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England — A 37-year-old woman was fired from her job after filing for sick leave only to attend the England vs Denmark Euro 2020 semi-final but gets spotted on live television. Die-hard England fan Nina Farooqi told her bosses that she was sick, but attended the semi-finals at Wembley Stadium on Jul 7. When Denmark […]

Paris (AFP) — Researchers in Belgium announced that a 90-year-old woman who died due to Covid-19 complications was infected with the Alpha and Beta variants of the virus at the same time. The rare phenomenon of double variant infection may be underestimated, noted the researchers on Sunday (Jul 11). The woman, who was unvaccinated and […]

Singapore has recently been hailed a standard to measure up to with regard to its Covid-19 response by former Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull. In a recent public post, he called out the current Australian government’s failure to follow suit, saying the reason for this is that it “does not want to be accountable.” This […]

Brisbane – A video of three Asian students being attacked by a group of youths is circulating online, pushing for another call to stop Asian hate and racism. A video of three students in Brisbane, Australia, getting deliberately provoked then punched and kicked as they stepped out of a train station is making rounds online. […]

Singapore — A young Singaporean has recently shared his disturbing experience with two boys who repeatedly and unapologetically threw racial slurs at him. Not only did the boys use derogatory words towards Asians like “Ch*ink” and “zipperhead,” they also nonchalantly joked about how the latter was a term that was first used in the Korean […]

The family owning the unit has reached out to TISG to clarify the matter: Hi, I’m the daughter of the owner of the flat mentioned in this article and wish to clarify the issue: My mother is in her 80’s and communicates mainly in Hokkien and Mandarin. When we seek a tenant, we need someone […]

The head of the United Malays National Organisation (UMNO) announced late on Wednesday (July 7) that it has withdrawn support for the government of Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin with immediate effect, and is now calling on him to step down. Mr Ahmad Zahid Hamidi condemned the administration’s management of the Covid-19 pandemic in an online […]

Singapore—The country’s new strategies on living with Covid, as outlined by the multi-ministry task force, is receiving attention from other countries, some for good, while others have raised eyebrows on this topic. A July 4 article in the US SUN noted this new approach, noting that Singapore will become one of the first nations to stop […]

Thailand — A statement was issued by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) of Thailand on Thursday (Jul 1) concerning a clear gel that had been found in 110 vials of the Chinese-made Covid-19 vaccine Sinovac. The gel in the vaccine vials has left the doses faulty, and Dr Surachok Tangwiwat, the deputy secretary-general of […]

Manila — A video circulating online highlighted an alleged “faked injection” of the Covid-19 vaccine in the Philippines. One Allan Bernabe took to Facebook on Jun 29 to share the incident. At the beginning of the video, the nurse could be seen disinfecting the vaccine recipient’s arm for the jab. She repeatedly asked the recipient […]

Pittsburgh – A 65-year-old man has passed away from blood clots after receiving the second dose of the Moderna Covid-19 vaccine. Medics from the Allegheny Health Network in Pittsburgh have reported that an unnamed 65-year-old man developed so-called vaccine-induced thrombosis and thrombocytopenia (VITT). VITT is a medical complication with an unusually low number of platelets, […]

London — A 72-year-old British man tested positive for Covid-19 for ten months straight, a total of 43 times. He is believed to be the longest recorded case of continuous infection. Dave Smith, a retired driving instructor, and musician from Bristol in western England spent the last 290 days positive with Covid-19, reported BBC on […]

Singapore — James Corden, the cuddly, well-beloved talk show host who made Carpool Karaoke famous, is being asked by an Asian-American TikToker to end one segment on “The Late Late Show.” The segment in question is called “Spill Your Guts or Fill Your Guts,” which is a spin on the old “truth or consequence” games. […]

Officials in Sri Lanka reported that the bodies of 48 turtles and eight dolphins have washed up on the country’s western and southern beaches after a Singapore-registered container ship ran aground and burned for weeks. Many small fish have also washed up on Sri Lanka’s shores. The cause of the turtles’ and dolphins’ deaths was […]

Singapore—A June 16 article in The Times of India called the shortage of tech talent in Singapore “a blessing for India and the Indians”. Singapore, wrote Mr Avik Das, is not only one of the most important financial hubs around the globe, it is also becoming “an increasingly major technology hub” with many of the […]