Day: 29 July 2021

21 posts

Olympics: Singapore’s Yu Mengyu loses to Japan’s Mima Ito, misses out on bronze medal

Singapore’s paddler Yu Mengyu missed out on her chance for an Olympic…

Malaysia: Parliament Speaker must invoke standing orders to allow motion on annulling Emergency Ordinances to be debated, rights groups urge

KUALA LUMPUR, MALAYSIA — The Speaker of Parliament or his deputies should…

Delta variant drives virus spread to three China provinces

China Thursday reported small coronavirus outbreaks driven by the Delta variant in…

S’pore conducts navy exercise in S. China Sea with UK’s carrier group despite China’s objection

China Global Times, a newspaper under the purview of the Chinese Communist…

Thai hospitals short of beds as COVID cases soar: ministry

Thailand’s health ministry sounded the alarm over Bangkok’s dire lack of hospital…

Cambodia imposes virus curbs along Thailand border over Delta fears

Cambodia imposed fresh coronavirus restrictions Thursday for eight provinces bordering Thailand, clamping…

Racism and xenophobia put human rights of human trafficking victims at risk, says UN expert

A deadly combination of racism, xenophobia, and gender-based discrimination means victims of…

133 new cases of COVID-19 infection in S’pore; 129 locally transmitted cases, 50 unlinked

As of Thursday noon (29 July), the Ministry of Health (MOH) has…