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What does the COVID-19 'variant soup' mean for the Asia-Pacific region as travel ramps up?

As sub-variants vie for dominance, how is COVID-19 playing out in different countries across our region?

ABC News

Boris Johnson trousers £276,130 for ONE speech while bunking off Parliament

The former Prime Minister topped up his £84k MP salary with a speech in Colorado - and he has another planned at a blockchain symposium in Singapore

Daily Mirror

Hotelux debuts in Thailand

Following successful launches in Singapore and Japan, Hotelux, a paid membership hotel reservation app specialising in luxury hotels, has landed in the Land of Smiles.

Bangkok Post

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FTX case has raised 'serious allegations', says Singapore minister

SINGAPORE: The collapse of crypto exchange FTX has raised "very serious allegations that amount to potential fraud", Singapore's finance minister and deputy prime minister said on Thursday.

Bangkok Post

Floods isolate Australian wheatbelt towns; Singapore joins rescue efforts

Hundreds of properties in Australia's southeast, scrubbed and cleaned two weeks ago after major flooding, were inundated again on Thursday as officials issued fresh evacuation orders while Singaporean rescue specialists arrived to aid relief efforts.

Reuters

Drone Hits Israeli-Linked Tanker; Iran Frees 2 Greek Tankers

An oil tanker associated with an Israeli billionaire has been struck by a bomb-carrying drone off the coast of Oman amid heightened tensions with Iran, officials said Wednesday. Meanwhile, Greece said Iran freed two Greek oil tankers held by Tehran since May. The drone attack on the Liberian-flagged oil tanker…

Asharq Al-Awsat

2022 Golden Horse Asian Cinema Observer Report: Part 2

Our film critic CJ Sheu was at the Taipei Golden Horse Film Festival to review nominees for the Asian Cinema Observer Recommendation Prize. Here he gives the second of a two-part survey of the films: a Singaporean-Korean production along with films from Thailand, Hong Kong, and Taiwan.

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What can we expect from this latest COVID wave? And how long is it likely to last?

Australia is now mid-way into its fourth wave of COVID in the Omicron era, driven by a rich soup of Omicron descendants. Unlike previous waves, where a single new variant of SARS-CoV-2 variant such as BA.2 or BA.5 was responsible, we have had an explosion of new variants such as…

The Conversation

Something of a globe-trotter: From an international student in Singapore to an educator in Bangkok

Studying overseas is challenging.

Bangkok Post

Xi’s crackdowns drive Chinese billionaires to booming Singapore

One of the hottest wine bars for Chinese billionaires isn’t atop a Shanghai office tower or within a Beijing courtyard house. It’s in a modest black-and-white bungalow next to a six-lane thruway in the heart of Singapore.

Bangkok Post

AFL stands by Crypto.com partnership amid fears of a cryptocurrency meltdown

League says no change to deal with Singapore-based exchange, as market is rocked by FTX collapse

The Guardian - AU

Singapore Prime Minister hopes for consensus on key issues at G20

Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong said on Monday the difficult issues at the G20 summit include climate change, global economy, security, and the conflict between Russia and Ukraine.

Reuters

Germany's Scholz: G20 consensus on war in Ukraine to be 'tough ride'

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz said leaders of the Group of 20 (G20) major economies would find it difficult agreeing clear statements on global issues and the war in Ukraine when they meet this week for the first time since Russia invaded Ukraine.

Reuters

Facing uncertainty head on

What do you feel at 25? Many young adults are struggling to navigate through a muddle of insecurities, whether it be jobs, relationships or something in between. Similarly, so does the 25th edition of the Singapore Writers Festival. After two years of being digital, the annual literary event is back…

Bangkok Post

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Indonesian tourist dies in cruise ship off Phuket

PHUKET: An Indonesian male tourist died on board a cruise ship that had just arrived in this southern Thai island resort province from Singapore in the small hours on Saturday.

Dynamite News

It is just small chunk of flesh, says Lalu's daughter Rohini who decides to donate her kidney to RJD chief

It is just a small chunk of flesh, said Rohini Acharya, RJD president Lalu Prasad's Singapore-based daughter, about her decision to donate a kidney to her ailing septuagenarian father. Read more on Dynamite News:

Al Jazeera

Southeast Asia leaders struggle with Myanmar crisis at summit

ASEAN leaders blocked Myanmar’s military ruler, Senior General Min Aung Hlaing, from attending the meeting in Cambodia.

The Independent UK

Dubbed torture, ID policies leave transgender people sterile

Across the world, scores of countries still require transgender people to submit to sterilizing surgeries before their genders are legally recognized

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Lalu's daughter Rohini to donate kidney to her father

Ailing Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) patriarch Lalu Yadav’s Singapore-based daughter will donate a kidney to her father. Read more on Dynamite News:

The Independent UK

‘Why you don’t give me f***ing water?’ Man filmed verbally abusing Singapore Airlines crew on flight

Social media users were horrified at ‘male Karen’s’ behaviour towards cabin crew

Reuters

U.S. allows transactions to free sanctioned oil tanker stranded in Indonesia

The United States has allowed some transactions to take place with a sanctioned oil supertanker in efforts to free the vessel currently stranded in Indonesian waters, the U.S. embassy in Singapore said on Wednesday.

Bangkok Post

Cryptocurrencies slide as concerns over FTX exchange rattle markets

SINGAPORE: Cryptocurrencies fell heavily on Tuesday and the native token of crypto exchange FTX collapsed by 15% as investors appeared to take fright at talk of pressure on FTX's financials.

Al Jazeera

From China to Thailand, dissidents fear Musk’s Twitter reign

Activists across Asia are concerned about the social media platform’s future under the billionaire Tesla founder.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Japan PM Vows to Strengthen Military at Int’l Naval Review

Japan’s Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said at an international fleet review Sunday that his country urgently needs to strengthen its military capabilities as security risks increase including threats from North Korea’s nuclear and missile advancement and Russia’s war on Ukraine. Eighteen warships from 12 countries participated in the review, including…

Bangkok Post

Singapore says man sought in Korea sanctions case is in city

A businessman accused by the US of breaking international sanctions by transporting fuel to North Korea is currently in Singapore and has been under investigation there, the city-state’s police said.

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