Day: 23 June 2021

19 posts

Crushing climate impacts to hit sooner than feared: draft UN report

Climate change will fundamentally reshape life on Earth in the coming decades,…

Curtain falls on Hong Kong tabloid that dared to challenge China

Hong Kong’s Apple Daily newspaper became the city’s most popular tabloid by…

Thai authorities warn against planned pro-democracy protest

Thai authorities warned demonstrators against gathering to mark the anniversary of the…

The fundamentals of Singapore’s national healthcare plan needs to be reassessed, say alternative parties

A long-term priority of the Ministry of Health (MOH) is to ensure…

Singapore to receive a batch of COVID-19 vaccines called “Comirnaty”; MOH says they’re same as Pfizer

The Ministry of Healthy (MOH) said that Singapore will soon be getting…

Man shares heart-warming story of an elderly cleaner who offered to buy him drink for free

Every now and then we stumble upon heart-warming stories that gives us…

Netizens think Govt’s new rules that penalise diners at hawker centres for not returning trays after meals “unreasonable”

Starting from 1 September, enforcement action will be taken against diners who…

Trust in news media in Singapore “increased significantly” during COVID-19 pandemic: Digital News Report 2021

Trust in news media in Singapore has “increased significantly” during the COVID-19…

22 new cases of COVID-19 infection in S’pore; 13 cases in the community, 3 unlinked

As of Wednesday noon (23 Jun), the Ministry of Health (MOH) has…

Hong Kong’s Apple Daily says will close ‘no later’ than Saturday

Hong Kong’s pro-democracy newspaper Apple Daily will print its final edition “no…