The Malawi Police Service has confirmed it is weighing the purchase of modern aircraft as it attempts to rebuild an Air Wing that has been effectively non‑functional for years — and to determine whether its grounded helicopter is financially salvageable. The helicopter, once central to surveillance, search‑and‑rescue and national security duties, has been sitting idle […] The post Police consider new aircraft as ageing fleet reaches breaking point appeared first on Malawi News | Breaking News, Politics, Business & Sports | Nyasa Times.

Governance and human rights advocate Undule Mwakasungula has urged the Human Rights Defenders Coalition (HRDC) to rethink its plan to stage demonstrations over the Karonga–Chiweta Road, arguing that the government’s commitment to begin rehabilitation works creates space for oversight rather than confrontation. In a statement released on Sunday, Mwakasungula said the right to peaceful assembly […] The post Undule hits out at HRDC for pushing M1 Karonga–Chiweta turmoil appeared first on Malawi News | Breaking News, Politics, Business & Sports | Nyasa Times.

President Peter Mutharika’s decision to dispatch Second Vice‑President Enoch Chihana to yet another high‑level Sadc engagement has not gone unnoticed in Lilongwe. For the second time in a week, Chihana — leader of the Alliance for Democracy and long‑time political ally of Mutharika — has been handed a regional brief that would, in more conventional […] The post Chihana steps in again as Mutharika sidelines Ansah appeared first on Malawi News | Breaking News, Politics, Business & Sports | Nyasa Times.

A chance encounter on an MRT train uplifted spirits after commuters were given red packets not filled with money, but with handwritten words of encouragement, according to TikTok user @inyeoopw in a post on Friday (June 26).The caption by the TikTok reader said «blessed…omw [on my way]…to work…» with accompanying text over the first image — «random unc[le] just shoved these angbaos to everyone on the train».The post has since garnered more than 87,000 views and over 15,700 likes.'You shine bright'In the second slide of @inyeoopw's post, the photo showed the train stopped at Yishun MRT station, where the TikTok user shared the notes that she and another commuter seated beside her had received.«You are amazing, kind, loving soul. You shine bright,» her note read.The bottom half of her note continued: «May all people, we be healthy, harmony, safe. Unity in society. Love one another.»Meanwhile, part of her fellow commuter's note read: «Send positive kind loving thoughts to all people in SG. May we all be healthy, safe.»

A young boy injured by a signboard that collapsed on him at Rivervale Mall is recovering well, according to MP for Sengkang GRC Louis Chua who visited him on Thursday (June 25).Workers' Party MP Chua, who represents the Rivervale division, made a Facebook post on Friday evening saying that he had visited the 10-year-old boy with members of his team after the incident on June 20.A signboard at Food Junction's Rivervale Mall outlet had collapsed onto the boy at around 10.30am that day, and he was taken to the hospital.«We were relieved to see that the young boy is recovering well and in good spirits, even after the distressing experience for the whole family,» he said.Chua added that his team is in touch with the boy's family and will continue to offer support as they recover. The affected area was also cleared by the Building and Construction Authority (BCA) after the necessary inspections and rectification works were completed, he said.The food court has since resumed normal operations, and Chua encouraged residents to continue patronising the mall.

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The Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF) is responding to an ongoing hazardous material incident at an ice-making and cold storage facility in Jurong.In a social media post published at 1.53pm, SCDF said it was notified of the incident at No.11 Fishery Port Road about 11.45am on Monday (June 29).It added that SCDF officers responding to the incident detected ammonia within the premises' compound.The premises, and two adjacent units at No. 9 and No. 15 Fishery Port Road, have been evacuated. «SCDF's hazardous materials specialists are at the incident site and carrying out the mitigation operation,» said the agency.Checks by AsiaOne indicate that the said address is the registered place of business for Jurong Marine Cold Storage (JM Ice). On its website, JM Ice describes its business as manufacturing of food grade ice and subletting of cold storage space for frozen food stuff.Members of the public are advised to stay away from the area, said SCDF.This is a developing story.[[nid:737901]]editor@asiaone.com 

Two men have been arrested after they led police on a motorcycle chase and subsequent foot pursuit in Choa Chu Kang on Sunday (June 28).Traffic police were earlier seen patrolling around Old Choa Chu Kang Road at around 8.30pm on Sunday when they approached a motorcycle for a check.Officers then signalled the motorcyclist to stop, but he did not comply and instead sped off. The police gave chase and the motorcycle skidded along Sungei Tengah Road towards Brickland Road, ending the motorcycle pursuit.However, a foot pursuit soon ensued, with police chasing one of the suspects to a junction between Jalan Teck Whye and Choa Chu Kang Road.This pursuit was captured on video and shared to Facebook group SG Road Vigilante Admin on Sunday, beginning with the two suspects fleeing after skidding against the flow of traffic as two officers on police bikes chased them.A male suspect can be seen dashing away on foot, crossing a road divider along Choa Chu Kang Road as an officer chases him.He then goes across to Jalan Teck Whye, mantling over a fence and running past a zebra crossing.

A week after fuel prices in Singapore were adjusted downwards, following the signing of a peace agreement between the US and Iran, Shell on Monday (June 29) posted a further reduction — this time, to its diesel price.In a price board update published at 1pm, the London-headquartered oil and gas company announced a 10-cent reduction to its posted price for diesel.Its petrol prices, which were reduced on June 19, remain unchanged.The last round of diesel price reductions were recorded between June 16 and June 17, while the last round of changes to petrol prices was posted on June 22.At the time of this article's publication, only Shell has posted a change to its fuel prices.

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[Capital FM] Nairobi -- Uganda's military chief General Muhoozi Kainerugaba says President Yoweri Museveni will make the final decision on a proposed agreement involving the reopening of Nation Media Group (NMG) outlets currently off air in Uganda.

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When Jasmine Goh-Chew boarded a plane for the southern Chinese city of Chaozhou in May 2026, she carried with her a small hope.The 11-day family holiday was planned around good Teochew cuisine, family time and an opportunity for her elderly parents to see the ancestral homeland they had never visited. But she also packed a faded letter written in 1993 by a relative in China to her aunt in Malaysia, which she hoped might lead them to family they had never known.It did. By the end of the trip, her family would reconnect not with one branch of relatives, but three.“We came for a holiday with no expectations at all that we would find our long-lost families,” said the 51-year-old mother of four children whom she homeschools.“But I told my husband: it’s now or never. Dad’s getting old.”The family – Jasmine, her husband Raymond Chew, three of their four children, her parents, her mother-in-law, her older sister and brother-in-law, and her sister’s father-in-law – had barely arrived in Chaozhou when chance intervened.

Motorists in Singapore can look forward to a 25 per cent discount off Esso's fuel offerings till June 30.In a statement posted on its social media on June 26, Esso said the discount is intended to thank its customers as its stations «are undergoing changes soon».Though Esso did not elaborate on what these changes are, Aster Mobility Solutions 1, which acquired ExxonMobil's network of 60 petrol kiosks in Singapore late in 2025, had announced on March 5 that it will partner Cold Storage to roll out a refreshed convenience retail concept at its stations.Aster, a subsidiary of Indonesia's Chandra Asri Group, said in its statement then that the new concept will offer «a thoughtfully curated range of everyday essentials, fresh and ready-to-eat options tailored for customers on the move.»Over the past three weeks, AsiaOne observed that convenience marts at Esso's petrol stations in Bukit Gombak, Hougang, Kovan, Marsiling, Pasir Panjang, Upper Thomson and Yew Tee have been emptying out.

Two men were arrested after a heated argument escalated into a physical altercation near Queen Street last Friday (June 26), resulting in one of them being taken to the hospital.In response to AsiaOne's queries, the police said they were alerted to the fight at Queen Street Bus Terminal at around 3.45pm on June 26. An Instagram video of the pair posted on Saturday by @jjyee0728 shows a lorry driver in a grey shirt gesturing angrily at a man in yellow in front of a red ComfortDelGro taxi.