Singapore will do whatever possible to extend help to those affected in Gaza: Minister

Singapore will do whatever possible to extend help to those affected in Gaza: Minister

SINGAPORE: Singapore‘s Home Affairs and Law Minister K Shanmugam said on Saturday that his country would do whatever best possible to extend help to those affected in Gaza amidst the ongoing Israel-Hamas war. Speaking at Soka Kindergarten in Tampines on the east coast of the prosperous city-state, where volunteers had gathered to pack supplies for … Read more

Japanese villages wait for help after earthquake

Japanese villages wait for help after earthquake

SHIROMARU: Twenty-five minutes after the New Year’s Day earthquake, a tsunami several metres high barrelled into Shiromaru, leaving a trail of destruction for the Japanese coastal community’s mostly elderly residents.One person died but the roughly 100 inhabitants like Yukio Teraoka and his wife — well drilled in what to do in seismic hot-spot Japan — … Read more