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Asia & Pacific 3 years ago

Singapore executes two more drug traffickers despite outcry

The latest executions come after the hanging of a mentally disabled man in April sparked international outrage, with the European Union and United Nations among those speaking out against it.

Art & Culture 3 years ago

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Split on drug culture, Mexican ballads flourish in digital age

With songs chronicling the lives of drug traffickers or railing against violence, new Mexican ballad singers are enjoying success through digital platforms.

Asia & Pacific 3 years ago

Singapore executes Malaysian on drugs charges after rejecting mental disability appeal

Nagaenthran Dharmalingam, 34, had been on death row for more than a decade for trafficking 44 grams (1.5 oz) of heroin into Singapore, which has some of the world's toughest narcotics laws. His lawyers had filed multiple appeals against his execution saying he was intellectually disabled.

Asia & Pacific 3 years ago

Richard Branson urges Singapore not to execute disabled man

Nagaenthran K. Dharmalingam, convicted of trafficking a small amount of heroin into Singapore, is due to be hanged on Wednesday after more than a decade on death row.

Academia 3 years ago

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The need for G20 to push for global health reform

Indonesia and India spent the least on health care in the last two decades. Indonesia spent only 1.9 percent of its GDP in 2000 and 2.9 percent in 2018, while India spent 4 percent in 2000 and 3.5 percent in 2018.

Asia & Pacific 4 years ago

UN tells Singapore to halt imminent drug executions

The UN rights office voiced alarm at the case of Pausi Jefridin and Roslan Bakar, who were both arrested in 2008 and convicted two years later on drug trafficking charges.

Community 4 years ago

Undercover police charge Medan dealers with selling fake drugs

Two drug dealers who thought they could pull a fast one on the police have learned the hard way that law enforcement doesn't play jokes.

Asia & Pacific 4 years ago

Drug trafficking surging in year since Myanmar coup

Authorities in Laos, Thailand and Myanmar seized at least 90 million methamphetamine tablets and 4.4 tonnes of crystal methamphetamine last month, most of it manufactured in the remote border areas of Myanmar's Shan State, according to the UNODC.

Health 4 years ago

New data shows GSK-Vir drug works against all Omicron mutations

The data, yet to be published in a peer-reviewed medical journal, shows that the companies' treatment, sotrovimab, is effective against all 37 identified mutations to date in the spike protein, GSK said in a statement.

Health 4 years ago

AstraZeneca drug succeeds in late-stage study to treat COVID-19

The drug, called AZD7442, reduced the risk of developing severe COVID-19 or death by 50 percent in patients who had been symptomatic for seven days or less, meeting the main goal of the trial.

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Singapore executes two more drug traffickers despite outcry

PREMIUM Split on drug culture, Mexican ballads flourish in digital age

Singapore executes Malaysian on drugs charges after rejecting mental disability appeal

Richard Branson urges Singapore not to execute disabled man

PREMIUM The need for G20 to push for global health reform

UN tells Singapore to halt imminent drug executions

Undercover police charge Medan dealers with selling fake drugs

Drug trafficking surging in year since Myanmar coup

New data shows GSK-Vir drug works against all Omicron mutations

AstraZeneca drug succeeds in late-stage study to treat COVID-19

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Split on drug culture, Mexican ballads flourish in digital age

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The need for G20 to push for global health reform