Maths professor in Singapore delivers two-hour lecture on Zoom only to realise he was on mute the entire time Prof. Dong Wang of the National University of Singapore gave lecture on Feb. 4 Within first couple of minutes his screen froze and students couldn’t hear him His mathematics students tried to reach him by phone and … Read more
Grant Shapps revealed today he has had talks with foreign politicians about an ‘internationally recognised system’ of allowing travellers to prove they have had a Covid jab. The Transport Secretary made the admission despite Downing Street insisting for weeks that it has no plans to introduce ‘vaccine passports’ that would prove the holder’s coronanvirus immunity. … Read more
Nine Britons are charged over Singapore yacht party that broke coronavirus rules Nine Britons aged between 26 and 32 could face six months in a Singapore jail An investigation found the party broke the rules which limited gatherings to five Singapore has come down hard on rule violations after keeping infections low By Tim Stickings … Read more
Expat British teacher, 29, faces being caned or jailed after being caught on CCTV molesting four-year-old girl in his Singapore classroom A suspected paedophile British schoolteacher is facing the cane and jail time Richard Christopher Monks, 29, admitted to molesting a four-year-old girl The abuse came to light when the girl refused to go to … Read more
The Singapore Zoo is celebrating the arrival of a newborn lion cub via artificial insemination. It’s a first for the park — and a rarity in general, though two cubs were born in South Africa through assisted reproduction in 2018. The three-month-old cub, a male named Simba after the protagonist in Disney’s the Lion King, … Read more
A teenager who was convicted of shouting: ‘I don’t want your coronavirus in my country’ during a racist attack on a Singaporean law student has been ordered to pay his victim £600. The 16-year-old, who cannot be named for legal reasons, was found guilty of racially aggravated grievous bodily harm for the attack on February 24 … Read more
Government warns of worsening chaos at Britain’s ports as lorry traffic returns to normal levels – but Brussels says it won’t help ease backlogs unless Boris abandons his deregulation ambitions Projections from Cabinet Office anticipate Channel traffic’s imminent rise Truckers without requisite customs paperwork or negative test face turn-backs It comes as Brussels says it … Read more
British man, 52, faces six months in jail for sneaking out of his Singapore hotel room to see his fiancée during Covid-19 quarantine Nigel Skea was in 14-day quarantine at the Ritz Carlton Millenia in Singapore Officials claim Skea left his room on three separate occasions in September During one breach, he visited his Singaporean … Read more
A team of WHO experts arrived in Wuhan today on a politically-charged mission to investigate the origins of the coronavirus, amid fears that China will try to obstruct the sensitive probe. The 10 scientists, who will be quarantined for two weeks before starting their work, were met by Chinese officials in hazmat suits after arriving … Read more
A 15-year-old was today convicted of shouting ‘I don’t want your coronavirus in my country’ to a Singapore law student before punching him in the face during a random racist street attack. The teenager, who cannot be named for legal reasons, was found guilty of racially aggravated grievous bodily harm for the attack on February … Read more