HONG KONG: Macao’s MGM Cotai, operated by MGM China, was locked down on Sunday (Oct 30) morning after a dealer was found to be infected with COVID-19, local gaming publication Inside Asian Gaming reported, citing unidentified sources. MGM did not immediately respond to a request for comment. Government health workersContinue Reading
SEOUL: In tears, Philomene Aby’s hands shook as she asked workers at a South Korean community centre for news of her 22-year-old son, missing in the wake of a crowd surge in Seoul that left at least 151 people dead on Saturday (Oct 29). Her son, Masela, went to workContinue Reading
People understand the world – that is, where we came from, how we got here and where we are likely to go – through the stories we tell about ourselves and others. Indeed, the political and social environments in which we are embedded are rooted in these stories, these narratives. And so it is with […]Continue Reading
SINGAPORE: Singapore’s Changi Airport handled 10 million passengers in the third quarter of the year, reaching 58.1 per cent of its pre-COVID traffic, Changi Airport Group (CAG) said on Saturday (Oct 29). In a news release, the group added that passenger movements for its largest source market, Southeast Asia, exceeded 60 perContinue Reading
This article was first published by Vanity Fair jointly with ProPublica, a Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative newsroom. Toy Reid has always had a gift for languages – a gift that would carry him far from what he calls his “very blue-collar” roots in Greenville, South Carolina. In high school, Spanish came easily. At nearby Furman University, […]Continue Reading
Vice President Kamala Harris will represent the United States at the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (Apec) Leaders Meeting on Nov 18-19 in Bangkok, White House spokeswoman Karine Jean-Pierre said yesterday.Continue Reading
SEOUL: Dozens of people were injured and also a number feared dead in a stampede in Seoul as a large crowd poured right into a central district of the South Korean capital for Halloween festivities late on Sunday (Oct 29), the particular Yonhap news company reported. Fire authorities had beenContinue Reading
Fire regulators were seen administrating CPR to a minimum of 50 people in the Itaewon district.Continue Reading
A further 82 people were injured in the crush in Seoul’s Itaewon district, which happened when a huge crowd celebrating Halloween surged into an alley.Continue Reading
MANILA: Philippines President Ferdinand Marcos Jr on Saturday (Oct 29) ordered urgent aid distribution in a southern province where landslides have been triggered by Tropical Storm Nalgae, which has killed 45 people across the country so far. Heavy rains and strong winds pounded the capital, Manila, and surrounding areas forContinue Reading