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[ad_1] LONDON – Stella Tennant, one of Britain’s top models, has died at the age of 50, British media reported on Wednesday (December 23). Tennant was born into the Scottish aristocracy. Her unconventional and androgynous appearance helped her break into the world of fashion in the 1990s. She became the …

[ad_1] It’s been a while since I used my passport, as is the case with so many other Singaporeans who were with me, getting ready to get cleaned up so we could board the ship for a cruise. Of course, the main question on my mind, even as I was …

[ad_1] Chinese actress Zhou Xun and Chinese-American actor Archie Kao finally confirmed their divorce after rumors of their separation have spread for the past three years. Zhou, 46, married Kao, 51, in 2014, but they have rarely been seen together in public since 2016 and they have had almost no …

[ad_1] NEW YORK (REUTERS, BLOOMBERG) – XRP cryptocurrency dived on Wednesday (December 23) after the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) accused blockchain company Ripple of making a bid for unrecorded values ​​of US $ 1.3 billion (S $ 1.7 billion). XRP, the third-largest cryptocurrency by market value, plunged nearly …

[ad_1] WUHAN: It’s packed at the Dragon Boat restaurant on a Sunday night, and a line of diners is waiting to enter. For Mr. Wu Cheng, the 28-year-old owner, it is a welcome sight. But while business is improving, crowd levels are only 70 to 80 percent of what they …

[ad_1] SINGAPORE – About one in four residents surveyed in Singapore believe a false claim that Covid-19 vaccines alter DNA, according to a survey by Nanyang Technological University (NTU). Older respondents were also more likely to believe that this falsehood was circulating on social media, even though it was discredited …

[ad_1] LONDON – A potentially more infectious new variant of the novel coronavirus that causes Covid-19 has been found in Britain in cases related to South Africa, British Health Secretary Matt Hancock said on Wednesday (December 23). South Africa’s health department said last week that a new genetic mutation of …

[ad_1] SINGAPORE: Singapore’s manufacturing output increased 17.9 percent year-on-year in November, driven by biomedical and electronics manufacturing. Excluding biomedical manufacturing, production rose 14 percent, the Economic Development Board (EDB) said on Thursday (December 24). Ad Ad November’s rally follows a revised 0.8 percent year-on-year decline in October, which was affected …

[ad_1] BRASILIA (BLOOMBERG) – A Covid-19 vaccine developed by Chinese pharmaceutical firm Sinovac Biotech Ltd was found to be more than 50 percent effective in a Brazilian clinical trial, although researchers delayed releasing more information at the company’s request. A 50 percent efficacy rate is the minimum standard set by …

[ad_1] They have been plagued with divorce rumors over the years, and they have turned out to be true after all. Chinese actress Zhou Xun, 46, and Chinese-American actor Archie Kao, 51, have confirmed that they divorced after six years of marriage. Archie, through a friend, reportedly told Taiwan Apple …