Govt urged to boost women MPs
The government should help increase the number of women in parliament to promote gender equality, a forum was told recently. Advocates for greater gender equality at the political level spoke at the “International Women’s Day: Breaking the Barrier to Women in Political Leadership” forum, organised by the British and Canadian embassies, and the Westminster Foundation for Democracy.Continue Reading
Navy rushes to prevent oil spill in Gulf
Authorities on Thursday were working to avert a leak from a storage vessel carrying 400,000 barrels of crude oil in the Gulf of Thailand off Chon Buri.Continue Reading
Afternoon thundery showers expected for rest of March as monsoon conditions persist: Met Service
FIRST HALF OF MARCH The first week of March was “generally wet”, due to the prevailing northeast monsoon, said the Met Service. “On Mar 3 to Mar 4, another monsoon surge brought widespread moderate to heavy rain over Singapore and the surrounding region.” The second week of the month wasContinue Reading
Ex-model nabbed for online investment fraud
Police have arrested a former model who they say orchestrated an online investment scam, extorting over 100 million baht from victims.Continue Reading
Keppel Energy granted conditional approval to import 1GW of electricity from Cambodia to Singapore
The imported electricity will harness solar energy, hydropower and potentially wind power.Continue Reading
South Korea and Japan hail spring thaw amid missiles and weight of history
SCEPTICISM AT HOME Behind the scenes, Japanese officials have been cautious about improving relations. Yoon also faces scepticism at home. In a poll by Gallup Korea published Friday, 64 per cent of respondents said there was no need to rush to improve ties with Japan if there was no changeContinue Reading
Australia lacks credible plan for nuclear submarine waste
Within ten years, Australia could be in possession of three American-made Virginia-class nuclear submarines under the AUKUS agreement with the United States and the United Kingdom. The following decade, we plan to build five next-generation nuclear submarines. To date, criticism of the deal has largely focused on whether our unstable geopolitical environment and China’s military […]Continue Reading
‘One China’: Beijing’s diplomatic push to isolate Taiwan
WHY HAS PRESSURE GROWN ON TAIWAN? During the eight years in which Beijing-friendly Ma Ying-jeou was president of Taiwan, the island lost diplomatic recognition from just one country. But relations plunged in 2016 with the election of his successor Tsai Ing-wen. She enraged China by espousing a position that TaiwanContinue Reading
US cranks up funding for secretive F/A-XX fighter
The US has just ramped up funding for its next-generation carrier-based fighter in a move that aims to keep pace with China’s recent fighter jet advances. This week, The Warzone reported that the US Navy requested US$1.53 billion in its proposed 2024 Fiscal Year budget to support the development of the 6th-generation F/A-XX fighter. The […]Continue Reading
Malaysia child actress unable to walk after alleged chair-pulling incident at filming location
KUALA LUMPUR: A Malaysian child actress who suffered from a fractured hip bone following an incident at a filming location last month has been unable to walk since then. According to local media reports, Puteri Rafasya, 12, fell on her back after the chair she was about to sit onContinue Reading