Singaporean filmmaker Anthony Chen will premiere new film The Breaking Ice at Cannes Film Festival in May
). The publication date for this year is May 16 through May 27.Continue Reading
Food security drives China to cut soymeal use in animal feed
BEIJING: China’s agriculture ministry issued a three-year action plan on Friday (Apr 14) to reduce soymeal use in animal feed as it continues to try to reduce its heavy reliance on soybean imports. The new plan proposes that soymeal ratios in animal feed should be reduced to under 13 perContinue Reading
Overcrowding prompts limited access to Khao San Road
Police vow they must limit access to Khao San Road as the well-known alley was dangerously overcrowded by Songkran festival revelers on Thursday night.Continue Reading
Don’t let US-Chinese rivalry haunt tracing of Covid-19 origin
Although the global Covid-19 pandemic has not completely ended, the post-Covid era is coming. Life in Singapore where I reside has long gone back to normal, and I have traveled back to China twice this year for business trips. There is hardly any trace of the pandemic, and people are just working and living as […]Continue Reading
Woman gets jail for insider trading, bought Broadway Industrial shares for family
Hui Choy Leng sold the shares for a profit after getting inside information from her friend, the CFO of the group, before a planned sale of businesses.Continue Reading
Squeezed between West and Russia, India holds fast on neutrality
The arrival of Ukraine’s deputy foreign minister in New Delhi this week is, depending on whom you ask, either the routine meeting of a government official (according to the Indian side) or a chance to send a strong message to Russia’s president (according to the Ukrainian side). In fact it is neither. For the first […]Continue Reading
HSA issues warning for ‘herbal’ products after 2 women suffer steroid-induced effects
One of the products, D’SIHAT HERBA GOUT & SENDI, was touted to relieve pain while the other, Yanwo Chongcao Yanyin Qinfei Huatan Dan, was marketed as a cough relief product.Continue Reading
South Korea to pay US$490 to encourage reclusive youths to leave their homes; growing issue across East Asia
Those aged between nine and 24, and suffering from “hikikomori” will receive the monthly allowance.Continue Reading
Dalai Lama defended over tongue-sucking episode
The head of Tibet’s government-in-exile has defended the spiritual leader’s ‘suck my tongue’ request to boy.Continue Reading
Initiatives in place to restrict inflammatory content ahead of state polls, says TikTok Malaysia
Mr Hafizin reportedly said that for the upcoming six state elections, the awareness content it plans to create includes tutorials on how to verify sources of information. The six states set to hold elections later this year are Kelantan, Terengganu, Kedah, Negeri Sembilan, Penang and Selangor. He also said thatContinue Reading