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SINGAPORE – The number of Covid-19 infections and deaths worldwide has been rising significantly, with numbers in Singapore appearing to grow in tandem. The latest figures from the World Health Organisation showed that the global number of infections had increased

TAIPEI – Mandopop idol Wang Leehom has filed a police report against those who pirated his Yuexue app which teaches singing and songwriting. Launched in February, the first semester of classes were immensely popular, attracting 20,000 students and reportedly made

TOKYO (AFP, REUTERS) – Japanese mixed doubles pair Jun Mizutani and Mima Ito claimed their country’s first ever Olympic table tennis gold medal on Monday (July 26), ending years of Chinese dominance with a remarkable comeback victory on home soil.

TOKYO (REUTERS, AFP) – Tokyo Olympics organisers said on Saturday (July 31) they had revoked accreditation of a Games-related person or people for leaving the athletes’ village for sightseeing, a violation of measures imposed to hold the Olympics safely amid

TOKYO – So cool this Su Bingtian is. So fast this teacher runs in the semi-finals. So crazy it is to feel, at least for a brilliant, beautiful while, that a 100m Olympic champion, or medallist, can come from Asia.

BEIJING – The meteorological authorities in the Chinese city of Zhengzhou issued close to 10 red alerts in mid-July, anticipating torrential rain over the following days. The provincial weather bureau of landlocked Henan even sent about 120 million text messages

INGAPORE – It is an unusual sight to have two bellwether education stocks plunging by over 50 per cent in a single day. When news broke late last week that Chinese regulators require K-12 private tutoring firms to be converted

Power Play is a weekly column that looks at various facets of US-China rivalry and its implications for Asia. One of the few places open only to tourists from China are the Paracel Islands in the South China Sea. Please

SINGAPORE – As extreme weather events like floods and heatwaves make headlines, a major United Nations report – due to be released next Monday (Aug 9) – will give the world the most up-to-date assessment of climate change. It will

NEW DELHI – Mr Ashutosh Kaushik, a 41-year-old actor, has sought his right to be forgotten (RTBF) in a recent petition to the High Court of Delhi. “Why should I continue suffering for something that I have already been punished