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[ad_1] BEIJING: China has tested more than a quarter of a million people for the coronavirus after some new cases were detected in the southern city of Chengdu. An elderly couple was diagnosed as confirmed cases on Monday (December 7), and authorities have been tracking their close contacts and analyzing …

[ad_1] SINGAPORE: A 48-year-old Singaporean man has been detained under the Internal Security Act (ISA) since March last year for participating “actively” in Yemen’s civil war, the Department of Homeland Security (ISD) said on Wednesday. 9). Sheik Heikel Khalid Bafana, who was in Yemen from 2008 to 2019, volunteered to …

[ad_1] JAKARTA: Indonesia held nationwide regional elections on Wednesday and more than 100 million voters are expected to cast their ballots, despite warnings that the poll would worsen the nation’s COVID-19 crisis. The archipelago of nearly 270 million – the world’s third-largest democracy and the world’s fourth-most populous nation – …

[ad_1] VENICE: Venice’s St. Mark’s Square was under water on Tuesday (December 8) after a newly installed system of mobile artificial dams failed to activate. Residents, long accustomed to perennial “acqua alta” or high water events, put on their rubber boots once again to cope with the floods that reached …

[ad_1] SINGAPORE – After a confirmed case of Covid-19 was discovered aboard Royal Caribbean’s Quantum of the Seas cruise ship, the ship had to return to Singapore, arriving on Wednesday (December 9) on the third day of a cruise from four days to nowhere. The ship, which is the second …

[ad_1] SINGAPORE: Royal Caribbean International’s Quantum of the Seas is still scheduled to sail on Thursday (December 10), the company said Wednesday. Royal Caribbean said it was implementing “improved sanitation” aboard the Quantum of the Seas after a passenger tested positive for COVID-19 while on a cruise to nowhere. Ad …

[ad_1] Good Morning! Here are our top stories to get you started on your Wednesday, December 9th. Suspicious case of Covid-19 on Royal Caribbean cruise to nowhere, ship returns to Singapore at half sail Guests have been told to stay in their rooms for the return trip. READ MORE HERE …

[ad_1] NEW DELHI: India’s Ministry of Health announced that some COVID-19 vaccines are likely to be licensed in the coming weeks and outlined an initial plan to immunize 300 million people. Health officials said on Tuesday (December 8) that three vaccine companies have applied for advance approval for emergency use …

[ad_1] SINGAPORE: Jarvis Goh, a real estate agent, used to trick scammers who called him, pretending to fall for his tricks to stay in line, before scolding them. When I received prerecorded robocalls, I would sometimes follow the instructions until a scammer answered the call in person. Ad Ad But …

[ad_1] SINGAPORE: A passenger aboard a Royal Caribbean ship tested positive for COVID-19 during a cruise to nowhere, causing the ship to backtrack ahead of schedule. The case was detected aboard the Quantum of the Seas ship, which began sailing again this month as part of a pilot scheme that …