin, was charged with accepting bribes
and money laundering
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17 more cases of African swine fever found in wild boars in Singapore
2023-03-10
African swine fever cannot be transmitted to humans and is not a risk to public health, says the Animal and Veterinary Service.Continue Reading
‘China is not our enemy’: Protesters interrupt US House committee hearing on CCP
2023-03-10
The campaign, with staff and backers around the US, is ramping up hiring to “meet the madness” and combat the “manufactured common sense” in the halls of Congress, Evans said. Along with disrupting hearings, it conducts congressional advocacy, hosts educational sessions and builds community-based, grass-roots coalitions. Code Pink’s congressional alliesContinue Reading
42 provinces warned of storms
2023-03-10
Summer storms and gusty winds are expected in 42 provinces, including Bangkok, in the next few days, the Meteorological Department said on Friday.Continue Reading
Xi Jinping begins historic third term as China’s president
2023-03-10
It caps a consolidation of power that has made Xi Jinping China’s most powerful leader in generations.Continue Reading
Hun Sen not that good at ensuring security
2023-03-10
Imagine the household. Your protective father warns every day that there are murderers and thieves at the gates, the sort of people who want to do your family serious harm. Your community used to be dangerous, for sure, but that was decades ago. Yet your father continues to erect vast fences and closed-circuit TV cameras. […]Continue Reading
Man charged after booking yacht, buying whiskey to aid bribery of ex-NTUC FairPrice staff
2023-03-10
SINGAPORE: A man accused of abetting the bribery of an ex-supermarket employee by booking a yacht and purchasing three bottles of whiskey was charged in the State Courts on Friday (Mar 10). Lim Wei Jian, 32, the latest to be indicted in a string of alleged graft cases involving NTUCContinue Reading
Xi Jinping declared China president for a historic third term
2023-03-10
BEIJING: Xi Jinping was on Friday (Mar 10) formally elected to an unprecedented third term as China’s president, as parliament voted on several top positions. His new five-year run was made possible following a change to the constitution in 2018 that scrapped term limits. The vote on Friday at theContinue Reading
Italy trumpets ‘creative DNA’ at art-design roadshow
2023-03-10
An exhibition of Italian art has kicked off its Asian Road Tour with a ten-day stop in Bangkok to promote Italian creativity in industrial design.Continue Reading