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[ad_1] SINGAPORE – The culture of street vendors in Singapore has been officially added to the Unesco Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity. In virtual proceedings that took place on Wednesday night (December 16), a committee of 24 members unanimously accepted Singapore’s request. The process took three …

[ad_1] Three very low risk instruments available for you to park your hard earned money, which one should you choose? Here’s a look at the current rates and benefits of each option. The severe recession, pandemic, and lowest employment rate in history have highlighted a very important lesson: that we …

[ad_1] TOKYO: Japanese prosecutors on Wednesday (Dec. 16) charged a man with murder in the 2019 arson at Kyoto Animation that killed 36 people, local media said. The attack was the country’s deadliest violent crime in decades. Ad Ad Shinji Aoba, 42, was detained in the wake of the July …

[ad_1] KUALA LUMPUR – Malaysia’s announcement that it was exploring travel bubble deals with other countries to revive the tourism industry has sparked cautious optimism from experts, who say the government must first reduce coronavirus infections in the community, that recently have increased about 2,000 new cases daily. “We need …

[ad_1] SINGAPORE: Laboratory-grown chicken meat will make its debut in 1880, a private club for members on Robertson Quay, in a culinary first this weekend after the company behind the product announced its inaugural sale on Wednesday (December 16). ). The US company Eat Just announced earlier this month that …

[ad_1] SINGAPORE – For the first time since its launch some 40 years ago, the World Economic Forum’s (WEF) Global Competitiveness Report has suspended its annual ranking of countries competitiveness. Faced with the need for new thinking about economic recovery, as well as the lack of data from international organizations …

[ad_1] TOKYO: A major Japanese cosmetics firm faced online boycott calls on Wednesday (December 16) after its CEO used a racial slur on Koreans and bragged that his firm was “purely Japanese.” DHC’s Yoshiaki Yoshida made the comments in a message on the company’s website in which he attacked rival …

[ad_1] SYDNEY: Australia’s most populous state reported its first coronavirus case in nearly two weeks on Wednesday (Dec. 16) after an airport worker tested positive, prompting authorities to suggest international flight crews as well. they should be quarantined after arrival. A 45-year-old man transporting international airline personnel to the airport …

[ad_1] JAKARTA (BLOOMBERG) – Indonesia plans to vaccinate its young working-age population against the coronavirus before the elderly, in contrast to much of the world that plans to put vulnerable older people first in line. The first Southeast Asian country to receive Covid-19 vaccines will focus on inoculating people between …

[ad_1] Video game maker CD Projekt RED has lost billions in value since the ill-fated launch of its much-hyped Cyberpunk 2077 title last week, Monday’s stock figures showed. It launched around the world on Thursday and was reported to be one of the most expensive video games ever made, the …