[ad_1] TAPOVAN (AFP) – A hiss turned into a roar of water that trapped a dozen men in a Himalayan tunnel after a glacier erupted in northern India, but Rajesh Kumar lived to tell the tale. Eighteen people were confirmed dead on Monday (February 8) and at least 200 others …
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[ad_1] Workers’ Party (WP) Member of Parliament (MP) Jamus Lim was hit with an avalanche of criticism from supporters of the Minister of Law and Interior, K Shanmugam, after the latter declared that rehabilitation and reintegration of ex-offenders in society “not a new issue” in the Singapore Parliament. In a …
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[ad_1] NEW YORK: Tesla said on Monday (February 8) that it had invested about $ 1.5 billion in bitcoin and expected to start accepting payments for its cars and other products with it in the near future, prompting a jump in electronic currency. Tesla said in a presentation that the …
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[ad_1] WASHINGTON (AP) – U.S. Rep. Ron Wright has died after testing positive for COVID-19 last month, his office said Monday (Feb. 8), making him the first member of the U.S. Congress to die. due to the pandemic disease that has claimed nearly 464,000 American lives. Wright, a 67-year-old Republican …
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[ad_1] YANGON: The Myanmar junta leader on Monday (Feb 8) called on the public to prioritize facts and not feelings, and said elections will be held and power will be handed over to the winning party as anti-coup protests are carried out across the country. Senior General Min Aung Hlaing, …
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[ad_1] SINGAPORE: Punggol Plaza and FairPrice Xtra in Kallang Wave Mall were added on Monday (February 8) to the list of places visited by COVID-19 cases during their infectious period, the Ministry of Health (MOH) said in its daily update. A Sheng Siong supermarket on Sumang Link and DonBaasha restaurant …
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[ad_1] SINGAPORE – A 30-year-old Indian national who received his first dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine on January 27 was one of two community cases announced on Monday night (February 8). The job pass holder is a Station Satcom engineer and boards ships to install communications and IT equipment …
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[ad_1] YANGON: Martial law was declared in parts of Mandalay, Myanmar’s second-largest city, on Monday (February 8), after hundreds of thousands of people demonstrated across the country against the coup and the military issued a statement. stern warning against further protests. The orders cover seven municipalities in Mandalay, prohibit people …
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[ad_1] SINGAPORE – In an attempt to broaden the diversity of its student body, the National University of Singapore (NUS) law school will select more students for the admissions test and interview for its LLB program. Under a pilot initiative starting this year, students in the top 5 percent of …
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[ad_1] YANGON (REUTERS, AFP) – Police in the Myanmar capital on Monday (February 8) warned anti-coup protesters to leave or be forcibly dispersed, according to media and a live broadcast of the events. Three lines of armed police could be seen across the road in Naypyitaw and the trunk of …
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