Wealthy returnees are being given the choice of a luxury upgrade for their mandatory quarantine, Thailand’s Center for Covid-19 Situation Administration (CCSA) revealed on Thursday (May ... ( read original story ...)
AirAsia India Starts Bookings For 21 Destinations Ahead of Domestic Flight Operation From Monday
Issuing a statement, AirAsia India said it would strictly follow the SOPs and guidelines laid out by the Health Ministry to enable safe travel. ( read original story ...)
Memorial Day, Testing, Hong Kong: Your Weekend Briefing
Here are the week’s top stories, and a look ahead. 1. The U.S. is approaching a grim milestone of 100,000 deaths from the coronavirus. Almost all of them occurred within a three-month span at an ... ( read original story ...)
PM Lee Hsien Loong extends Hari Raya greetings to Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia leaders
Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong extended greetings to leaders from Singapore's neighbouring countries for Hari Raya Aidilfitri, his office said on Sunday (May 24).. Read more at straitstimes.com. ( read original story ...)
Armenia violates ceasefire with Azerbaijan 22 times
Over the past 24 hours, Armenian armed forces have violated the ceasefire along the line of contact between Azerbaijani and Armenian troops 22 times, Trend reports on May 24 referring to Azerbaijani ... ( read original story ...)
How Pence’s visit highlighted Georgia’s tense GOP Senate race
That led Pence’s aides to ask Collins to join the greeting party – and ride with Pence back to Dobbins on the return trip, which also involved an unannounced visit to the late ... ( read original story ...)
China-Laos railway’s tracks go through 1st tunnel
As each row of 14 cement sleepers laid smoothly across the Ban Nong Khay Tunnel at the prescribed distance and then the 500-meter long tracks settled on the sleepers precisely by the engineering train ... ( read original story ...)
Israel’s Netanyahu goes on trial for corruption
The corruption trial of Benjamin Netanyahu opens on Sunday in a Jerusalem court, where he will become the first serving Israeli prime minister to face criminal prosecution, in a case he calls a ... ( read original story ...)
20 years on, Israel’s Lebanon pullout inspires new Hezbollah recruits
Jalal was barely three years old when Israeli troops withdrew from Lebanon two decades ago, but he speaks fondly of the Hezbollah "victory" that shaped his allegiance to the Shiite group. "I feel ... ( read original story ...)
How could Israel mitigate the risk from Chinese investments?
The Foundation for Defense of Democracies (FDD), a Washington-based think tank that hosted a simulation review of Chinese investments in Israel, and released a summary with its key findings. ( read original story ...)