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[ad_1] Billions of dollars in suspicious transactions moved through Singapore between 2007 and 2017, according to leaked data from a US financial crime agency and reported by BuzzFeed. Nearly $ 3 billion was transferred to Singapore banks and another $ 1.5 billion was withdrawn, according to data from the US …

[ad_1] LONDON: British Prime Minister Boris Johnson was on Monday (September 21) mulling over a second national lockdown, as an accelerating outbreak of coronavirus threatened to destroy any buds of economic recovery and send millions back into isolation. The UK already has the highest official death toll from COVID-19 in …

[ad_1] KUALA LUMPUR (AFP) – Harassed and investigated by religious authorities, activist Maryam Lee is a highly controversial figure in Malaysia. His crime? Speaking about her decision to stop wearing the hijab and criticizing what she sees as institutional patriarchy in Islam. The majority of the Muslim-majority Malaysians follow a …

[ad_1] Rei kurohiThe times of the straitSeptember 19, 2020 A massive fire that broke out in the Sembawang God of Wealth Temple on Friday night (September 18) killed three of the seven dogs living in the facility, but left statues of various deities intact. A spokesman for the Singapore Civil …

[ad_1] NEW YORK: China’s ByteDance said on Monday (Sept. 21) that TikTok’s global business will become its subsidiary, even as Oracle and Walmart said over the weekend that they and U.S. investors would own most of the TikTok app. video after a deal with US President Donald Trump’s administration. Trump …

[ad_1] Nikola Corp., the electric vehicle startup that recently partnered with General Motors Co. said its founder resigned as CEO, just days after US regulators reported that the company was the focus of investigations following a highly critical short-selling report. Trevor Milton, the social media savvy public face of the …

[ad_1] PETALING JAYA (THE STAR / ASIA NEWS NETWORK) – Malaysia had the highest reproduction number of Covid-19 (Rt) on September 15 among six other countries in the region, according to a UK-based disease modeling center. The Center for Mathematical Modeling of Infectious Diseases on its website “Epiforecasts” estimated Malaysia’s …

[ad_1] SINGAPORE: A dog owner who euthanized his pet because of his assault said he feels “vindicated” after a recently completed four-month investigation found he did not violate the law. Christian, who only wanted to be known by his first name, and his wife did not fail in their duty …

[ad_1] AGRA: The Taj Mahal reopens to visitors on Monday (September 21) in a symbolic gesture to carry on as usual, even as India appears set to surpass the US as a world leader in coronavirus infections. India, home to 1.3 billion people and some of the most populous cities …

[ad_1] TEHRAN: Iran said on Sunday (September 20) that its arch nemesis the United States faces “maximum isolation” after major powers dismissed a unilateral US declaration that UN sanctions against Tehran were back in effect. Washington said the sanctions had been reactivated under the “rollback” mechanism in a landmark 2015 …