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[ad_1] SINGAPORE: While selling or possessing electronic vaporizers, or vapers, is illegal in Singapore, this does not stop people from openly offering these devices online. A check this week by CNA showed at least 10 vape chat groups targeting Singaporeans on the Telegram messaging platform. The groups are open for …

[ad_1] WASHINGTON – President Joe Biden has invited 40 world leaders to a live-streamed Climate Leaders Summit that he will host on April 22-23. Guests include Singaporean Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong, Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese President Xi Jinping. “The Leaders Summit … will underscore the urgency – …

[ad_1] BEIJING (AP) – At least three Chinese celebrities recalled German fashion house Hugo Boss, the latest foreign brand caught in a boycott by Chinese consumers over Western allegations of forced labor in Xinjiang, on Saturday (March 27). Among the celebrities who ended their pacts with Hugo Boss was the …

[ad_1] SYDNEY: Australia’s trade minister threatened to take China to the World Trade Organization on Saturday (March 27) for its “unjustifiable” decision to increase tariffs on Australian wine imports for up to five years. In the latest salvo between Beijing and Canberra, China’s Ministry of Commerce announced that levies ranging …

[ad_1] BEIJING: China said on Friday (March 26) that it would increase tariffs on Australian wine imports for up to five years as relations between Beijing and Canberra deteriorate. The levies range from 116.2 percent to 218.4 percent, China’s Commerce Ministry said in a statement, adding that they will take …

[ad_1] NAYPYIDAW, Myanmar: Myanmar’s military will on Saturday (March 27) put on a major show of force for the annual Armed Forces Day, as it struggles to quell widespread protests against its government weeks after taking power. The country has been in crisis since generals toppled and detained civilian ruler …

[ad_1] CAIRO: An attempt to re-float the stranded mega-ship blocking the Suez Canal has failed, the ship’s technical manager, Bernhard Schulte Shipmanagement (BSM) said on Friday. The firm said the Dutch rescue team had confirmed that two additional tugs would arrive on March 28 to help refloat the ship. Commercial …

[ad_1] MOSCOW: Russia wants to strengthen military ties with Myanmar, its state media reported on Friday (March 26), after a meeting between senior defense officials and a junta condemned by Western countries for killing hundreds of civilian protesters. Russia’s Deputy Defense Minister Alexander Fomin met Friday in the capital, Naypyidaw, …

[ad_1] John Burke, chief of the Sandwich, Massachusetts, Fire Department, with a device designed to detect airborne coronavirus particles. (Thermo Fisher Scientific via The New York Times) A decade ago, when firefighter John Burke earned his master’s degree in health care emergency management, he wrote his thesis on pandemic planning. …

[ad_1] SINGAPORE: Singapore’s shipping industry is feeling the effects of a bottleneck in the global supply chain, with an increase in the number of commercial vessels docking and an increase in the volume of containers at the country’s port in recent years. months. A sudden surge in demand has outstripped …