[ad_1] SINGAPORE – Associate Professor Stephen Lim spent much of his childhood dazzling audiences at regional and international competitions with his mastery of the electric organ. However, when it came to choosing a career, he put aside plans to become a pianist and composer and chose academia. Today, Professor Lim …
Read More »ScienceTalk: Covid-19 Vaccine Facts, Fallacies & Hoaxes, Featured Singapore News & Stories
[ad_1] SINGAPORE – While Covid-19 has infected around 65 million people around the world, misinformation, fake news and conspiracy theories about the virus have likely spread into the billions. Benjamin Seet and Ren Ee Chee set the record straight about vaccines. Q Can Covid-19 vaccines cause long-term complications? A It …
Read More »Singapore Looking for New Air Travel Bubbles: Ong Ye Kung, Latest Singapore News
[ad_1] Singapore continues to seek new regions to establish travel bubbles, even as the launch of the first such deal with Hong Kong remains on hold, Transport Minister Ong Ye Kung said yesterday. Countries that the Republic has unilaterally opened its borders to become natural partners for potential air travel …
Read More »Singapore to host special annual meeting of the World Economic Forum in May
[ad_1] ZURICH: The World Economic Forum (WEF) will convene its Special Annual Meeting in Singapore next year from May 13-16. The event will be the first global leadership event to address the global recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic, the WEF said in a press release on Monday (December 7). Ad …
Read More »The World Economic Forum to be held in Singapore instead of Switzerland next year, Singapore News & Top Stories
[ad_1] ZURICH (REUTERS) – The World Economic Forum (WEF) will be held in Singapore instead of Switzerland next year, as the Covid-19 pandemic would make it difficult to ensure the health and safety of participants in Europe, said the president of the WEF, Borge Brende, in a statement. email on …
Read More »Chef Jason Tan of Restaurant Euphoria: “I believe in turning the humblest ingredients into something extraordinary”
[ad_1] Eat this, not that! Dr. Fauci just warned about entering these two dangerous zones With 280,000 souls lost to the coronavirus and some 250,000 more expected, you may feel powerless to stop the spread. You are not. In fact, Dr. Anthony Fauci, the nation’s leading infectious disease expert, believes …
Read More »Google Cloud Leverages Cisco Talent to Lead Southeast Asia
[ad_1] Ruma Balasubramanian (Google Cloud) Credit: Google Cloud Google Cloud has appointed Ruma Balasubramanian as CEO of Southeast Asia, replacing Tim Synan, who has moved to Italy with the tech giant. Effective immediately, Singapore-based Balasubramanian is tasked with driving the supplier’s go-to-market strategy across customer and partner segments, as well …
Read More »TraceTogether Program Wins International Award for Innovative Use of Technology, Tech News, and Featured Stories
[ad_1] SINGAPORE – TraceTogether, the national contact tracing program, has gained recognition on the international stage for its innovative use of digital technology. On Monday (December 7), market research firm Gartner crowned TraceTogether the Asia-Pacific winner for its 2020 Government Eye on Innovation award. The award winners were selected by …
Read More »Hundreds sick and 1 dead from unidentified disease in India
[ad_1] NEW DELHI: At least one person has died and another 200 have been hospitalized due to an unidentified illness in the southern Indian state of Andhra Pradesh, reports said on Monday (December 7). The disease was detected on Saturday night in Eluru, an ancient city famous for its hand-woven …
Read More »Trump consolidates legacy of the death penalty until Biden’s inauguration
[ad_1] CHICAGO: As Donald Trump’s presidency ends, his administration is accelerating the pace of federal executions despite the surge in COVID-19 cases in prisons, announcing plans for five beginning Thursday (December 10) and concluding a few days before the inauguration of the president. – elect Joe Biden on January 20 …
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