[ad_1] SINGAPORE, Oct. 17 (The Straits Times / ANN): Three new coronavirus cases were confirmed as of noon on Saturday (Oct. 17), bringing Singapore’s total to 57,904. They included a community case and another living in a worker’s bedroom, the Ministry of Health (MOH) said on Saturday. There was also …
Read More »Many still don’t wear masks in crowded public places, says Ismail Sabri
[ad_1] PETALING JAYA: Enforcement officers will step up controls to ensure compliance with Covid-19 standard operating procedures (SOPs), as many still do not wear face masks in crowded public spaces, says Chief Minister Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob. “Of the 460 compounds released on October 16 (Friday), not wearing masks …
Read More »Factory worker loses more than RM20k due to investment scam
[ad_1] BUTTERWORTH: A 26-year-old woman lost more than RM20,000 after she was tricked into putting her money into a non-existent investment plan. North Seberang Prai OCPD Asst Comm Noorzainy Mohd Noor said the victim, who works as a laborer, saw an investment ad on an Instagram post that offered high …
Read More »New Zealand’s Ardern wins landslide election victory as opposition acknowledges defeat
[ad_1] WELLINGTON: Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern’s center-left Labor Party scored a landslide victory in New Zealand’s general election on Saturday (October 17) when voters rewarded her for a decisive response to COVID-19. The term means the 40-year-old Ardern could form the first one-party government in decades and face the challenge …
Read More »Yunnan from China: Magic Mushrooms and Stick Insects on a Food Tour in the Southwest
[ad_1] From deep gorges to raging rivers and year-round snow-capped mountains, the remote landlocked province of Yunnan has some of the most varied landscapes in China. It is home to more than 20,000 species of plants and animals, more than half of the country’s total, even though it covers only …
Read More »467 arrested for violating SOP
[ad_1] PETALING JAYA: Police arrested a total of 467 offenders yesterday for disobeying standard operating procedures (SOPs). The Chief Minister (Defense), Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob, said today that 460 compounds were issued, six were placed in pretrial detention and one received police bail. “Of the 467, a total of …
Read More »BJP leader shot dead in India’s Uttar Pradesh as India’s Covid-19 totals nearly 7.5 million
[ad_1] NEW DELHI, Oct. 17 (Xinhua): A local leader of the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) was shot dead in the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh, police said today. The BJP leader identified as Dayashankar Gupta was killed Friday night in the Firozabad district, about 285 km west of …
Read More »61-year-old man cuts a policeman with a sickle despite being shot in the stomach
[ad_1] SEREMBAN (Bernama): A policeman in a mobile patrol vehicle (MPV) was injured in the left side of the head after being cut by a man with a sickle near a supermarket in Port Dickson Waterfront on Friday night (October 16 ). Port Dickson District Police Chief Superintendent Aidi Sham …
Read More »French police arrest 9 after teacher beheaded
[ad_1] PARIS (Reuters) – French police arrested nine people after a suspected Islamist sympathizer beheaded a school teacher on the street in a Paris suburb on Friday, police sources said. Investigators were trying to establish whether the attacker, who was shot and killed by police, had acted alone or had …
Read More »Police arrest Pakistani man on suspicion of sexually harassing 14-year-old girl
[ad_1] KEPALA BATAS: Police arrested a 25-year-old Pakistani man who allegedly sexually harassed a 14-year-old girl in Taman Seri Indah here. North Seberang Prai OCPD Asst Comm Noorzainy Mohd Noor said the man was taken into custody on Friday (October 16), after the victim’s father and neighbors captured him around …
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