Written by Gabriel HerveyApril 13, 2020
Police warn of scammers claiming Chinese officials seized COVID-19 ‘contraband medicine’
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SINGAPORE: Police on Monday (Apr 13) issued an advisory alerting the public to a scam in which callers pretending to be Ministry of Health (MOH) staff would claim that Chinese officials had seized COVID-19 contraband medicine registered under the victims’ names. Since March, at least five reports of such scams have been made, with victims losing
Written by Gabriel HerveyApril 13, 2020
Millions watch Andrea Bocelli sing in empty Milan cathedral amid COVID-19 lockdown
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World Italian tenor Andrea Bocelli performed a solo Easter concert from an empty Milan Cathedral streamed live to millions of people around the world in coronavirus lockdown. The video of Andrea Bocelli performing a solo Easter concert from an empty cathedral in Milan has been viewed millions of times AFP/Piero Cruciatti 13 Apr 2020 11:40AM
Written by Gabriel HerveyApril 13, 2020
Pope marks ‘Easter of solitude’ in COVID-19 lockdown
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VATICAN CITY: Pope Francis prayed for tens of thousands of COVID-19 victims in an unprecedented livestream Easter Sunday (Apr 12) message delivered from a hauntingly empty Vatican to a world under lockdown. The 83-year-old pontiff spoke softly at a ceremony attended by just a handful of priests and a small choir that was spaced out
Written by Gabriel HerveyApril 13, 2020
Tornadoes kill at least six in south of US
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WASHINGTON: At least six people have died after tornadoes ripped through the southern US state of Mississippi on Sunday (Apr 12), officials said. The tornadoes caused “catastrophic” damage, according to US media, and prompted the National Weather Service (NWS) to issue a tornado emergency, its highest level of tornado alert. Advertisement Advertisement The Mississippi Emergency
Written by Gabriel HerveyApril 13, 2020
North Korea’s parliament meets amid global pandemic
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SEOUL: North Korea’s parliament gathered on Sunday (Apr 12), a day after leader Kim Jong Un presided over a ruling party politburo meeting where he called for strict measures to prevent an outbreak of COVID-19. Photos released by state news agency KCNA on Monday showed hundreds of lawmakers sitting in close proximity to each other with
Written by Gabriel HerveyApril 13, 2020
‘Things could have gone either way’: British PM Johnson discharged from hospital as UK deaths pass 10,000 mark
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LONDON: British Prime Minister Boris Johnson left hospital on Sunday (Apr 12) and thanked staff for saving his life from COVID-19, but his government was forced to defend its response to the coronavirus outbreak as the national death toll passed 10,000. The sombre milestone came after Britain reported two days in a row of hospital
Written by Gabriel HerveyApril 13, 2020
MOM revokes work pass after holder breached COVID-19 circuit breaker measures
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SINGAPORE: The Ministry of Manpower (MOM) has revoked the work pass of a work pass holder and permanently banned him from working in Singapore, after he breached circuit breaker measures. Investigations showed that the man, who works in an essential firm, finished work on the evening of Apr 9 but did not return home immediately after finishing
Written by Gabriel HerveyApril 13, 2020
Malaysian senator builds solar-powered buggy while under home quarantine for COVID-19
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KUALA LUMPUR: Stuck in a 14-day home quarantine, rural empowerment activist Adrian Banie Lasimbang decided to take advantage of the enforced isolation and come up with a working prototype of a solar-powered, electric buggy in the past two weeks. The 43-year-old, who is also a senator from Sabah in the Dewan Negara (the Malaysian Parliament’s
Written by Gabriel HerveyApril 13, 2020
US could start reopening in May, says top coronavirus advisor
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WASHINGTON: The United States may be ready to start gradually reopening next month, the government’s top infectious diseases expert said on Sunday (Apr 12), as signs grew that the coronavirus pandemic was peaking. President Donald Trump had earlier wanted the world’s largest economy to be “raring to go” by Easter Sunday, but most of the country
Written by Gabriel HerveyApril 13, 2020
Commentary: The coronavirus could take climate action with it
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Commentary Commentary In this COVID-19 outbreak, long-term thinking feels like a luxury we cannot afford right now, says Samantha Gross. The coronavirus outbreak has hit the Chinese economy hard, but also lowered the country’s carbon emissions as a result, researchers say. (Photo: AFP/GREG BAKER) 13 Apr 2020 06:05AM(Updated: 13 Apr 2020 06:10AM) Bookmark WASHINGTON DC: I’ve
Written by Gabriel HerveyApril 13, 2020
The Big Read: Frustrations, tender moments, creativity aplenty as Singaporeans stay home to rein in COVID-19
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SINGAPORE: No more jostling with the rush-hour crowd in the Central Business District to make it to the office on time for morning team meetings. There is even time now in between conference calls to do the laundry or whip up something in the kitchen. One can even attend virtual meetings in pyjamas. Advertisement Advertisement
Written by Gabriel HerveyApril 13, 2020
UK cancels order for simple ventilators, needs more complex ones
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LONDON: Britain has cancelled an order for thousands of units of a simple model of ventilator developed by industrial companies to treat COVID-19 because more sophisticated devices are now needed, a source involved in the project said on Sunday. The government confirmed it no longer required that particular model, known as BlueSky. Advertisement Advertisement “We
Written by Gabriel HerveyApril 13, 2020
Commentary: COVID-19 collapse exceeds any recession in the last 150 years
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CAMBRIDGE: With each passing day, the 2008 global financial crisis increasingly looks like a mere dry run for today’s economic catastrophe. The short-term collapse in global output now underway already seems likely to rival or exceed that of any recession in the last 150 years. Advertisement Advertisement Even with all-out efforts by central banks and
Commentary: The time of introverts has come as firms ramp up work-from-home arrangements
SINGAPORE: As more and more companies implement work from home (WFH) arrangements in light of the COVID-19 pandemic, it’s been widely acknowledged that introverts are adjusting to the new norm much more easily that their extroverted colleagues. For years, introverts have had to deal with the energy-sapping exuberance of extroverts in open-plan offices and routinely