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[ad_1] SINGAPORE – The long-awaited Walt Disney Disney + streaming service will launch in Singapore on February 23. The service will include titles from iconic film brands such as Marvel, Pixar, Star Wars, Disney, and National Geographic. It will also carry the Star brand, an entertainment brand for families and …

[ad_1] SINGAPORE: As the COVID-19 pandemic progresses, co-working spaces in Singapore are seeing signs of recovery, driven by companies seeking flexible contracts and people hoping to escape working from home. While business was hit hard during the country’s “circuit breaker,” operators said occupancy rates have increased gradually since then, easing …

[ad_1] South China morning post Pompeo Shames MIT, Calls Chinese Authorities ‘Thugs In High Boots’ In Remarks On Academic Freedom US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo flagged his anti-China rhetoric on Wednesday, referring to the country’s authorities as “thugs in high boots” and also criticized the Massachusetts Institute of Technology …

[ad_1] LONDON: Prime Minister Boris Johnson vowed on Thursday (December 10) to make an “extra effort” to strike a Brexit trade deal, but directed his government to prepare for Britain to exit the European Union single market by late of this year. The sadness was deepened by the prolonged Brexit …

[ad_1] LAUSANNE: For the second time in its history, the Annual Meeting of the World Economic Forum (WEF) will not be held in the small town of Davos in Switzerland. The first time it was uprooted from its traditional headquarters was in New York in 2002, to show solidarity with …

[ad_1] WILMINGTON, Delaware: US President-elect Joe Biden appointed Susan Rice, a former national security adviser with significant foreign policy experience, for a national policy brief on Thursday (December 10), emphasizing the managerial experience in his new administration. A flurry of high-level appointments underscored the former US Vice President’s commitment to …

[ad_1] South China morning post NATO Has Joined The United States In Viewing China As A ‘Security Risk’, Says US Envoy The United States and its allies in the North Atlantic Treaty Organization were “late to the game,” but now clearly see that China is a “risk,” US envoy Kay …

[ad_1] BIRMINGHAM, UK: Vaccines against COVID-19 are being launched in England and will soon follow elsewhere. This is great news, but just the beginning of a long program that could run through mid-2021 and beyond. Meanwhile, the number of people protected from symptomatic COVID will steadily increase as more people …

[ad_1] NEW YORK: America’s billionaires have seen their wealth increase by more than $ 1 trillion since the start of the coronavirus pandemic, according to a study on Wednesday (Dec. 9), which fueled a debate over higher taxes for the rich. The collective wealth of the 651 billionaires in the …

[ad_1] – Advertising – Six people died in the late stage of Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine trial, but the deaths do not raise new safety concerns or questions about the vaccine. Two people who received the experimental vaccine had died during the trial, and four others who died were taking a …