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Singapore cuts 2020 GDP outlook again as virus batters economy
SINGAPORE: Singapore downgraded its 2020 gross domestic product forecast for the third time on Tuesday, the trade ministry said, as the bellwether economy braces for its deepest ever recession. The city-state lowered its GDP forecast to a contraction range of -7%
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Indonesia tones down Eid celebration amid COVID-19 spike
JAKARTA: Indonesia, home to the world’s largest Muslim population, ushered in Aidilfitri today with toned down celebrations that broke away from traditions as part of the country’s effort to contain the COVID-19 pandemic. Muslims in Indonesia have been forbidden from holding Aidilfitri
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Oil falls as U.S.-China tensions take toll
TOKYO: Oil prices eased on Monday on concerns over rising tensions between the United States and China over Beijing’s plans to impose security laws on Hong Kong and the possibility of sanctions from Washington. Oil prices have risen sharply in
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Americans pass pandemic holiday on beaches, in parks as death toll nears 100,000
Americans sunbathed on beaches, fished from boats and strolled on boardwalks this holiday weekend, but the occasional person wearing a mask was a constant reminder that the world is still battling the coronavirus pandemic. The Memorial Day weekend that signals
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Singapore PM sends Aidilfitri greetings to Malaysian, Brunei, Indonesian leaders
SINGAPORE: Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong today conveyed his Hari Raya Aidilfitri greetings to leaders of the republic’s neighbours that include Malaysia, according to the Prime Minister’s Office. Lee made telephone calls to his Malaysian counterpart Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin; the
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Karachi hospitals receive at least 56 bodies from plane crash site: hospital officials
KARACHI: Karachi hospitals received 56 bodies from the site of a commercial jet that crashed into a residential neighbourhood while landing in Pakistan’s largest city, hospital officials said on Friday. Seemin Jamali, the head of Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Centre, said
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Pakistani airliner crashes in Karachi, many feared dead
KARACHI: An Airbus plane with 99 on board crashed into a residential area of the Pakistani city of Karachi on Friday while on approach to the airport, with at least one passenger surviving but many others feared dead, officials said.
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Singapore to allow travellers to transit via Changi Airport from June 2
SINGAPORE: Singapore will gradually allow travellers to transit through the Changi Airport with effect from June 2, 2020, according to the Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore (CAAS). “This is part of Singapore’s strategy to gradually re-open air transport to meet
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Pakistan police arrest three over ‘honour killing’ of teenage sisters
KARACHI: The father and brother of two teenage sisters shot dead in Pakistan after mobile phone video of them with a man surfaced online have been arrested, police said on Monday, drawing praise from women’s rights activists. The man who
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Chinese embassy says Australia claim of WHA vindication ‘a joke’
SYDNEY: The Chinese Embassy in Australia said it was “nothing but a joke” for Australia to claim that a World Health Assembly (WHA) resolution that calls for an inquiry into the coronavirus was a vindication of Canberra’s push for a
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