North Korea slams South's new leader as 'pro-US, confrontational', Asia News,SEOUL – A major North Korean propaganda website denounced on Thursday (May 5) South Korea's incoming president Yoon Suk-yeol, who has vowed to take a tougher line on weapons tests by Pyongyang, describin
Pudding-throwing incident stokes anti-China sentiments in the Philippines, Asia News,MANILA – What was supposed to be a usual incident of a foreigner throwing a tantrum at a train station has turned into a controversy in the Philippines, stoking long-simmering resentment among many locals over China
India political activist arrested for selling cow urine to combat virus, Asia News,An activist with India's ruling party has been arrested after a volunteer fell ill from drinking cow urine at a party to combat the novel coronavirus, police said Wednesday, as interest grows in home remedies ami
Indonesia's capital bans single-use plastic bags from markets and malls, Asia News,JAKARTA – The capital of Indonesia, a country listed as the second-worst offender for polluting the world's oceans with plastic, will ban single-use plastic bags from its street markets and shopping malls fr
Korean baby left brain damaged after nurse throws her into crib, thousands petition for justice, Asia News,One mother in South Korea checked into a hospital and expected to leave with a new bundle of joy. But she was left with more questions than answers after a nurse's alleged abuse resulted i
Wuhan virus: Miriam Yeung's Feb 8 Singapore concert postponed until further notice, Health News,SINGAPORE – Hong Kong singer Miriam Yeung's upcoming concert at the Singapore Indoor Stadium has been postponed as a result of the Wuhan virus outbreak in China. A new show date has not been set
2 deg C cap on global warming won't save Arctic sea ice: Scientists, World News,PARIS – Even if humanity stops global warming in its tracks at two degrees Celsius, long seen as the guardrail for a climate-safe world, Arctic sea ice will still disappear in some years, scientists have warned. Hol
Singapore will review Sinovac Covid-19 vaccine carefully before possible roll-out: Health Minister, Singapore News,SINGAPORE – A coronavirus vaccine developed by China's Sinovac Biotech will have to go through regulatory scrutiny and authorisation by Singapore's Health Sciences Authority (
Chinese astronauts board space station in historic mission, China News,BEIJING — Three Chinese astronauts arrived on Wednesday (Nov 30) at China's space station for the first in-orbit crew rotation in Chinese space history, launching operation of the second inhabited outpost in low-Earth orbit
Duterte says Philippine government prevented as many as 3.5 million coronavirus cases, Asia News,MANILA – Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte on Monday (July 27) said his government's intervention policy after the country's first domestic transmissions of the coronavirus in March prevente
Thai police arrest gunman for killing ex-wife at shopping mall, Asia News,BANGKOK – A man killed his ex-wife and wounded another person at a shopping centre in Bangkok on Tuesday, police said, just 10 days after a mass shooting at another mall in Thailand's northeast. The man had gone into a be
Viola Davis to play Michelle Obama in TV series, Entertainment News,Oscar-winning actress Viola Davis will play former US first lady Michelle Obama in a new TV series on the Showtime cable network, it was announced Wednesday. \”First Ladies\” will focus on the wives of US presidents and their lives in
US reports at least 1.1 million Covid cases in a day, shattering global record, World News,The United States reported 1.35 million new coronavirus infections on Monday (Jan 10), according to a Reuters tally, the highest daily total for any country in the world as the spread of the highly contagious
Coronavirus found on cruise ship as more US states report cases, World News,NEW YORK/LOS ANGELES – Twenty-one people aboard a cruise ship that was barred from docking in San Francisco have tested positive for coronavirus, US officials said on Friday (March 6), as half a dozen states reported their f
Who says Singapore doesn't have climate change activists?, Singapore News,AsiaOne is launching a new section dedicated to environmental issues. Because we love the planet and we believe science. Starting from Earth Day 2021 (April 22), you’ll be able to find articles like this in one place. Whe
Free vaccines, food to cost India an additional $14.5b, Asia News,India will need to spend an additional 800 billion rupees (S$14.5 billion) to provide free vaccine and food to millions of people devastated by a deadly wave of coronavirus infections, Bloomberg News said on Tuesday (June 8). The gove
Robotic chefs used to cook for medical workers and patients in Wuhan, Digital News,Two robotic chefs were shipped from Daqing, Northeast China's Heilongjiang province, on Thursday to be used to cook for medical workers and patients at Leishenshan, or \”Thunder God Mountain\”, Hospital in Wuhan, C
Brexit at last: Britain leaves the EU for an uncertain future, World News,The United Kingdom finally cast off from the European Union on Friday (Jan 31) for an uncertain Brexit future, turning its back after 47 years on the post-World War Two project that sought to build the ruined nations of Europe
Tesla vehicles investigated over game feature for drivers, Digital News,WASHINGTON – US auto safety regulators said Wednesday (Dec 22) they have opened a formal safety investigation into 580,000 Tesla vehicles sold since 2017 over the automaker's decision to allow games to be played on the fron
China may scrap 2-child limit: report, China News,China appears poised to scrap its two-child policy, with a state-run newspaper Monday citing a draft civil code that would overhaul decades of controversial family-planning rules. The wide-ranging code would end a policy that has been enforced throug
North Korean building work advancing at nuclear site, International Atomic Energy Agency says, Asia News,VIENNA — North Korean building work expanding key facilities at its main nuclear site at Yongbyon is advancing, International Atomic Energy Agency chief Rafael Grossi told a quarterly meeting of
GE2020: Goh Meng Seng teams up with teen daughter for PPP e-rally, Singapore News,Goh Meng Seng might have organised the rally to get his message out to the masses, but it seemed like his eloquent and intelligent daughter stole the spotlight instead. The secretary-general of People's Power Part
China reports fewer Covid-19 cases overall but Shanghai numbers rise, China News,SHANGHAI – China reported 1,890 new Covid-19 infections on Oct 11, of which 417 were symptomatic and 1,473 were asymptomatic, the National Health Commission said on Wednesday (Oct 12). That is compared with 2,249 new ca
India loses contact with spacecraft trying to land on Moon , Asia News,BANGALORE, India – India lost contact with its unmanned spacecraft just before it was due to land on the Moon on Saturday (Sept 7), in a blow to the country’s ambitious low-cost lunar programme. India had hoped to become just the
