Month: January 2023

276 posts

Less than 1 in 10 jobs created in first three quarters of 2022 went to Singaporeans?

SINGAPORE —  Minister for Communications and Information Minister Josephine Teo has said…

Peru Congress rejects president’s plan for early elections

by Paula Bustamante LIMA, PERU — Peru’s Congress rejected on Saturday a…

UMNO purging members as it sacks former health minister Khairy and suspended ex-defence minister Hishammuddin

MALAYSIA —  Former health minister Khairy Jamaluddin, was expelled by his own…

WHO panel in talks on COVID emergency status

GENEVA, SWITZERLAND — The World Health Organization’s emergency committee on COVID-19 was…

Two years after Myanmar coup, UN says situation ‘catastrophic’

GENEVA, SWITZERLAND — Nearly two years after Myanmar’s military coup, the UN…

Grab driver supposedly earned $5,227.82 in a week prior CNY, netizens voice worries over his health

SINGAPORE — An anonymous Grab driver claimed to have made an impressive…

ICC grants new inquiry into Manila’s deadly ‘war on drugs’

THE HAGUE, NETHERLANDS — The International Criminal Court said Thursday it had…

Minister refutes claims of Malaysia consulting Singapore on housing policy due to its inefficient civil service

MALAYSIA —  Nga Kor Ming, Malaysian minister for local government development, chided…

Myanmar junta sets out tough new rules for political parties

YANGON, MYANMAR — Myanmar’s junta on Friday gave political parties two months…

Thai ruling party names deputy PM as main election candidate

BANGKOK, THAILAND — Thailand’s ruling party on Friday named Deputy Prime Minister…