Rah! Japanese cheerleaders lift spirits amid pandemic, Asia News,TOKYO – Japanese cheerleaders danced and cheered on commuters outside a Tokyo rail station on Thursday (Jan 7) in a bid to lift spirits with the capital heading into another state of emergency over the Covid-19 pandemic. “Let’s go, fig
Twitter launches labels, warnings on misleading Covid-19 information, Digital News,SAN FRANCISCO – Twitter will add labels and warning messages on some tweets with disputed or misleading information about Covid-19, the company said on Monday (May 11), as part of a new approach to misinformation that
MOH revises discharge criteria for Covid-19 patients, those who are well by day 21 can be discharged, Singapore News,SINGAPORE – All coronavirus patients who are assessed to be clinically well and no longer infectious by day 21 of their illness will be discharged without having to undergo further te
Filmmakers back to work in New Zealand after coronavirus, Entertainment News,WELLINGTON – New Zealand's capital has had an extra buzz of excitement over the past week since Hollywood director James Cameron and his crew flew in to film the much-anticipated sequel of the epic science-fiction film
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Spray-can satire creates headache for Thai junta, Asia News,Thailand's junta chief caricatured as a \”lucky cat\” with a paw raised to rake in money, or his face crossed out by a thick, red line — daring graffiti is cropping up across Bangkok as the city's walls become a canvas for rare pol
Japan's bird flu outbreak spreads to second prefecture, Asia News,TOKYO – Japan has detected a new outbreak of bird flu on a chicken farm in southwestern Fukuoka prefecture, in addition to the eight already reported in Kagawa prefecture west of Tokyo, the government said on Wednesday (Nov 25).
WHO recommends one-hour maximum screen time per day for children under 5, Health News,GENEVA – Young children should not spend more than an hour a day watching television and videos or playing computer games, and infants less than one year old should not be exposed to electronic screens at all, the
China coronavirus adviser expects global coronavirus pandemic to be over by June, China News,BEIJING – The global coronavirus pandemic could be over by June if countries mobilise to fight it, Beijing’s senior medical officer said on Thursday (March 12), as China declared the peak had passed there an
Moderna says its coronavirus vaccine is effective in teens, World News,Moderna’s Covid-19 vaccine was shown to be effective in adolescents aged 12-17 and showed no new or major safety problems in a clinical trial, the developer said on Tuesday (May 25), potentially setting the stage for a second vac
