SINGAPORE: Pink Dot organisers said on Monday (Mar 16) that due to the COVID-19 outbreak, the event will not take...
Day: March 16, 2020
MANILA: Vehicles entering the Philippine capital were stuck in kilometre-long queues on Monday (Mar 16) at checkpoints enforcing a quarantine...
HONG KONG: Hong Kong's rival political camps have embraced a new tactic to woo potential voters as the city hunkers...
SINGAPORE: The Court of Appeal on Monday (Mar 16) dismissed appeals by social activist Jolovan Wham and opposition politician John...
KUALA LUMPUR: A fire and explosion on Sunday night (Mar 15) killed five people at a refining and petrochemicals complex...
TOKYO: Hospitals in Nagoya city in Japan's industrial heartland have more coronavirus patients than they can treat, forcing transfers to...
Commentary Commentary The US Federal Reserve howitzer will minimise chances of financial calamity, but more will be needed to arrest...
YOKOHAMA: A Japanese man was sentenced to death on Monday (Mar 16) for killing 19 disabled people in a knife-wielding...
SINGAPORE: The dean of graduate business school INSEAD tested positive for the novel coronavirus on Sunday (Mar 15), it said in...
SINGAPORE: A scheduled visit by Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong to Australia will be replaced by video conference in view of Australia's COVID-19...
SINGAPORE: A 61-year-old man was sentenced to four weeks in jail on Monday (Mar 16) after attempting to bribe an enforcement officer...
RIYADH: Saudi Arabia closed public spaces on Sunday (Mar 15) and announced a pause in most government operations while Qatar...
SINGAPORE: The Singapore Exchange (SGX) has rolled out a S$5 million care package to “provide support and relief measures amid...
PHNOM PENH: Cambodia reported four new cases of coronavirus including in a four-month-old French boy and two people who had travelled...