COVID-19 lockdown turns China’s tourist hotspot Sanya into nightmare for stranded tourists
BEIJING: When Chinese businesswoman Yang Jing was planning this year’s summer holiday in 2021, she chose the tropical southern island of Hainan because of its nigh-perfect COVID-19 track record. The island in the South China Sea recorded just two positive symptomatic COVID-19 cases in the whole of last year. Fast forwardContinue Reading
China to run new drills to Yellow and Bohai seas – Chinese authorities
The moves follow China’s largest ever military drills around Taiwan in the past four days.Continue Reading
Table tennis: Feng Tianwei beats Zeng Jian in all-Singapore women’s singles final at Commonwealth Games
SINGAPORE: Singapore’s Feng Tianwei beat compatriot Zeng Jian to take home the gold medal on Sunday (Aug 7) in the table tennis women’s singles event at the 2022 Commonwealth Games. World number 16 Feng Tianwei came back from three sets down to beat Feng 4-3 in the all-Singapore final. Zeng startedContinue Reading
How to adapt Jane Austen — and why it’s so hard to get right
It’s an action braver than getting married to for love, riskier than running away with Mr. Wickham and plainer than Anne Elliot to adapt Jane Austen’s beloved, essential publications for the screen.Continue Reading
Lionel Messi scores acrobatic bicycle kick as PSG win season-opener
Lionel Messi scored a sensational bicycle kick to round off Paris Saint-Germain’s 5-0 rout of Clermont in its first match of the new Ligue 1 season on Saturday.Continue Reading
Singapore’s Jessica Tan, Terry Hee book place in Commonwealth Games badminton mixed doubles final
SINGAPORE: Jessica Tan and Terry Hee upset Malaysia’s top seeded pairing of Tan Kian Meng and Lai Pei Jing on Sunday (Aug 7) to book their place in the mixed doubles badminton final at Commonwealth Games. At the National Exhibition Centre in Birmingham, Tan and Hee beat the Malaysians 25-23,Continue Reading
Sanya: Covid lockdown strands tourists on ‘China’s Hawaii’
Over 80,000 tourists in the resort known as “China’s Hawaii” face new restrictions and cancelled flights.Continue Reading
Paetongtarn says father Thaksin wants reconciliation
Former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra has sent a message to Thailand through his daughter, who is campaigning for a Pheu Thai Party comeback to the government.Continue Reading
Man arrested after allegedly deceiving woman into conducting a check of her belongings, stealing S$700
SINGAPORE: A 26-year-old man was arrested on Saturday (Aug 6) after he allegedly stole S$700 in cash from a woman in Geylang. The police received a report on Aug 4 from a woman who said an unknown man had stolen the money from her along Eunos Road. Preliminary investigations revealedContinue Reading
Singapore fintech UNOAsia raises US$11mil pre=series A, led by Creador
Has raised US$44.5mil in its pre-seed, seed, and pre-Series A rounds
Funding to support commercial launch of UNO Digital Bank in Philippines Singapore-headquartered financial technology company UNOAsia Pte Ltd, the primary incorporator of UNO Digital Bank in the Philippines, has secured US$11 million (RM48.9 million) in a pre-Series A round led by…Continue Reading