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[ad_1] One of the few bright spots in a very challenging year has been the monthly emails from my budgeting app showing huge decreases in my spending. I can’t take much credit for the drops, given all the Covid-19 restrictions and risks that have prevented my family from spending at …

[ad_1] VATICAN CITY (AFP) – A British-born Italian teenager who dedicated his short life to spreading the faith online and helping the poor was beatified by the Catholic Church on Saturday (October 10). Internet and computer crazy young Carlo Acutis, who died of leukemia in 2006 at age 15, was …

[ad_1] PETALING JAYA (THE STAR / ASIA NEWS NETWORK) – Some Umno MPs have begun filing police reports denying claims that they are supporting Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim as Malaysia’s next prime minister. They have resorted to filing police reports as their names were on the list of MPs who …

[ad_1] SINGAPORE: Health authorities around the world must not only fight COVID-19, but also manage its impact on mental health, Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong said on Saturday (10 October). This is because the pandemic has brought “stresses, pressures and disruptions” to more people, Lee said in a video message …

[ad_1] SINGAPORE: Women in our society are like pieces of meat put on the table for men to slice, declared Chan Choy Siong in a fiery speech to the Legislative Assembly in April 1960. Choy Siong, a member of Delta’s Popular Action Party (PAP) and a passionate advocate for women’s …

[ad_1] SINGAPORE – The Ministry of Health (MINSA) confirmed 10 new cases of COVID-19 in Singapore as of Friday (October 9), bringing the country’s total to 57,859. The 10 new cases are asymptomatic and were proactively detected, the Health Ministry said. Of them there is a case that resides in …

[ad_1] PARIS: Novak Djokovic set up a successful French Open title showdown with Rafael Nadal on Friday (October 9) after a dramatic five-set semi-final victory over Greek star Stefanos Tsitsipas. World number one Djokovic, the 2016 Roland Garros champion, reached his fifth final in Paris, defeating fifth seed Tsitsipas 6-3, …

[ad_1] Sport Manchester United’s new recruit Edinson Cavani says he is enjoying the challenge of playing in the Premier League and is confident that he can handle the pressure of wearing the club’s iconic number 7 jersey. FILE PHOTO: Soccer Football – Ligue 1 – Paris St Germain v Bordeaux …

[ad_1] SEOUL: North Korea showcased never-before-seen intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBMs) in an unprecedented pre-dawn military parade on Saturday (October 10) that showcased the country’s long-range missiles for the first time in two years. Analysts said the missile, which was displayed on an 11-axis carrier vehicle, would be one of the …

[ad_1] JAKARTA: Environmentalists in Indonesia are calling for the repeal of a controversial law aimed at job creation because it is seen as promoting business interests at the expense of the environment and labor. Indonesia, the world’s largest producer of palm oil and nickel ore for electric vehicle batteries, has …