Myanmar junta foreign minister meets some ASEAN counterparts at ‘informal’ Thai meeting

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BANGKOK: Three Southeast Oriental foreign ministers along with a regional envoy tasked with solving the Myanmar crisis met with the junta’s top diplomat at an “informal” meeting in Thailand on Thursday (Dec 22), the Thailänder government said. The meeting came shortly after the particular United Nations Security Authorities adopted itsContinue Reading

Nearly 30,000 e-vaporiser products seized from lorry carrying frozen chicken nuggets at Tuas Checkpoint

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SINGAPORE: Nearly 30,000 e-vaporiser products were seized after Immigration and Checkpoints Authority (ICA) officers foiled a smuggling attempt at Tuas Checkpoint. A total of 2,600 e-vaporisers and 27,006 e-vaporiser refill pods were confiscated from a lorry carrying a consignment of frozen chicken nuggets, said ICA in a Facebook post on ThursdayContinue Reading

Macao to drop COVID-19 tests for arriving passengers

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HONG KONG: International arrivals to Macao, including from Hong Kong and Taiwan, will no longer need to undergo a nucleic acid test after landing and will be able to move freely, the government said on Thursday (Dec 22), the biggest steps yet to relax stringent COVID-19 measures. However, travellers fromContinue Reading