[ad_1] SINGAPORE: A 94-year-old man was among nearly 90 people arrested for various crimes in a multi-agency operation this week to suppress criminal activities in Geylang, police said in a press release on Sunday (December 6). A total of 62 men and 27 women are under investigation after the December …
Read More »Comment: Joe Biden takes office at a crucial time for climate action. Can you deliver?
[ad_1] SINGAPORE: Over the past four years, I have watched with dismay as the Donald Trump administration progressively loosened oversight of polluting industries and eroded protections for wildlife. The White House has reversed more than 125 environmental safeguards to allow for more pollution, drilling and logging. Ad Ad Most significantly, …
Read More »Comment: Even North Korea and Kim Jong-un have found this to be a strange year
[ad_1] BOSTON, Massachusetts: On January 1 of this year, the Korean Workers’ Party released a report on its goals for the year, emphasizing simultaneous economic construction and nuclear development. But with the coronavirus pandemic, a struggling economy and natural disasters, the country has faced a triple blow. Ad Ad Unexpected …
Read More »Britain gears up for Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine launch this week
[ad_1] LONDON: Britain is preparing to become the first country to roll out the Pfizer / BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine this week, initially making the injection available in hospitals before distributing stocks to doctors’ clinics, said the government on Sunday (December 6). The first doses will be given on Tuesday, and …
Read More »Trump says ‘we are winning this election’ at first post-election rally
[ad_1] VALDOSTA, Georgia – Donald Trump released another litany of unsubstantiated claims that he had the US presidential election stolen from him at his first post-election rally on Saturday (December 5), telling the crowd that he would still end up winning. “We are winning this election,” Trump said at the …
Read More »Migrant Workers Trapped Abroad Amid Border Restrictions; contractors struggle with the job crisis
[ad_1] SINGAPORE: The Bangladeshi doctor Rayhan, who worked in Singapore for seven years, has been trapped in his village in the Bhola district since March. He saw his family again after leaving his previous job and was due to return to Singapore on March 21 to start working with a …
Read More »Trump will appear in Georgia in a bid for control of the US Senate.
[ad_1] WASHINGTON (AP) – President Donald Trump leaves Washington on Saturday for his first political appearance since his election loss to Joe Biden, campaigning in Georgia, where two second-round races will decide the fate of the U.S. Senate. The president takes the stage at 7 p.m. in the southern city …
Read More »Bangladeshi Worker Who Beat Covid-19 After 5-Month Battle In S’pore Longs To Return Home, South Asia News & Top Stories
[ad_1] NEW DELHI – A Bangladeshi worker in Singapore who has recovered dramatically after a five-month battle with Covid-19 hopes to return home early next year to see his eight-month-old son. Mr. Raju Sarker, who was case 42, has yet to arrest Safun, who was born in March when his …
Read More »Singapore Approves Cell-Cultured Chicken Bites – Who Will Be The First To Try It?
[ad_1] Meat grown from animal cells without slaughter has been approved for sale for the first time. The approval, granted by the Singapore Food Agency to US food company Eat Just for its cultured “chicken bites”, is a watershed moment for the future of meat. Unlike existing products, which mimic …
Read More »Perennial Acquires Big Box Mall for $ 118 Million, Plans to Turn It Into a Business Park, Money News
[ad_1] SINGAPORE – The former Big Box shopping center in Jurong East was acquired by Perennial Real Estate Holdings for $ 118 million, the developer said on Friday (December 4). More than $ 70 million is expected to be invested to remodel the site into a business park, said the …
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