Day: 18 August 2021

24 posts

Netizens call lifetime ban on ex-footballer K Kannan “ridiculous” and “stupid”; urge FAS to lift the ban

Former national footballer K Kannan received a letter from the Football Association…

Hong Kong adds wildlife trafficking to organised crime law

Hong Kong passed a new law on Wednesday that classifies wildlife trafficking…

Myanmar junta crackdown death toll passes 1,000

Myanmar’s security forces have killed more than 1,000 civilians since the military…

High Court finds conduct of Mustafa Centre boss and wife against minority shareholders oppressive; reverts their stake

Mustaq Ahmad — the boss of the iconic Mustafa Centre at Syed…

53 new cases of COVID-19 infection in S’pore; 49 locally transmitted cases, 19 unlinked

As of Wednesday noon (18 Aug), the Ministry of Health (MOH) has…

Temasek faces potential loss of hundred of millions from its investment into Chinese tech companies as China bans for-profit-tutoring

Singapore’s sovereign wealth fund Temasek Holdings poured millions into several Chinese technology…

Food-tech startup Shandi raises second seed round to manufacture plant-based chicken in S’pore

Plant-based food-tech company Shandi on Wednesday (18 Aug) closed its second seed…

Taliban pledge to be ‘different’, as Afghans flee

The Taliban have offered a pledge of reconciliation, vowing no revenge against…

Pope urges people to get COVID-19 jabs ‘as act of love’

Pope Francis said on Wednesday that getting the coronavirus vaccine was “an…