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[ad_1] SINGAPORE: Participants in this year’s Standard Chartered Singapore Marathon 2020 will find themselves navigating their route through Singapore’s iconic landmarks from a public gym. Race organizer Ironman Group revealed on Thursday (October 29) a “hybrid race format” with augmented reality for this year’s edition of COVID-19. Ad Ad This …

[ad_1] KUALA LUMPUR – The King of Malaysia’s call for federal lawmakers to pass the next budget has caused a stir, with some questioning whether it has exceeded its constitutional limit. Sultan Abdullah Ahmad Shah called on MPs on Wednesday (October 28) to “give full support” to the 2021 budget …

[ad_1] SINGAPORE: Singapore will lift its border restrictions for all visitors from mainland China and Australia’s state of Victoria starting next Friday (November 6). This will take effect from midnight on November 6 and includes all travelers who are not Singapore citizens, permanent residents or long-term pass holders, the Civil …

[ad_1] PHILADELPHIA: Philadelphia officials imposed a nightly curfew across the city on Wednesday (October 28), seeking to avoid a third night of violence amid protests over the latest police murder of a black man described by the family as suffering a nervous breakdown. The streets have been tense since Walter …

[ad_1] A 42-year-old woman sitting on a ledge in the Vertex building was rescued on Wednesday (October 28), Stomp reported. The Singapore Civil Defense Force (SCDF) told AsiaOne that they received the call for assistance at 33 Ubi Avenue 3 around 1.10pm. Upon arrival, she was seen sitting on a …

[ad_1] SINGAPORE – Tourists and all other travelers from China and the state of Victoria in Australia will be able to enter Singapore without an extended quarantine period starting next Friday (November 6), and the Republic will open its borders to these two places. They will have to undergo a …

[ad_1] SINGAPORE: A senior professor at the Institute of Technical Education altered his laptop bag by placing mini cameras inside and toured shopping malls to film videos of women under skirts. Chia Teck Huat, 41, who lost his job and now works as a part-time deliveryman, pleaded guilty on Thursday …

[ad_1] SINGAPORE – The Ministry of Health (MINSA) confirmed seven new cases of COVID-19 in Singapore as of noon on Thursday (October 29), bringing the total case count to 57,994. There are no new cases of locally transmitted COVID-19 infection. “There are seven imported cases, which were placed on the …

[ad_1] SINGAPORE – It is possible that more people here will soon be able to get tested for Covid-19 and know their results in less than a minute, simply by breathing into a tube. Breathonix, a spin-off from the National University of Singapore (NUS), developed a test kit that can …

[ad_1] SINGAPORE – Seven new coronavirus cases have been confirmed as of noon on Thursday (October 29), bringing Singapore’s total to 57,994. All of them are imported patients who were placed on stay-at-home notices upon arrival in Singapore, the Ministry of Health (MINSA) said. There were no new community cases …