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[ad_1] SINGAPORE: Amid the disruptions brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic, Singapore may work to become a “more digital and more resilient advanced manufacturing base in Asia for the world,” Deputy Prime Minister Heng Swee Keat said on Tuesday ( October 20). The country is committed to developing cutting-edge capabilities …

[ad_1] SINGAPORE – To boost the competitiveness of Singapore’s burgeoning manufacturing sector, a new industry-led training programs office will plan ways to ensure the workforce has emerging skills and knowledge. The Advanced Manufacturing Training Academy (AMTA), which launched on Tuesday (October 20), will be located in the Jurong Innovation District …

[ad_1] Goldman Sachs Group Inc. has reached a long-awaited pact with the US Department of Justice to pay more than $ 2 billion for the bank’s role in Malaysia’s 1MDB scandal, and the deal could be announced in a few days, according to people familiar with the matter. The agreement, …

[ad_1] SINGAPORE – Home cooks here will be able to purchase Impossible, a plant-based meat substitute made by Impossible Foods in the United States, at 79 FairPrice stores and at the RedMart online grocery store starting this week. A 340g package will sell for $ 16.90, or about $ 5 …

[ad_1] GENEVA (REUTERS) – Europe and North America must follow the example of Asian states by persevering in anti-Covid measures and quarantining anyone who comes into contact with infected people, said an expert from the World Health Organization ( WHO) on Monday (October 19). The WHO European region, which includes …

[ad_1] DUBLIN: Several European countries took urgent new action on Monday (October 19) to combat a second wave of coronavirus infections, as the World Health Organization blamed the increase in cases worldwide, now more than 40 million , to the lack of quarantine of the countries. infected people correctly. Ireland …

[ad_1] SINGAPORE – When Covid-19 began its march across the world earlier this year, international diplomacy almost came to a halt. Meetings were canceled and diplomats were punished when borders were slammed shut. It was a challenge, said Ambassador Umej Bhatia, Singapore’s permanent representative to the United Nations Office at …

[ad_1] 9:32 am, October 19, 2020 The All Blacks have rebounded from a draw at 16 with the Wallabies in Wellington just over a week ago, registering a convincing victory over their Trans-Tasman rivals at Eden Park. After a very close first half, the hosts took the game after the …

[ad_1] GAMPELA, Burkina Faso: From factory to syringe, the world’s most promising coronavirus vaccine candidates need 24/7 sterile refrigeration to function. But despite great strides in equipping developing countries to maintain the vaccine “cold chain”, nearly 3 billion of the world’s 7.8 billion people live in places with insufficient temperature …

[ad_1] If anything last weekend in the Premier League taught us, it is that you can never predict with absolute certainty what will happen. There will be understandable frustration and worry after what Liverpool had to endure at Goodison Park, but what’s done is done and you can only move …