Hong Kong to end 2019 with multiple protests; big march planned for Jan 1, Asia News,HONG KONG – Hong Kong will end 2019 with multiple protests planned for New Year's Eve and New Year's Day aimed at disrupting festivities and shopping in the Asian financial hub, which has seen a rise in cl
Jo Nattawut on the man who kick-started his career, Asia News,Striking ace “Smokin” Jo Nattawut is preparing to play a starring role in the co-main event of ONE: HEROES OF HONOR on Friday, 20 April in Manila. But things could have worked out very differently. Nattawut first took up Muay Thai as a 10
Sex and politics in Singapore: 3 by-elections held due to politicians' sex scandals, Singapore News,Politicians in Singapore are pretty much a clean-cut bunch, with many of them holding impressive qualifications and high-level appointments previously. In the early noughties, one may be hard-pre
Face your fears: New cockroach challenge not for faint-hearted, Asia News,Cockroaches, a germaphobe's mortal enemy. Now imagine putting one of them on your face, all for a social-media challenge. That was what Burmese Facebook user Alex Aung did when he started this challenge, to dare his Faceb
WHO says airborne Covid transmission a concern but droplets appear dominant, World News,GENEVA – Maria Van Kerkhove, technical lead on the Covid-19 pandemic at the WHO, said on Friday that airborne transmission of the new coronavirus had always been a concern but that droplets appeared to be the mos
'How to spread Wuhan virus': Teens in viral supermarket juice-drinking stunt plead guilty, Singapore News,A teenager went to a supermarket amid the Covid-19 outbreak in early February and took two bottles of fruit juice from a refrigerated shelf. Nigel Pang, 18, then sampled both drinks be
'Help, 40 days here': Photos show migrants crammed into US border facilities, World News,WASHINGTON/NEW YORK – US government investigators warned of dangerous overcrowding at more migrant facilities on the southwest US border, publishing photos on Tuesday (July 2) of packed cells in Texas&
