COVID’s true death toll still elusive, three years in

by Isabelle Tourne and Daniel Lawler PARIS, FRANCE — The true global…

Ousted Myanmar leader Suu Kyi jailed for total of 33 years

NAYPYIDAW, MYANMAR — Ousted Myanmar democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi was…

Brazilian football legend Pele dead at 82

by Rodrigo Almonacid SAO PAULO, BRAZIL — Brazilian football icon Pele, a…

UK health firm estimates 9,000 COVID deaths in China per day but Chinese govt says only 10 since 7 Dec

LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM — Reuters reported on Thursday (29 Dec 2022) that around 9,000…

South Korea imposes restrictions on travellers from China over COVID surge

SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA — South Korea took steps on Friday to limit…

China insists official COVID data is transparent: state media

BEIJING, CHINA — China has insisted the data it publishes on COVID-19…

Li Hongyi, one of the 99,000 individuals receiving special state awards for helping Singapore fight COVID-19

SINGAPORE — Mr Li Hongyi, son of Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien…

Singaporean friend shares story of “$8000 a month to $8 an hour” over a bitter cup of coffee with Jeffery Khoo

Below is a Facebook post by Mr Jeffery Khoo, candidate for PSP’s…

India requires travellers from China, Singapore, Japan, South Korea and Thailand to produce Covid negative test before departure

INDIA — India will make a Covid-19 negative test mandatory for travellers…

Twitter outages hit thousands of users worldwide

SAN FRANCISCO, UNITED STATES — Twitter users around the world reported errors…