[ad_1] SINGAPORE – 11 new coronavirus cases were confirmed as of noon on Friday (September 18), bringing Singapore’s total to 57.543. This is the lowest daily figure in about six months since March 12, when there were nine cases. Friday’s cases included a community patient who is from Singapore, the …
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[ad_1] For the community and the region in general, the news of the ‘superpreader’ wedding was a brutal wake-up call. MILLINOCKET, United States: A wedding in rural Maine turned into a coronavirus “super spread” event that left seven people dead and 177 infected, renewing fears of the disease in the …
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[ad_1] SINGAPORE – A serial abuser was jailed for two years and nine months on Friday (September 18) after attacking four victims, two of them shortly after being released from prison in January last year and the other two while he was released on bail. Vaz Clive Hilary Cheng Kiat …
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[ad_1] Cut off from the outside world when Covid-19 swept through dormitories, migrant workers desperate to smoke or drink turned to unorthodox means to get their fix. In one bedroom, cigarettes and liquor were thrown over the fence. And in at least two specially built dormitories, smuggling rings involving garbage …
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[ad_1] SINGAPORE: The Returned Warrant Officer has filed a police report against New Naratif for posting paid advertisements during the recent general election, the Elections Department (ELD) said on Friday (September 18). ELD said New Naratif ran paid advertisements that amounted to illegal conduct of electoral activities under the Parliamentary …
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[ad_1] MELBOURNE: Australia said on Friday (September 18) that it would increase the number of citizens allowed to return home each week to 6,000 as it manages to control new COVID-19 infections. Prime Minister Scott Morrison said the cap on the number of people allowed in Australia each week would …
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[ad_1] SINGAPORE: “Stern action” has been taken against residents of migrant workers’ dormitories involved in infiltrating “unauthorized” alcohol and cigarettes, the Labor Ministry (MOM) said on Friday (September 18). In response to the CNA’s inquiries about a video showing auxiliary police officers dumping alcohol down a drain, the ministry said …
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[ad_1] SINGAPORE: A man who stabbed his wife to death because he believed she was having an affair was sentenced to 10 years in jail on Friday (September 18) for wrongful death that does not amount to murder. Krishnan Raju, 53, suffered from a jealousy-type delusional disorder at the time, …
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[ad_1] BEIJING: China began combat drills near the Taiwan Strait on Friday (September 18), the same day that a senior US official began high-level meetings in Taipei, as Beijing denounced the closer ties between Taiwan, claimed by China, and the United States. Beijing has watched with growing alarm the increasingly …
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[ad_1] HONG KONG (BLOOMBERG) – Citigroup is embarking on hiring 6,000 young people in Asia over the next three years in an effort to help protect the region from an explosion in youth unemployment. It is also offering 60,000 job training opportunities for those under 24 over the next three …
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