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[ad_1] SYDNEY: Australia is “working with Singapore” to create a travel bubble between the two nations as early as July, officials said on Sunday (March 14), in an effort to restart tourism and travel suspended by COVID-19. At the beginning of the pandemic, Australia effectively closed its international border to …

[ad_1] HONG KONG: Some law firms and banks in Hong Kong are facing mandatory coronavirus testing as most of the 47 news cases recorded on Saturday (March 13) were linked to a gym used by the expatriate and financial community. . The city government said 35 of the new cases …

[ad_1] SINGAPORE: An IT engineer from Deutsche Bank is among 10 new COVID-19 infections reported in Singapore as of noon on Friday (March 12). The engineer is the only community case reported on Friday. The remaining nine cases were imported infections and were placed on hospitalization notice upon arrival, the …

[ad_1] SINGAPORE: In less than two months to 2021, we have witnessed more than half a dozen technology companies in the region announcing their plans to go public. These include established Southeast Asian unicorns like Grab, Gojek, Tokopedia, and Traveloka, who have launched concrete discussions to explore new growth opportunities. …

[ad_1] BENGALURÚ (REUTERS) – Grab Holdings is in talks to go public through a merger with a special-purpose acquisition company that could value the rideshare giant at nearly US $ 40 billion (S $ 53.6 billion). million), people familiar with the matter said Thursday (March 11). This would make it …

[ad_1] SINGAPORE: After tackling the issue of meeting Singapore’s water needs for the past 50 years, meeting the country’s energy needs in a sustainable way will be the country’s main challenge for the next five decades, said the Minister of Trade and Commerce. Industry, Chan Chun Sing. Chan was speaking …

[ad_1] SINGAPORE – About 700 households in Punggol will be able to use “courier” robots to deliver their purchases in a new test with autonomous robots. The year-long trial, which aims to alleviate delivery labor shortages and test the usability of such robots, will see two robot couriers delivering packages …

[ad_1] SINGAPORE – Personal and leisure travel will return from the second half of this year as borders reopen to tourists hungry to be free again and to reunite with family and friends, said the director of the International Air Transport Association. (Iata) in an interview with The Times of …

[ad_1] SEOUL: In a handful of South Korean hospitals, designated nurses are using specially designed syringes to squeeze additional doses of coronavirus vaccine from each vial in an attempt to stretch the still-limited number of vials to cover more people. The practice has sparked a debate over medical safety and …

[ad_1] SINGAPORE: Over three months, an account manager with access to the bank accounts of two companies misappropriated S $ 1.3 million which she transferred to a man known only as “Benjamin”, with whom she had fallen in love. She did so after the man promised to send her a …