Is this a travel bubble or corridor? 4 kittens secretly take SIA flight to Hong Kong, Singapore News,HONG KONG – Four kittens' 2,600km joyride to Hong Kong has come to an end. The furry stowaways that sneaked onto a cargo plane from Singapore to Hong Kong will be put up for adoption after they
Japan extends Covid-19 emergency lockdown as cases surge, Asia News,TOKYO/FUKUOKA – Japan on Tuesday (Aug 17) extended its state of emergency in Tokyo and other regions and announced new measures covering seven more prefectures to counter a spike in Covid-19 infections that is threatening the medica
Huawei secretly helped North Korea build, maintain wireless network: Washington Post, Digital News,Huawei Technologies Co Ltd, the Chinese company put on a US blacklist because of national security concerns, secretly helped North Korea build and maintain its commercial wireless network, the Washingt
Singapore flags concern to India over ban on Sea gaming app Free Fire: Sources, Digital News,SINGAPORE/NEW DELHI – Singapore has raised concerns with India about its ban of popular gaming app Free Fire, owned by technology group Sea, in the first sign of diplomatic intervention after the move spooke
US adds Chinese surveillance giant Hikvision to trade blacklist, Digital News,The US Commerce Department said on Monday it was putting 28 Chinese public security bureaus and companies – including video surveillance company Hikvision – on a US trade blacklist over Beijing's treatment of Uygur Mu
Trump unblocks more Twitter users after US court ruling, World News,US President Donald Trump on Tuesday (Aug 28) unblocked some additional Twitter users after a federal judge in May said preventing people from following him violated individuals' constitutional rights. US District Judge Naomi R
Military tightens grip, death toll among anti-coup protesters rises as Myanmar seethes, Asia News,Myanmar security forces shot dead at least 20 pro-democracy protesters on Monday (March 15), an activist group said, and the military junta imposed martial law in parts of the main city Yangon, giving c
Around 270 whales stranded on sandbar off Australia's Tasmania, World News,SYDNEY – Marine biologists were planning the rescue of around 270 whales stranded on a sandbar off the remote west coast of the Australian island of Tasmania on Monday. Government scientists said it appeared that at leas
Hong Kong bans Boeing 737 Max flights, China News,HONG KONG – Hong Kong on Wednesday (March 13) barred Boeing 737 Max airliners from its airspace, the latest in a series of government bans worldwide in the wake of a deadly plane crash in Ethiopia. Despite Boeing's assurances in the wake of the
Surgeon who treated Oklahoma gunman among those he killed, World News,TULSA, Okla, – A man who fatally shot five people including himself at an Oklahoma medical building, after buying an assault-style rifle on the same day, had gone there to kill a doctor who he blamed for back pain he felt after su
