Key Thai opposition figure faces royal defamation charge
A Thai billionaire opposition figure was accused Wednesday of defaming the monarchy, a day after a court sentenced a former ...
Day: January 20, 2021
Trump leaves White House, skipping Biden inauguration
by Sebastian Smith and Michael Mathes President Donald Trump left the White House for the last time on Wednesday, skipping ...
S’pore to focus on four key strategies to drive economic recovery amid COVID-19 impact, says Minister Chan Chun Sing
Trade and Industry Minister Chan Chun Sing on Wednesday (20 January) cautioned against a challenging road ahead for Singapore, saying ...
Netizens berate CGH for delay in diagnosing cancer-stricken woman, says damages awarded by High Court “too little”
The High Court on Tuesday (19 January) ordered Changi General Hospital (CGH) to pay S$326,620 in damages to the estate ...
Misinformation blamed for slow start to India vaccine drive
by Glenda Kwek, with Abhaya Srivastava Hoaxes, doctored videos and far-fetched rumours are emerging as some of the biggest threats ...
RDU: Destroying Dover Forest will exacerbate the effect of climate change, an egregious oversight by the gov’t
Destroying the Dover forest will exacerbate the effects of climate change and further degrade the quality of life in Singapore, ...
Malaysian netizens criticise minister’s move to use LGBT people as diversion from poor handling of COVID-19 pandemic, economic crisis
Malaysian netizens have criticised a minister's move to use lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) people as a diversion from ...
PAP MP Christopher de Souza files adjournment motion to speak on Dover forest in Parliament
In the wake of public outcry over the news that Dover Forest is earmarked for residential development, People’s Action Party ...
Partial lockdown in Beijing over COVID-19 outbreak
A partial lockdown was imposed on the Chinese capital Wednesday, with 1.6 million residents banned from leaving Beijing, after a ...
S’pore Parliament Secretariat scraps plans to implement facial recognition system to track MPs’ attendance
The Singapore Parliament's Secretariat has dropped plans to implement a facial recognition system to track the attendance of Members of ...