Algeria has confirmed its first case of Covid-19, becoming the second African country to report the disease.The country’s minister of health Abderrahmane Benbouzid announced on state television on Tuesday evening that an Italian national who arrived in the North African country on February 17 tested positive for the virus, which causes a disease known as…
On February 24, 1986, rebel soldiers liberated the Philippines’ ABS-CBN Corporation from the brutal control of the Ferdinand Marcos dictatorship. Now, 34 years later, Southeast Asia’s oldest private TV and radio network once again faces a threat to its existence.Owned by the powerful Lopez family, the network was shut down and turned into a state…
Few countries do political roller-coaster rides like Malaysia.Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad’s shock resignation and subsequent reappointment by the king as interim premier has intrigued citizens and global observers alike.With all signs pointing to the 94-year-old Mahathir retaining power – with a strengthened hand – under a newly configured government, plaudits have been pouring in from…
The former DJ and 90s TVB actor, who had a threesome relationship with billionaire Teresa Po, switched his sexual orientation from bisexual to gay.
Democratic White House hopefuls rounded on leftist front-runner Bernie Sanders at a feisty debate on Tuesday, attacking him as too extreme for American voters and a weak challenger to President Donald Trump.Joe Biden, who needs a victory in South Carolina’s crucial primary on Saturday to keep his campaign alive, hit Sanders as soft on gun…
Hindus carrying pickaxes and iron rods hurled rocks at Muslims protesting a new citizenship law on Tuesday on a second day of deadly clashes that cast a shadow over US President Donald Trump’s visit to India. Officials have reported 20 casualties and at least 189 people injured.After his talks with Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Trump…
Indonesia this month has seen a host of attempts by lawmakers and leaders to marginalise or otherwise humiliate women, ranging from proposed legislation banning married women from holding jobs to an Islamic decree requiring “rich” Indonesians to marry “poor” Indonesians. The senior government minister who proposed the decree on marriage said it could be a…
Hong Kong permanent residents aged 18 and above will each receive a cash handout of HK$10,000 (US$1,200) in a HK$120 billion (US$15 billion) relief deal rolled out by the government to ease the burden on individuals and companies, while saving jobs.Financial Secretary Paul Chan Mo-po confirmed an earlier Post report when he unveiled the payment…
A “doomsday vault” nestled deep in the Arctic received 60,000 new seed samples on Tuesday, including Prince Charles’ cowslips and Cherokee sacred corn, increasing stocks of the world’s agricultural bounty in case of global catastrophe.Mounting concern over climate change and species loss is driving groups worldwide to add their seeds to the collection inside a…
The spread of the coronavirus outbreak has widened with more European nations hit and the number of infections in South Korea surging to more than 1,000, while China has reported another drop in cases, with 406 new daily infections, as of Tuesday.China’s National Health Commission said there were also 52 new deaths, all of them…
When the Internet Accountability Project popped up late last year and joined the growing crusade against big tech, the non-profit group refused to say who was financing it.Turns out, at least one of its benefactors is Oracle.Oracle donated between US$25,000 and US$99,999 last year to the internet project, according to a new political-giving report Oracle…
South Korea’s coronavirus case total jumped well into four figures on Wednesday as authorities reported 169 new infections, taking the overall tally to 1,146, by far the largest outside China.Among the new infections, a US soldier stationed in South Korea has tested positive for the coronavirus, commanders said on Wednesday, the first US serviceman to…
A large Canary Islands hotel was locked down for coronavirus tests after a guest and his wife were found to be infected, as Spain also reported its first three cases of the disease on the mainland.Catalan regional health authorities on Tuesday said a 36-year old Italian woman, a Barcelona resident, had tested positive after a…
For Chen Wenjin, the trip back to Hubei province in central China for the Lunar New Year holiday was not meant to be a one-way journey.Now, the 28-year-old Guangzhou-based IT worker, has been stuck in his parents’ home in Xiaogan for more than 20 days because of the lockdown measures imposed by the government to…
US President Donald Trump has invited Southeast Asian leaders to meet next month in Las Vegas, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said Tuesday, after a summit last year was scrapped.Pompeo confirmed the date when asked at a news conference whether fears over the coronavirus outbreak would delay the summit with members of the 10-nation Association…
The National Transportation Safety Board says the driver of a Tesla SUV who died in a Silicon Valley crash two years ago was playing a video game on his smartphone while his vehicle was being controlled by a partially automated driving system.Chairman Robert Sumwalt said at the start of a hearing Tuesday that systems like…
The National Transportation Safety Board says the driver of a Tesla SUV who died in a Silicon Valley crash two years ago was playing a video game on his smartphone while his vehicle was being controlled by a partially automated driving system.Chairman Robert Sumwalt said at the start of a hearing Tuesday that systems like…
China is taking numerous steps to meet the agricultural commitments made in the phase one trade deal with the United States, according to a statement signed by two top US officials.The note from US trade representative Robert Lighthizer and Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue, released on Tuesday in Washington, comes amid rising questions about whether the…
The Chinese embassy in Singapore has rapped a former senior diplomat in the city state for an op-ed where he argued, among other things, that the coronavirus epidemic had dented the Chinese Communist Party’s credibility with its citizens.Bilahari Kausikan, who retired as permanent secretary of the Singapore Foreign Affairs Ministry in 2013, described China’s handling…
Hong Kong’s finance minister will face sky-high expectations as he delivers his fourth financial blueprint on Wednesday morning, including hopes for a cash handout for all permanent residents.But Ronny Tong Ka-wah, a member of Chief Executive Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor’s cabinet, cautioned against hoping for major surprises, telling the Post Financial Secretary Paul Chan Mo-po…
Some of the more than 80 women who have accused Harvey Weinstein of sexual misconduct said on Tuesday they are looking to the disgraced producer’s trial in Los Angeles to build on what they called a seismic shift in attitudes signalled by his conviction in New York.A day after a New York jury found Weinstein,…
Hong Kong’s civil servants will return to government offices from next Monday, after spending a month working from home in a bid to stop the spread of the deadly coronavirus, the Post has learned.According to a government memo, department heads have been told to prepare for the resumption of normal public services from March 2,…
Hundreds of people returning home to parts of Asia, the United States and Britain from the mainland Chinese province of Hubei and the coronavirus-stricken Diamond Princess cruise ship are facing an additional two weeks in government quarantine.Health authorities want to isolate them in case they end up testing positive for Covid-19, the illness caused by…
The day after he avoided the Chinese government’s lockdown in Wuhan, Hubei province, Scott Liu was already planning on how he could support his hometown’s fight against the coronavirus from abroad.Lucky enough to have boarded the last direct flight from Wuhan to New York on January 22 – just before travel bans were imposed to…
The United States announced on Tuesday it was imposing sanctions on 13 foreign entities and individuals in China, Iraq, Russia, and Turkey for supporting Iran’s missile programme.The State Department said the action included new sanctions against three Chinese firms, a Chinese individual and a Turkish company.It named the Chinese as Luo Dingwen and the three…
Only 21 years old, Ricco is not the type to sit still and wait for opportunities to be handed down to him.
US President Donald Trump has launched a verbal offensive against two left-leaning Supreme Court judges, urging them to step aside from all “Trump-related” cases due to supposed bias.The country’s highest court will hear a case on March 31 in which Trump’s lawyers will argue against his tax returns being released – a sensitive subject in…
US President Donald Trump has launched a verbal offensive against two left-leaning Supreme Court judges, urging them to step aside from all “Trump-related” cases due to supposed bias.The country’s highest court will hear a case on March 31 in which Trump’s lawyers will argue against his tax returns being released – a sensitive subject in…
US President Donald Trump has launched a verbal offensive against two left-leaning Supreme Court judges, urging them to step aside from all “Trump-related” cases due to supposed bias.The country’s highest court will hear a case on March 31 in which Trump’s lawyers will argue against his tax returns being released – a sensitive subject in…
The cast of Hong Kong- Malaysian travel program, “Walking With You,” share conversations about their vulnerable times.