International Day of Older Persons on Friday (Oct 1)
The oldest volunteer at Methodist Welfare Services is Mrs June Cheong, 92, who has been caring for the elderly for
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HEADLINE-POPULATION: SINGAPORE- S’pore’s total population falls 4.1% to 5.45 million as Covid-19 hits foreign workforce numbers
Singapore’s permanent resident population fell by 6.2 per cent to 0.49 million.ST PHOTO: GAVIN FOO Justin Ong Political Correspondent .
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DEMOCRACY-PRESS FREEDOM: YANGON Myanmar- Homes destroyed, food trashed as Myanmar military tries to quell ‘people’s defensive war’
At least 1,120 people have been killed by the junta since the coup.PHOTO: NYTIMES Tan Hui Yee Indochina Bureau Chief
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EMMY AWARDS-TELEVISION: LOS ANGELES, Ca.- Key winners for the 2021 Emmy Awards
Here is a list of winners in key categories at television’s Emmy Awards ceremony in Los Angeles on Sunday, hosted
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CONSTRUCTION-REAL ESTATE: Phnom Penh condo prices drop while Ho Chi Minh City’s rise
Construction starting of a central Phnom Penh high-rise condominium. KT/Michael Firn. . . Phnom Penh’s high-end condominium prices fell 9.1 percent
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COVID-19 PANDEMIC: MANILA Philippines- Burnt out: Philippine nurses battle Covid-19, resignations
A nurse and a hospital worker attending to a patient outside a hospital in Binan, Laguna province south of Manila
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HEADLINE | DEMOCRACY-PRESS FREEDOM: YANGON- Myanmar junta to put Suu Kyi on trial for corruption
A protester holds up a poster featuring Aung San Suu Kyi during a demonstration in front of the Central Bank
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HEADLINE: DU30 DRUG WAR-EJK: MANILA Philippines- Duterte will not cooperate with ICC drug war probe
. MANILA (AFP) – President Rodrigo Duterte will not cooperate with the International Criminal Court’s (ICC) probe into the Philippines’
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HEADLINE-SOCIAL: PETALING JAYA, Malaysia- Futile Efforts / M’sian women with children born abroad tell of struggle to get them recognised as citizens
Pix for representational purpose only. Adib Rawi Yahya/ THESUNPix . . PETALING JAYA: Myra Eliza has been trying for years to
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OP ED- OPINION: The Asian Voice: ISLAMABAD – A regressive order could push Afghanistan further into the abyss: Dawn columnist
Protesters flee as Taliban forces fire their weapons into the air in Kabul on Sept. 7, 2021.PHOTO: NYTIMES . The
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