Spy case of Australian writer reaches China court
The espionage case against detained Australian writer Yang Hengjun has reached a Beijing court, China's foreign ministry spokesman said Monday, ...
Day: 12 October 2020
China bristles at Canada over duo detained on spy charges
Beijing on Monday rubbished a Canadian charge that two of its citizens were being arbitrarily detained in China, instead accusing ...
233 COVID-19 test samples “inadvertently discarded” before being tested at Singapore’s private lab, due to lapses
A total of 233 COVID-19 swab samples collected from clinics under the Swab-and-Send-Home (SASH) programme have been “inadvertently discarded” before ...
WP chief Pritam Singh: Universal minimum wage extends beyond ‘moral imperative’; serves as yardstick of how S’pore treats its most vulnerable workers
While the Government's current 'Minimum Wage Plus' sectoral approach covers productivity and career progression within specific sectors, such a move ...
WP’s Pritam Singh assures the public that their votes in GEs have always been a secret
Singapore’s Workers’ Party (WP) chief and Leader of the Opposition (LO) Pritam Singh took to Facebook on Thursday (8 October) ...
Central Peninsular Malaysia to enter Conditional Movement Control Order from 14 October
KUALA LUMPUR, MALAYSIA -- As the number of new COVID-19 cases continues to spike in Malaysia, Defence Minister Ismail Sabri ...
Hong Kong leader postpones policy speech after Beijing summons
Hong Kong's leader on Monday announced she had postponed a policy speech after being ordered to travel to mainland China for ...
MOH confirms 4 new cases of COVID-19; Total tally at 57,880
As of Monday noon (12 Oct), the Ministry of Health (MOH) has confirmed four new cases of COVID-19 infection. This ...
Artists disempowerment isn’t so much about state funding availability but how that funding is used, says Dr Richard Chua
On Sunday (11 Oct), arts researcher Dr Richard Chua took to Facebook to explain the context in which he used ...
Goh Jin Hian resigns from board of Swiss-based crypto bank Seba amid lawsuit by IPP’s judicial managers
Dr Goh Jin Hian has left the board of Swiss-based crypto bank Seba last week, after news broke that he ...