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[ad_1] SINGAPORE – Eight more hotel employees in Mandarin Orchard Singapore were tested positive for serological tests, indicating probable past Covid-19 infections, the Ministry of Health (MOH) said on Monday afternoon (December 21). This is in addition to the three cases announced on Sunday. Epidemiological investigations of these 11 cases …

[ad_1] SYDNEY: Australia said on Monday (December 21) that it had detected cases of the new virulent strain of coronavirus identified in the UK, while Hong Kong said it would suspend flights to Britain. Two travelers from the UK to Australia’s New South Wales state were found to carry the …

[ad_1] SINGAPORE – Seven out of 10 employers intend to hire workers with broader skill sets in the future, a recent survey showed. The results of the NTUC LearningHub survey were released on Monday (December 21) as part of a report that noted that nearly all employers agreed that there …

[ad_1] Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp blatantly took aim at Manchester United after his team was crowned Team of the Year at the BBC’s Sports Personality ceremony on Sunday night. Klopp, who was named FIFA Coach of the Year last week, also collected the Coach of the Year award in addition …

[ad_1] SINGAPORE: The Singapore Civil Defense Force (SCDF) has donated 90 fire extinguishing hoses to the Sumatran Orangutan Conservation Program (SOCP), which will reuse them for use in a new orangutan habitat in North Sumatra. This is the third donation of its kind made by SCDF to various wildlife organizations, …

[ad_1] SINGAPORE: US company Perfect Day, which makes dairy protein without animals, will collaborate with the Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A * STAR) to launch a research and development (R&D) center in Singapore. The facility, which will be operational in April next year, will leverage the capabilities of …

[ad_1] HONG KONG: Hong Kong will ban all flights arriving from the UK from midnight on Monday (December 21), following the discovery of a new and highly infectious strain of the coronavirus in Britain. The city joins many European countries that have banned flights from Britain, including France, Germany, Italy, …

[ad_1] TOKYO: Japan’s cabinet approved on Monday (December 21) a record $ 1.03 trillion budget draft for the next fiscal year starting in April 2021, the Finance Ministry said, as the coronavirus and spending stimulus packages put pressure on already desperate public finances. The annual budget of 106.6 trillion yen …

[ad_1] RIYADH (AFP) – Saudi Arabia halted international flights on Sunday (December 20) and suspended entry through its land and sea ports for at least a week, after a new, rapidly spreading strain of coronavirus emerged in Gran Brittany. The kingdom is “temporarily suspending all international flights, except in exceptional …

[ad_1] KUALA LUMPUR (BLOOMBERG) – Malaysia will enter 2021 with its biggest spending plan yet to stimulate its virus-hit economy, but concerns center on how to pay the bill after a sovereign rating downgrade earlier this month. . The government expects revenues to rise 4.2 percent next year, counting on …