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The Ministry of Health (MOH) confirmed 29 new cases of Covid-19 in Singapore earlier today (Jan. 31). This brings the total number of cases to 59,536. There are no new cases of locally-transmitted Covid-19 infection. 29 imported cases All 29 cases are imported. They arrived from a variety of countries, including India, the UK, Myanmar, Pakistan, the UAE, Indonesia, Bangladesh, and Nigeria. The only Singaporean among the imported cases is a 16-year-old female who arrived from the UK. Case 59825, a 36-year-old male Singapore Permanent Resident tested positive for Covid-19 when he took a pre-departure test in preparation to leave Singapore for India. Howwever, he had tested negative for Covid-19 a month earlier after completing his SHN when he returned from a trip to India. According to the ministry, his test results indicated likely past infection, which is why MOH classified as imported based on his travel history. "He is likely to be shedding minute fragments ... » Learn More about Food courts at Changi Airport T1 & T3 visited by infectious Covid-19 cases in January 2021

The government introduced a Bill in Parliament on Monday (Feb. 1), meant to formalise what Minister-in-Charge of the Smart Nation Initiative Vivian Balakrishnan said about how the government can use contact-tracing data collected by digital contact tracing systems. This Covid-19 (Temporary Measures) (Amendment) Bill will restrict the use of personal contact tracing data in police investigations to serious offences, and will also spell out the penalties for unauthorised usage. Seven categories of serious crimes The Bill will cover the usage of personal contact tracing data recorded in digital contact tracing systems, including TraceTogether (TT), SafeEntry (SE) and Bluepass, which is used for migrant and local workers living or working in dormitories, as well as those in the construction, marine shipyard and process sectors. It will specify that public sector agencies can use such personal contact tracing data only for the purpose of contact tracing, except when there is ... » Learn More about Govt introduces Bill to restrict Police use of TraceTogether data to serious crimes only

MANILA, Philippines – In the past month, the public was more likely to see President Rodrigo Duterte in a collared shirt flanked by men in camouflage than in a barong accompanied by Cabinet secretaries. Anyone who has watched his recent public speeches live will notice that most of them were given in the presence of soldiers, inside the covered court of a military camp. From July 21 to August 12, or in less than a month, the President has visited no less than 14 military camps across Luzon, Visayas, and Mindanao. Here is a complete list of these camps with the dates of his visit: No other president has dropped in on so many military camps in his first weeks in power. In a previous article , written after his visit to 6 camps, I wrote about what he did and said during these visits. The core of these trips were his speeches, delivered in front of hundreds of soldiers – from scout rangers to navy officers to army medical ... » Learn More about Why has Duterte visited 14 military camps in less than a month?

U.S. President Donald Trump's quixotic bid to overturn the result of the 2020 election hit another snag on Dec. 2 (Singapore time), after his own appointed Attorney-General, William Barr, said that he has not yet seen any evidence of widespread voter fraud. Speaking to the Associated Press , Barr said that despite U.S. attorneys and FBI agents following up on specific complaints, "to date, we have not seen fraud on a scale that could have effected a different outcome in the election". Barr was nominated by Trump to head the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) in 2018 after firing the previous Attorney-General Jeff Sessions, who was a Republican Senator. Barr, who previously served as Attorney-General under President George H. W. Bush, was then confirmed by the Senate. Before the election, Barr repeatedly echoed Trump's concerns that mail-in voting carried risk of widespread fraud . However, according to the Washington Post , " voter fraud is so rare in the ... » Learn More about Trump-appointed Attorney-General William Barr says no evidence of widespread voter fraud

Pattaya – Seven people, composed of three foreigners and four Thai nationals, were arrested last night (July 29 th ) near Jomtien beach during the mandatory Covid-19 curfew time of 9:00 P.M. to 4:00 A.M. Here, first, is a video version of this story: A team from the Chonburi Provincial Police led by Colonel Maykawit Praditphon and the Pattaya City Police set up a nighttime checkpoint and were patrolling along Jomtien beach around 10:00 P.M. Seven people in total failed to present a permission document to prove that they were allowed outside their accommodation during curfew time. They were taken to The Pattaya City Police Station for further processing. Penalties for this violation could include stiff fines and even potential jail time under strict Covid-19 emergency decrees and communicable disease acts. Colonel Maykawit warned, “We still have many new and confirmed Covid -19 cases every day.  Please follow the law and stay at home during the curfew time of 9:00 P.M. ... » Learn More about Seven people arrested during mandatory curfew time near Jomtien beach

KUALA LUMPUR: Saudi Arabia’s King Salman bin Abdul Abdulaziz Al-Saud has ordered the King Salman Centre for Relief and Humanitarian Action (KSrelief) to quickly send assistance in the form of medical equipment and other necessary items to help Malaysia combat the Covid-19 pandemic. Foreign Minister Datuk Seri Hishammuddin Hussein said the matter was conveyed to him when he was in contact with Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman Abdulaziz Al-Saud. Hishammuddin described the contribution as a great honour which symbolised the sincerity of the Saudi Arabian government in forging relations with Malaysia. “On behalf of the Malaysian government, we are grateful for the kind gesture of His Majesty King Salman, the Crown Prince and the government of Saudi Arabia for their kind and deep concern,” he said on Facebook yesterday. He said he would keep working closely with the Crown Prince on the details and ensure that the order of the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques ... » Learn More about Saudi to help Malaysia fight pandemic

PETALING JAYA: Saudi Arabia is set to deliver medical aid which includes one million doses of vaccines and various medical supplies and equipment to beef up Malaysia's war against the Covid-19 pandemic. According to Saudi Press Agency (SPA), King Salman Abdulaziz Al Saud has directed the King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Centre (KSrelief) to urgently provide Malaysia the necessary medical equipment to fight Covid-19. KSrelief adviser at the Royal Court and supervisor general Dr Abdullah Abdulaziz Al Rabeeah said the aid will include one million doses of Covid-19 vaccines, medical devices, care and treatment devices, preventive supplies and other medical needs. "Dr Al Rabeeah extended his thanks and appreciation to the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques (King Salman) and the Crown Prince for this gesture, which confirms the leadership's keenness to support sisterly countries around the world in various crises and circumstances," said SPA. Meanwhile, in a statement, Foreign ... » Learn More about Covid-19: Saudi Arabia to deliver medical aid, including one million doses of vaccines

Amanda Knox reacts after she addressed a panel discussion titled "Trial by Media" during the Criminal Justice Festival at the Law University of Modena, northern Italy on June 15, 2019 LOS ANGELES - Amanda Knox is complaining angrily that the new Matt Damon movie "Stillwater" -- a drama about a young American jailed in Europe for a killing she insists she did not commit -- cashes in on her own ordeal. Knox and her boyfriend Raffaele Sollecito were convicted of the 2007 murder of her British roommate Meredith Kercher in Perugia, Italy while the women were students there. The trial was a media sensation on both sides of the Atlantic and Knox spent four years in prison before her conviction was overturned in 2015. "Stillwater" director Tom McCarthy told Vanity Fair magazine this week that his idea was to "leave the Amanda Knox case behind." "But let me take this piece of the story -- an American woman studying abroad involved in some kind of sensational crime and she ends up in ... » Learn More about Amanda Knox accuses new movie of cashing in on her case

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia on Friday launched administrative proceedings against Facebook's WhatsApp for what it said was a failure to localise data of Russian users on Russian territory, the Interfax news agency reported. There was no immediate comment from Facebook. A day earlier, a Russian court fined Alphabet Inc.'s Google 3 million roubles for violating personal data legislation and registered administrative proceedings against Facebook and Twitter for the same offence. The cases are part of a wider spat between Russia and Big Tech, with Moscow routinely fining social media giants for failing to remove banned content and seeking to compel foreign tech firms to open offices in Russia. WhatsApp could be fined between 1 million and 6 million roubles ($13,700 to $82,250), Interfax reported, citing court documents. A court date has not yet been set. ($1 = 72.9350 roubles) (Reporting by Alexander Marrow; Editing by Alison Williams) ... » Learn More about Russia opens case against WhatsApp for violating personal data law

MIAMI (NYTIMES) - With her elbow shattered by gunfire and her mouth full of blood, the first lady of Haiti lay on the floor beside her bed, unable to breathe, as the assassins stormed the room. "The only thing that I saw before they killed him were their boots," Martine Moise said of the moment her husband, President Jovenel Moise of Haiti, was shot dead beside her. "Then I closed my eyes, and I didn't see anything else." She listened as they ransacked the room, searching methodically for something in her husband's files, she said. "'That's not it. That's not it,'" she recalled them saying in Spanish, over and over. Then finally: "'That's it.'" The killers filed out. One stepped on her feet. Another waved a flashlight in her eyes, apparently to check to see if she was still alive. "When they left, they thought I was dead," she said. In her first interview since the president's assassination on July 7, Moise, 47, described the searing pain of witnessing her ... » Learn More about ‘They thought I was dead’: Haitian president’s widow recounts assassination