[ad_1] SINGAPORE: It’s easy to forget that not long ago, the wines of Australia and other parts of the New World, including California’s Napa Valley, did not enjoy the same prestige as they do today. “It takes time to start making good wine,” says Wes Guild, an American sommelier who …
Read More »Positions that pay six figures a month? Sorry, listing errors, Manpower news, and news highlights
[ad_1] Fancy a job that pays six figures a month? The Sunday Times found at least 10 jobs promoting salaries of $ 100,000 a month or more on the national job portal MyCareersFuture.sg last month. Some of these lists have been edited because they wrongly reflected annual salaries and attracted …
Read More »Turbulent Times for Asian Nightlife Amid Covid-19 Pandemic, East Asia News & Top Stories
[ad_1] SEOUL / BANGALORE / KUALA LUMPUR / HONG KONG / BEIJING – Once a central part of Itaewon’s thriving nightlife in central Seoul with lines of up to 1.5 hours, the Mexican-Korean restaurant bar Vatos Urban Tacos has been hit over and over by the coronavirus outbreak that has …
Read More »Fewer Malaysian confinement nannies in Singapore due to COVID-19, parents face higher recruitment costs
[ad_1] SINGAPORE: As Ms. Heather Huang approached her due date in early August, she felt desperate because she couldn’t hire a confinement babysitter. The 30-year-old business owner was expecting her firstborn, but the agencies she contacted told her they couldn’t provide one for the dates she requested. Ad Ad “I …
Read More »Trump Boosts TikTok Fee Confuses Washington Security Experts
[ad_1] President Donald Trump insists that any sale of the TikTok video app includes a cut for the federal government, but that lawsuit has puzzled policy experts and lawyers who say such a payment would extend his authority under US law. The tariff has emerged as an unusual sideshow in …
Read More »Business Groups Urge Malaysian Government To Rethink Entry Ban For Citizens Of Countries With High Covid-19 Cases, SE Asia News & Top Stories
[ad_1] PETALING JAYA (THE STAR / ASIA NEWS NETWORK) – International chambers of commerce have urged the government to reconsider the general entry ban for citizens of countries with more than 150,000 cases of Covid-19. The Chamber of Commerce and Industry of the European Union and Malaysia (Eurocham) said it …
Read More »Former Liverpool expert says key impact Manchester United ace Van de Beek will have
[ad_1] Publication date: Friday, September 4, 2020 8:09 AM Former Liverpool midfielder and leading pundit Jamie Redknapp has highlighted a key impact Manchester United’s new signing Donny van de Beek will have on his club. The Dutchman, 23, put pen to paper on a five-year deal worth £ 35 million …
Read More »Hit by the Covid-19 pandemic, Bangkok’s nightlife swings towards local customers, news and news from Southeast Asia
[ad_1] BANGKOK – It’s 10:30 PM on a Tuesday night and the tables at the Bangkok Sugar Club bar are filling up. As the DJ cranks up the volume and lasers vibrate overhead, two women in bikinis and face shields take the stage. Strangers flirt. However, if you hit the …
Read More »China CNBG and Sinovac find more countries to test COVID-19 vaccines
[ad_1] BEIJING: China National Biotec Group (CNBG) and Sinovac Biotech Ltd said Saturday that four more countries agreed to conduct advanced-stage human testing of their coronavirus vaccine candidates, as China intensifies its efforts in the global race. Serbia and Pakistan are among the new countries to accept phase 3 trials, …
Read More »Lockdown Protesters Challenge Police As Australia COVID-19 Cases Relieve
[ad_1] MELBOURNE: Protesters against a COVID-19 shutdown challenged police at Australia’s hotspot on Saturday (September 5), leading to 15 arrests, even as the state of Victoria continued its gradual improvement to stop new cases due to almost five weeks of restrictions. Around 200 protesters in the state capital, Melbourne, demonstrated …
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