SINGAPORE: Many tenants of Ang Mo Kio Avenue 3 have stated that the revised criteria under the HDB’s Selective En bloc Redevelopment Scheme (SERS) will not affect them because they want to live in their replacement unit till they die. Buyers of refurbished flats under the plan will only be entitled to sell their unit five years after receiving their …

ANKARA: Turkey stated during meetings in Brussels on Monday that talks between Turkey, Finland, and Sweden over the Nordic nations joining NATO will continue, and that the alliance summit in Madrid next week is not a deadline (Jun 20). In response to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, Finland and Sweden applied to join NATO. However, Turkey has objected to the proposals, …

KUALA LUMPUR: Former Malaysian minister Mohamed Nazri Abdul Aziz replied to criticism over his idea that floods may be used to promote “voluntourism,” or volunteer tourism, on Monday (June 20). Mr Nazri stated in an interview with Sinar Daily, Sinar Harian’s English portal, on Saturday that instead of wailing over the out-of-control flooding, Malaysia could look for chances by encouraging …

INDIA: Jehan Daruvala will test a Formula One car for the first time this week at Silverstone, as part of his attempt to become only the third Indian to compete at the highest level of motorsport. On Tuesday and Wednesday, the Red Bull junior driver, who is now third in the Formula Two standings and has already qualified for a …

NEW YORK: On Monday, Dmitry Muratov, the editor-in-chief of the independent Russian daily Novaya Gazeta, auctioned off his Nobel Peace Prize gold medal for $103.5 million to aid children displaced by the Ukraine crisis. The medal was sold to an undisclosed phone bidder at Heritage Auctions in New York. The auction was lively, with much applause and bidders encouraging one …

BEIJING: After purchasing face masks and ventilators from China in prior months, North Korea unexpectedly ceased importing COVID-19 prevention and control products in May, according to trade statistics supplied by Beijing. Since the isolated government initially announced it was combating a COVID-19 outbreak in mid-May, daily new cases of fever in North Korea have been falling, according to its state …

TOKYO: On Monday, a Japanese court declared that a prohibition on same-sex marriage is not unconstitutional, striking a blow to LGBTQ rights activists in the only Group of Seven country that does not allow persons of the same gender to marry. After a court in the city of Sapporo ruled in March 2021 that prohibiting same-sex marriage was unconstitutional, activists’ …

SINGAPORE: According to the Ministry of Communications and Information (MCI), social media providers may soon be required to “limit access” to dangerous content or to block accounts that include such content. To improve online safety, the government is consulting on two proposed rules of practice. The first is for selected social media services with a large user base or a …

NEVADA: Former Tesla workers have filed a lawsuit alleging that the company’s intention to perform a “mass layoff” violates federal law by neglecting to provide advance warning of the job losses. Two Tesla factory workers filed the complaint in Texas late Sunday (June 19), alleging that they were sacked from the Sparks, Nevada, factory in June. According to the lawsuit, …

SEOUL: On Tuesday, South Korea’s central bank said it expected inflation to be higher than previously forecasted, and that it will examine debt repayment difficulties closely to determine whether a half-percentage-point interest rate hike in July is reasonable. The Bank of Korea, which recently raised its 2022 annual average inflation projection to 4.5 percent from 4.7 percent, said it did …