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The head of the United Malays National Organisation (UMNO) announced late on Wednesday (July 7) that it has withdrawn support for the government of Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin with immediate effect, and is now calling on him to step down. Mr Ahmad Zahid Hamidi condemned the administration’s management of the Covid-19 pandemic in an online […]

Singapore—The country’s new strategies on living with Covid, as outlined by the multi-ministry task force, is receiving attention from other countries, some for good, while others have raised eyebrows on this topic. A July 4 article in the US SUN noted this new approach, noting that Singapore will become one of the first nations to stop […]

Thailand — A statement was issued by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) of Thailand on Thursday (Jul 1) concerning a clear gel that had been found in 110 vials of the Chinese-made Covid-19 vaccine Sinovac. The gel in the vaccine vials has left the doses faulty, and Dr Surachok Tangwiwat, the deputy secretary-general of […]

Manila — A video circulating online highlighted an alleged “faked injection” of the Covid-19 vaccine in the Philippines. One Allan Bernabe took to Facebook on Jun 29 to share the incident. At the beginning of the video, the nurse could be seen disinfecting the vaccine recipient’s arm for the jab. She repeatedly asked the recipient […]

Pittsburgh – A 65-year-old man has passed away from blood clots after receiving the second dose of the Moderna Covid-19 vaccine. Medics from the Allegheny Health Network in Pittsburgh have reported that an unnamed 65-year-old man developed so-called vaccine-induced thrombosis and thrombocytopenia (VITT). VITT is a medical complication with an unusually low number of platelets, […]

London — A 72-year-old British man tested positive for Covid-19 for ten months straight, a total of 43 times. He is believed to be the longest recorded case of continuous infection. Dave Smith, a retired driving instructor, and musician from Bristol in western England spent the last 290 days positive with Covid-19, reported BBC on […]

Singapore — James Corden, the cuddly, well-beloved talk show host who made Carpool Karaoke famous, is being asked by an Asian-American TikToker to end one segment on “The Late Late Show.” The segment in question is called “Spill Your Guts or Fill Your Guts,” which is a spin on the old “truth or consequence” games. […]

Officials in Sri Lanka reported that the bodies of 48 turtles and eight dolphins have washed up on the country’s western and southern beaches after a Singapore-registered container ship ran aground and burned for weeks. Many small fish have also washed up on Sri Lanka’s shores. The cause of the turtles’ and dolphins’ deaths was […]

Singapore—A June 16 article in The Times of India called the shortage of tech talent in Singapore “a blessing for India and the Indians”. Singapore, wrote Mr Avik Das, is not only one of the most important financial hubs around the globe, it is also becoming “an increasingly major technology hub” with many of the […]

Spain – A man was sentenced to 15 years and five months’ imprisonment by a Spanish court on Tuesday (Jun 15) for killing and eating his mother. Alberto Sanchez Gomez, dubbed the “cannibal of Ventas”, the district where the crime took place, was found guilty of homicide, reported AFP. Gomez was sane at the time […]

Singapore— The Internal Security Department (ISD) said on Tuesday (June 15) that Dickson Yeo, who went to jail in the US last year after he was found guilty of spying for China, was detained last December under the Internal Security Act (ISA) for acting as a paid agent for an unnamed “foreign state”. Yeo had […]

Jakarta – At least 13 McDonald’s outlets across Indonesia were temporarily closed on Wednesday (June 9) as customers rushed to buy the new meal it launched in partnership with the popular K-pop group BTS, sparking fears of Covid-19 transmission. The BTS meal, which consists of 10-piece McNuggets, accompanying Cajun and sweet chilli sauces, a medium […]

An Italian woman in a Ryanair flight from Ibiza, Spain, to Bergamo, Italy, was caught on camera refusing to wear a mask, spitting at another passenger and pulling another woman’s hair before she was dragged off from the flight. Footage of the May 26 incident has gone viral on social media. At the beginning of […]

Beijing — China’s National Health Commission (NHC) confirmed a 41-year-old man as the first person infected with the H10N3 strain of bird flu on Tuesday (Jun 1). The man, from Zhenjiang in China’s eastern province of Jiangsu, was hospitalised on April 28 after developing a fever. According to the NHC, the man contracted the H10N3 […]

Kuala Lampur — US authorities eager to get people vaccinated against Covid-19 have offered inducements ranging from free beer to million-dollar lottery prizes, and now rock concert promoters have their own twist: whopping ticket discounts. Fans of punk bands Teenage BottleRocket, MakeWar and Rutterkin can get into the June 26 concert in coastal Saint Petersburg, […]