Two teachers jump off bridge, leave farewell letters behind in Trat
TRAT: Two women – a teacher and a retired teacher – jumped off a bridge into a canal in Muang district of this eastern province on Tuesday morning, with two farewell letters written to their children found inside a car they travelled in.Continue Reading
Two teachers jump off bridge, leave farewell letters behind in Trat
TRAT: Two women – a teacher and a retired teacher – jumped off a bridge into a canal in Muang district of this eastern province on Tuesday morning, with two farewell letters written to their children found inside a car they travelled in.Continue Reading
Daily round-up, Aug 16: No decision on when DPM Wong will become PM; deadly fire in Jurong East; pay raise for MOE teachers
Let’s get you up to speed with the day’s stories. Singapore Deputy Prime Minister Lawrence Wong said in an interview with Bloomberg News that no decision has been made on when he will take over from Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong, but it could be before the next General Election.Continue Reading
Polio vaccine in Pakistan: Two policemen guarding vaccinators shot dead
Gunmen kill police guarding a vaccination team in the latest local incident of anti-vaccine violence.Continue Reading
FIFA suspends India’s FA because of ‘undue influence from third parties,’ strips country of U17 Women’s World Cup
FIFA has suspended India’s football association because of “undue influence from third parties,” amid concerns over legal interference after India’s Supreme Court appointed a three-member committee to take over the day-to-day operations of the federation.Continue Reading
More thundery showers expected in second half of August
SINGAPORE: More thundery showers are expected in the second half of August than the first half, said the Meteorological Service Singapore on Tuesday (Aug 16). In its fortnightly outlook, the Met Service said that short moderate to heavy thundery showers can be expected between the late morning and afternoon on most days. ThereContinue Reading
Bus falls in Kashmir gorge, kills six Indian border police
SRINAGAR : A bus carrying personnel from India’s high-altitude border police rolled off a mountainous road and fell into a gorge in Kashmir on Tuesday (Aug 16), killing at least six officers, police said. Kashmir police said on Twitter the injured were being flown to an army hospital in theContinue Reading
SIA, DHL welcome first Boeing 777 cargo aircraft to be operated under new agreement
The new cargo plane will begin operating routes to the United States via South Korea three times a week from this month.Continue Reading
The disappointing economic backdrop to China’s policy dilemma
Industrial production also missed expectations. Concerns over fresh COVID-19 flare-ups, worries about jobs and the crisis in the property sector have dented borrowing by companies and consumers. Chinese banks extended 679 billion yuan (US$101 billion) in new yuan loans in July, less than a quarter of June’s amount, according toContinue Reading
China publishes draft rules on sales of ‘mystery boxes’
SHANGHAI: China’s market regulator on Tuesday (Aug 16) published draft rules to govern the sales and marketing of “mystery boxes”, where consumers do not know which toy figurine they will get until they open the box. The regulator aims to bring order to a market which has become a bigContinue Reading