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[ad_1] SINGAPORE – Singapore will make decisions regarding the approval of vaccines based on scientific and health care needs, and will not be pressured when it comes to decisions on such matters, Foreign Minister Vivian Balakrishnan told Parliament on Monday ( March 1st). “You can’t buy us, you can’t intimidate …

[ad_1] SINGAPORE: Legislative “levers” may be needed to enable Singapore to better respond to hostile information campaigns, as part of efforts to protect against foreign interference in the country’s politics. These levers will allow the Government to obtain the information necessary to investigate hostile information campaigns to determine whether they …

[ad_1] Deal Bitcoin is at a “tipping point” and could in the future become the currency of choice for international trade or face a “speculative implosion,” Citi analysts said. This image shows a collection of bitcoin (virtual currency) tokens. Illustration taken on December 8, 2017. REUTERS / Benoit Tessier / …

[ad_1] NEW DELHI: A Chinese state-backed hacking group has in recent weeks targeted the IT systems of two Indian vaccine manufacturers whose coronavirus injections are being used in the country’s immunization campaign, the firm said. cyber intelligence Cyfirma told Reuters. Rivals China and India have sold or gifted COVID-19 injections …

[ad_1] SINGAPORE: While freedom of religion is guaranteed in Singapore, decisions in public policy formulation are not made in favor of any particular religious group, said Minister of Law and Interior K. Shanmugam. This applies to the public service as a whole, including cabinet ministers and senior officials, he said …

[ad_1] Deal Bitcoin is at a “tipping point” and could in the future become the currency of choice for international trade or face a “speculative implosion,” Citi analysts said. This image shows a collection of bitcoin (virtual currency) tokens. Illustration taken on December 8, 2017. REUTERS / Benoit Tessier / …

[ad_1] SINGAPORE – An anesthesiologist, who is director of a clinic at the two Mount Elizabeth hospitals, claimed trial on Monday (March 1) on four charges of sexually abusing a woman. Yeo Sow Nam, 52, is charged with committing the crimes on the 12th floor of Orchard Hospital on the …

[ad_1] Deal China’s rare earths are undervalued due to fierce competition and face low resource utilization, leading to a race to the bottom, the country’s industry minister said on Monday. FILE PHOTO: Workers transport soil containing rare earth elements for export at a port in Lianyungang, Jiangsu Province, China, October …

[ad_1] A Myanmar court brought another charge against the ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi on Monday (March 1), said a lawyer representing her, as protesters marched in defiance of a crackdown by security forces that killed at least 18 people on yesterday. Suu Kyi appeared healthy when she participated …

[ad_1] KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysian Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin reiterated on Monday (March 1) that he will dissolve parliament once the COVID-19 pandemic is over. In a speech taking stock of his first year in office, he said: “The main focus of this government at this time is to keep this …