WHO experts say Chinese jabs show ‘safety’, but data lacking
WHO vaccine experts said Wednesday that an interim analysis of clinical trial data from two Chinese COVID-19 vaccines showed they ...
Month: March 2021
BioNTech-Pfizer say COVID vaccine 100% effective on 12-15 year olds
BioNTech-Pfizer said Wednesday their vaccine showed 100 percent efficacy against the coronavirus in 12 to 15 year olds, as they ...
BBC reporter leaves China, says ‘too risky to carry on’
A senior BBC correspondent said Wednesday he had left China, after facing legal threats and pressure from authorities over his ...
China deflects questions after WHO chief revives lab leak theory
China deflected questions over an investigation into the origins of Covid-19 on Wednesday, after the WHO chief revived a theory ...
Thai activists charged for violence against the queen
Five pro-democracy activists in Thailand were charged Wednesday with the rarely used criminal offence of attempting to harm the queen, ...
Myanmar’s Suu Kyi in good health, lawyer says
Myanmar's ousted civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi appears in good health despite two months of detention, her legal team ...
Netizens question the need for domestic workers to clean exterior of windows after Indonesian helper fell to death at Hougang block
An Indonesian national who was working as a domestic helper to a physically challenged elderly woman was found lying at ...
Electricity tariffs up by 8.7% for households in April to June 2021; gas tariffs up by 0.84%
For the period from 1 April to 30 June 2021, electricity tariff before GST will increase by an average of ...
Why China as an authoritarian country can allow protests but not a democratic country like S’pore?
by Teo Soh Lung Read the caption on this photo, taken from The Straits Times on 26 January 2021. “Supporters ...
Dozens of Myanmar refugees make ‘voluntary return’: Thai authorities
Some 50 Myanmar refugees who fled air strikes to neighbouring Thailand "voluntarily" returned across the border Wednesday, Thai authorities said, ...