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[ad_1] WASHINGTON: The United States on Monday (December 7) imposed new sanctions on Chinese officials over the Hong Kong crackdown and took a step to welcome residents of the city, as American leaders from across the political spectrum voiced his outrage against Beijing. The administration of President Donald Trump has …

[ad_1] GENEVA: The World Health Organization said on Monday (December 7) that persuading people of the merits of a COVID-19 vaccine would be far more effective than trying to make jabs mandatory. The WHO said it would be up to individual countries how they want to carry out their vaccination …

[ad_1] SINGAPORE – There has been a rush to hit the high seas with 13 cruise ships to nowhere in the last month. Round-trip cruises without ports of call have carried about 30,000 passengers since Genting Cruise Line’s World Dream began rolling on Nov.6. The trips, which are part of …

[ad_1] MANAMA: Formula One champions Mercedes were fined € 20,000 on Sunday (December 6) after installing the wrong front tires on George Russell’s lead car at a Sakhir Grand Prix pit stop. The mistake meant Russell’s understudy, replacing Lewis Hamilton after the seven-time world champion tested positive for COVID-19 in …

[ad_1] SINGAPORE – While Covid-19 has infected around 65 million people around the world, misinformation, fake news and conspiracy theories about the virus have likely spread into the billions. Benjamin Seet and Ren Ee Chee set the record straight about vaccines. Q Can Covid-19 vaccines cause long-term complications? A It …

[ad_1] BRUSSELS: Post-Brexit trade talks were at stake on Monday (December 7) when Britain and the European Union made one last attempt to bridge significant differences and reach an agreement that would prevent a disorderly exit in just 24 days. With growing fears of no-deal chaos after the UK finally …

[ad_1] ZURICH: The World Economic Forum (WEF) will convene its Special Annual Meeting in Singapore next year from May 13-16. The event will be the first global leadership event to address the global recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic, the WEF said in a press release on Monday (December 7). Ad …

[ad_1] SANYA (REUTERS) – Millions of domestic tourists are pouring into the island province of Hainan, in the extreme south of China, presenting a surreal contrast with scenes of gloomy hospitals, closed restaurants and suffocating home quarantine elsewhere in a world devastated by the virus. Known at home as the …

[ad_1] SINGAPORE – Mr. Philip Antony Jeyaretnam has been appointed Judicial Commissioner of the Supreme Court by President Halimah Yacob, the Prime Minister’s Office said on Monday (December 7). His one-year term will begin on January 4. Jeyaretnam, 56, was one of the youngest attorneys to be named lead attorney …

[ad_1] ZURICH (REUTERS) – The World Economic Forum (WEF) will be held in Singapore instead of Switzerland next year, as the Covid-19 pandemic would make it difficult to ensure the health and safety of participants in Europe, said the president of the WEF, Borge Brende, in a statement. email on …