[ad_1] SINGAPORE (THE NEW DOCUMENT) – Two groups, each of 20 people or more, are under investigation for allegedly violating safe distancing rules in Singapore’s nature reserves. One involved 26 hikers who had tried to go off the trail illegally in the Central Catchment Nature Reserve, the largest on the …
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[ad_1] Adeline tanThe new roleNovember 12, 2020 Veteran actor Chen Tian Wen, 57, told The New Paper yesterday that he, his wife and their five-year-old son were visiting the attraction for the first time on November 1, a Sunday, when the incident occurred. The stretch of Jurassic Mile, featuring dinosaur …
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[ad_1] WASHINGTON (AP) – Donald Trump spent 10 minutes in public honoring America’s war veterans, a veneer of normalcy for a White House that is frozen by a defeated president pondering his options, mostly forgoing mechanics. of ruling and blocking his inevitable successor. Trump’s appearance Wednesday at the annual Veterans …
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[ad_1] TAIPEI (BLOOMBERG) – Taiwan hopes to repeat a convention-breaking phone call with the incoming US president, defying warnings from China. The Taiwanese government is in talks about arranging a phone call between President Tsai Ing-wen and US President-elect Joe Biden, Foreign Minister Joseph Wu told lawmakers in Taipei on …
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[ad_1] A bathroom inside an office building. (PHOTO: Getty Images) SINGAPORE – After hearing voices in a women’s bathroom, a man who worked at the Giant Hypermarket building in Tampines North entered the bathroom to film women relieving themselves. The man, Gabriel Lim Wei Hng, 28, was sentenced to seven …
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[ad_1] Hong Kong actor Anthony Wong has sparked speculation that he will move to Taiwan after he said on social media that he is back on the island. On Wednesday (November 11), the 59-year-old actor posted photos of the hotel room where he is serving his quarantine on Facebook. He …
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[ad_1] Deal Chinese gaming and social media giant Tencent Holdings Ltd reported an 89% rise in quarterly earnings on Thursday, which beats forecasts, driven by the video game and advertising businesses. The world’s largest gaming company by revenue posted a profit of 38.5 billion yuan (US $ 5.8 billion) for …
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[ad_1] The expulsion of four pro-democracy lawmakers from Hong Kong’s legislature was “the right medicine” for the city, China said, telling foreign governments that the issue was none of its business. Fifteen politicians pledged to resign angrily after their colleagues were ousted on national security grounds by the Beijing-appointed chief …
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[ad_1] TOKYO – Japan hit a new daily record for Covid-19 cases on Thursday (Nov 12), with at least 1,651 cases nationwide, according to a tally by broadcaster NHK. Economy Minister Yasutoshi Nishimura, who is in charge of Japan’s coronavirus response, warned of stricter measures if infections continue to rise, …
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[ad_1] BRUSSELS: Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai has apologized to European Industry Director Thierry Breton for a leaked internal document that proposes ways to counter strict new EU rules for tech companies. Pichai and Breton exchanged views in a video conference late on Thursday (November 12), the third this year, according …
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