Man to be charged over security guard attack in Bukit Batok condominium
SINGAPORE: A 45-year-old man will be charged in court on Friday (Feb 17) for an alleged offence of voluntarily causing hurt to a security officer. The police in a news release on Wednesday said that they were alerted to a suspected case of assault at a condominium along Bukit BatokContinue Reading
85,000 people born before 1948 to receive automatic monthly payouts: CPF
About 7,000 members on CPF Life will also see higher monthly payouts if they have savings in their Ordinary and Special Accounts that cannot be withdrawn in a lump sum.Continue Reading
Air India: How the record plane deal is a game-changer
Expert say it shows the airline’s desire to reclaim its pole position in India’s crowded aviation market.Continue Reading
Cyclone Gabrielle: Hundreds rescued from rooftops as New Zealand grapples with damage
Rescuers are reaching survivors in remote towns but there are fears the death toll will rise.Continue Reading
Madhya Pradesh: India prepares to welcome 12 African cheetahs
Five females and seven male cheetahs will be flown from South Africa to India on Saturday.Continue Reading
‘Benz Demon’ returns, detained, denies charges
A prime suspect in the macau888 online gambling case returned to Bangkok from Hong Kong on Tuesday night and was immediatey taken into police custody. He denied all charges.Continue Reading
China to resume issuing short-term visas for South Koreans
SEOUL: China will resume issuing short-term visas for South Korean nationals on Feb 18, the Chinese embassy in Seoul said Wednesday (Feb 15). The move follows South Korea’s decision last week to end COVID-linked travel restrictions on Chinese nationals – rules that sparked a furious response and tit-for-tat measures fromContinue Reading
North Korean food shortage deteriorating, says South Korea’s unification ministry
SEOUL: The food crisis in North Korea appears to have deteriorated, South Korea said on Wednesday (Feb 15), after the Dong-A Ilbo newspaper reported that North Korea has cut rations to its soldiers for the first time in more than two decades. North Korea has effectively acknowledged serious food shortages, SouthContinue Reading
North Korean food shortage seems to be worsening, says South Korea
SEOUL: A North Korean food crisis appears to have deteriorated, South Korea said on Wednesday (Feb 15), as a newspaper reported that North Korea has cut rations to its soldiers for the first time in more than two decades. North Korea has effectively acknowledged serious food shortages, South Korea’s unification ministryContinue Reading
Cambodia: ‘Every newsroom I work in gets silenced’
VOD is the latest in a line of independent media outlets to be stifled in Cambodia.Continue Reading