Man arrested after swimming moat to enter Tokyo palace grounds
The Seimon Ishibashi bridge over the moat leads to the Imperial Palace grounds in Tokyo. (Wikipedia pic/Kakidai) TOKYO: A Japanese man was arrested in Tokyo on Monday after swimming across the Imperial Palace’s moat to scale an outer wall, entering off-limits parts of the grounds, police said. They said the man appeared to be in his […]
Covid-19 frontliners’ kids not being singled out, says Dr Noor Hisham of special childcare centres
KUALA LUMPUR, May 25 — The children of Health Ministry (MOH) staff who work as Covid-19…
China threatens US with retaliation over Hong Kong trade threats
Zhao Lijian says Beijing has already made ‘stern representations to the US’. Twitter pic/MFA_China) BEIJING: Beijing has warned the US that it will take “every necessary measure” to protect its interests after a top White House advisor warned that Washington might revoke Hong Kong’s special trading privileges if China enacts a tough new security law. China […]
HK police embrace China’s security law plan
HONG Kong’s security chief today welcomed China’s plans to impose a national security law on the…
Health Ministry expects spike in Covid-19 cases in next two days
THE Ministry of Health expects a spike in the number of Covid-19 cases in the next…
Singapore records 548 more cases, total now 31,616
SINGAPORE has preliminarily confirmed an additional 548 Covid-19 cases as of noon today, bringing the tally to 31,616, with the number of patients…
91 nabbed in Johor for performing risky street acts
POLICE arrested 91 people, including a woman, during Op Samseng Jalanan in Kluang early this morning for participating…
Major Indian states seek delay in restarting flights as virus cases rise
MUMBAI: Three large Indian states have sought to delay the planned opening of their airports on Monday as new cases of the novel coronavirus jumped by a record, complicating the federal government’s plan to resume flights after a two-month lockdown. India registered 6,767 new cases of the novel coronavirus on Sunday, the country’s biggest 24-hour […]
CMCO: Woman among 91 individuals detained in ‘Op Samseng Jalanan’ in Johor, say cops
JOHOR BARU, May 24 — Police arrested 91 individuals including a woman during ‘Op Samseng Jalanan’…
Indonesia’s Covid-19 cases rise over 22,000, death toll nearly 1,400
Muslims performing Aildilfitri prayers at Baiturrahman Grand Mosque in Banda Aceh despite coronavirus concerns. (AP pic) JAKARTA: The number of Covid-19 positive cases in Indonesia has risen to 22,271, with 1,372 deaths. Indonesian government spokesman Achmad Yurianto said over the past 24 hours an additional 526 new positive cases were recorded, while 21 more died […]