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[ad_1] JAKARTA: Indonesian police arrested 23 protesters in two industrial areas on the island of Java, using tear gas and water cannons as thousands of people across the country demonstrated against a new employment law that critics say weakens the workers’ rights and environmental regulation. Edy Sumardi, a police spokesman …

[ad_1] A smoker learned an expensive lesson when he was slapped with an immediate fine as a penalty for throwing a cigarette butt into a paper incense burner. Although some might think it’s not an offense, all things turn to ashes in the trash anyway, actually it is. Under the …

[ad_1] SINGAPORE – Singapore added three more billionaires to its bill as Asia remained the world’s richest region, according to a report released on Wednesday (October 7) by UBS and PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC). The Asia-Pacific region reached a record 831 billionaires, about 38 percent of the total number globally. They represent …

[ad_1] SINGAPORE – Singapore added three more billionaires to its bill as Asia remained the world’s richest region, according to a report released on Wednesday (October 7) by UBS and PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC). The Asia Pacific region reached a record 831 billionaires, about 38 percent of the total number globally. They …

[ad_1] SINGAPORE: Approximately 33,100 job seekers have been placed in jobs, internships and training opportunities under SGUnited’s Jobs and Skills Package as of the end of August, the Ministry of Manpower (MOM) said on Wednesday (October 7). ). This is an increase of 9,100 from 24,000 job seekers placed at …

[ad_1] NEW YORK: Six states reported a record number of hospitalized COVID-19 patients, including Wisconsin, where officials on Tuesday issued a new order limiting the size of indoor public gatherings. The increase in hospitalizations for COVID and new cases in some states coincides with the president of the United States, …

[ad_1] WASHINGTON: America’s leading infectious disease expert Dr. Anthony Fauci, whose advocacy for public health guidelines to combat the coronavirus has come into conflict with President Donald Trump’s downplaying of the pandemic, said On Tuesday (October 7) that the recent rash of infections in the White House could have been …

[ad_1] JAKARTA: While Indonesia is currently cooperating with China to secure COVID-19 vaccines for its citizens, this initiative will not influence its position in the South China Sea, the foreign minister said on Tuesday (October 6), Retno Marsudi. Indonesia is not a claimant state in the South China Sea, but …

[ad_1] HAGERSTOWN, Maryland: Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden said Tuesday (October 6) that next week’s debate with Republican President Donald Trump should not take place if Trump is still infected with COVID-19. . Biden said the Oct. 15 debate in Miami should only be conducted under strict health guidelines and …

[ad_1] WASHINGTON: The White House contact tracing program is too haphazard to identify or stop a rapidly spreading COVID-19 outbreak in the U.S. capital, health experts and city officials said Tuesday (6 October). Washington reported 105 new coronavirus cases by Oct. 5, the mayor’s office said, the highest number since …