Shanghai Disney: Visitors unable to leave without negative Covid test as park shuts
Rides are continuing to operate for those trapped inside The Happiest Place on Earth.Continue Reading
Korea’s Halloween tragedy already haunting Yoon
SEOUL – Is the Itaewon Halloween tragedy President Yoon Suk-yeol’s “Sewol” moment? That’s the question that surfaced on social media just hours after the Saturday night tragedy in which 154 Halloween revelers in Seoul’s Itaewon district were killed in a crowd-crush disaster that shook the nation. The “Sewol” reference is to the 2014 sinking of […]Continue Reading
GE15: Selangor electoral roll up by over 50%, says EC
SHAH ALAM: The number of registered voters in Selangor has gone up by 52.28% or 1,262,774 people for the 15th General Election (GE15), taking the total in the state to 3,677,848 compared to 2,415,074 in GE14. Read full storyContinue Reading
18 leaders confirmed to attend Apec summit
Eighteen leaders of Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (Apec) member countries have confirmed they will attend the Nov 18-19 summit in Bangkok, Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha said on Monday.Continue Reading
GE15: Selangor electoral up by over 50%, says EC
SHAH ALAM: The number of registered voters in Selangor has gone up by 52.28% or 1,262,774 people for the 15th General Election (GE15), taking the total in the state to 3,677,848 compared to 2,415,074 in GE14. Read full storyContinue Reading
COVID-19 infection wave driven by XBB variant clearly coming down: Ong Ye Kung
SINGAPORE: The COVID-19 infection wave driven by the XBB recombinant variant is clearly “coming down” said Health Minister Ong Ye Kung on Monday (Oct 31) adding that the country has most likely ridden through it successfully. Speaking at the 20th anniversary ceremony of the Health Management International (HMI) Institute, MrContinue Reading
Itaewon crush: Shock and anger as Seoul grieves its young
Sorrow, bewilderment and questions follow one of the worst tragedies in South Korea’s recent history.Continue Reading
China launches third and final module for Tiangong space station
BEIJING: China successfully launched the final module of its Tiangong space station on Monday (Oct 31), state media said, the latest step in Beijing’s ambitious space programme. The space station is one of the crown jewels of Beijing’s ambitious space programme, which has landed robotic rovers on Mars and theContinue Reading
Middle East faces fallout from Iran’s drones in Ukraine
Iran’s decision to supply Russia with kamikaze drones and short-range ballistic missiles for use against Ukraine has brought the Islamic Republic’s firepower to the streets of European cities. The Iranian drone technology being used against Kiev has been in the hands of proxy militias across the Middle East for a number of years, where Tehran has tested and refined […]Continue Reading
About 22,000 MHA officers to receive salary increases of between 3% and 10%
SINGAPORE: About 22,000 Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) officers will receive an increase in their gross monthly salaries of between 3 per cent and 10 per cent from Jan 1 next year. Officers on the Home Affairs Uniformed Services, Home Affairs Services, Home Team Specialist Scheme, and the Commercial AffairsContinue Reading