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Hong Kong recorded 14 confirmed cases of Covid-19 on Monday.. Read more at straitstimes.com.

SINGAPORE - Asia yearns for a strong America that will pick up the mantle of global leadership once more, with greater focus on improving the pandemic-battered world economy rather than on its rivalry with China. But first, the United States needs to put its own house in order and start listening to its friends again, said Singapore's diplomatic and academic heavyweights at the Geopolitical Reset 2021: Implications for Asia webinar presented by The Straits Times and the World Economic Forum on Friday (Jan 29). The webinar's backdrop is US President Joe Biden's first days at the helm of the su...

Former Housing Board chief executive Cheong Koon Hean, 63, will assume the position of chairman of the Lee Kuan Yew Centre for Innovative Cities in June. She will be taking over from Professor Chan Heng Chee, 78, who has led the centre since its establishment in 2012, said SUTD on Monday (Jan 26). Prof Chan, who is also Ambassador-at-Large with the Foreign Ministry, will continue her research as a professor at the centre. She is currently chairman of the ISEAS - Yusof Ishak Institute, global co-chair of the Asia Society, and member of the board of trustees of the National University of Singa...

Highlights 50 pro-democracy politicians and campaigners were arrested in secretive early morning raids in Hong Kong. The activists that were arrested by the authorities held primaries in July 2020 to run and win a majority of seats in the Hong Kong election. The recent arrests have nearly doubled the number of people arrested under the NSL in Hong Kong. New Delhi: For the major part of 2020, Hong Kong was gripped by widespread protests. Initially, the protests began against the proposed extradition law but gradually turned into a movement against China’s increasing interference in the affa...