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[ad_1] SINGAPORE: Sales of private residential units rose about 32 percent last month, driven by a flood of buyers ahead of possible housing restrictions, analysts said. According to statistics released by the Urban Redevelopment Authority (URA) on Monday (February 15), a total of 1,609 private residential units were sold in …

[ad_1] SINGAPORE – Singapore maintained its forecast that the economy will grow gradually this year out of its worst recession, noting continued support for the unemployed and vulnerable sectors of the population. The economy will grow between 4.0% and 6.0% this year, the Ministry of Commerce and Industry (MTI) said …

[ad_1] PARIS: The French Ministry of Health has asked regional health agencies and hospitals to enter “crisis organization” as of February 18 to prepare for a possible increase in coronavirus cases due to highly contagious variants, reported Le Journal Du Dimanche on Sunday (February 14). The measure, which would echo …

[ad_1] BANGKOK: The Thai government defended on Sunday (February 14) its decision not to join the COVAX coronavirus vaccination program, sponsored by the World Health Organization, and said doing so would risk the country paying more for injections and face uncertainty about delivery times. The government has been criticized by …

[ad_1] IWAKI, Japan: The stench of alcohol filled the small bar on Sunday (February 14) as Aoi Hoshino swept the glass from whiskey bottles that were smashed in a strong earthquake the night before, one that appeared to be a replica of a devastating earthquake that hit Fukushima. area in …

[ad_1] IWAKI, Japan: More than 100 people were injured and trains stopped across a wide swath of northeastern Japan on Sunday (February 14) after the region was rocked by a major earthquake in the same area as the Fukushima earthquake. which caused a tsunami almost 10 years ago. The magnitude …

[ad_1] WASHINGTON: The White House on Saturday (February 13) asked China to make available data from the first days of the COVID-19 outbreak, saying it has “deep concerns” about how the findings of the COVID-19 report of the World Health Organization were communicated. White House national security adviser Jake Sullivan …

[ad_1] IWAKI, JAPAN (REUTERS) – A strong earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 7.1 struck the eastern coast of Japan on Saturday (February 13), shaking buildings and causing widespread blackouts, but there appeared to be no major damage and no no tsunami warning. issued. The epicenter was off the coast …

[ad_1] SHANGHAI: China declined to provide raw data on early COVID-19 cases to a team led by the World Health Organization investigating the origins of the pandemic, one of the team’s researchers said, potentially complicating the findings. efforts to understand how the outbreak started. The team had requested raw patient …

[ad_1] YANGON: Opposition to Myanmar’s new military regime intensified on Saturday (February 13) when spontaneous neighborhood watch groups mobilized to thwart the arrests of anti-coup activists and the UN demanded the release of the ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi. The army’s takeover of power that ended a decade-long democracy …