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[ad_1] Clinical trials on one of the most advanced Covid-19 experimental vaccines, which is being developed by the pharmaceutical company AstraZeneca and the University of Oxford, were “paused” on Tuesday after a volunteer developed an unexplained illness. With billions of people around the world still suffering from the consequences of …

[ad_1] SINGAPORE – TraceTogether tokens will be distributed across the country starting next Monday (September 14), and the Singapore government is aiming to complete the distribution in November. The multi-ministries COVID-19 task force announced the move at a virtual press conference on Wednesday (September 9), adding that the non-mandatory token …

[ad_1] WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump recognized a journalist at the start of the coronavirus pandemic who downplayed the danger from the health crisis despite having evidence to the contrary, according to a new book. “I always wanted to downplay it,” Trump told author Bob Woodward on March 19, days …

[ad_1] SINGAPORE – A woman who sneezed at a security guard at ION Orchard after she was denied entry because she was not wearing a mask was jailed for 11 weeks on Thursday (September 10). Sun Szu-Yen, 46, was not eligible for a Mandatory Treatment Order (MTO), Daily Service Order …

[ad_1] The recent suspension of AstraZeneca’s Covid-19 vaccine trial following an unexplained illness in a trial volunteer is a safety measure and is not an uncommon event, Health Ministry director of medical services Kenneth Mak said yesterday. The British-Swedish pharmaceutical company announced the suspension yesterday, adding that the move was …

[ad_1] SINGAPORE – The Temasek Foundation (TF) will host another round of face mask distribution from September 21 to October 4, and each Singaporean will be able to collect two reusable masks. The announcement was made by Temasek CEO and CEO Ho Ching in a post on his Facebook page …

[ad_1] KUALA LUMPUR • A former aide to the wife of former Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak told a court yesterday that he received RM 100,000 (S $ 32,800) per month from Rosmah Mansor in 2012 to pay a team of “cyber troops” to monitor the content of social networks. …

[ad_1] Just before the circuit breaker in April, 13 men had allegedly gathered at a funeral, chanting gang slogans as part of a secret society ritual. Twelve of them were indicted in court yesterday for violating safe distancing measures at the wake along Circuit Road on April 5 around 1pm. …

[ad_1] Two Singaporeans were arrested on suspicion of drug trafficking activities in a drug bust Tuesday during which $ 640,000 worth of drugs were seized, the Central Narcotics Bureau (CNB) said yesterday. On Tuesday afternoon, authorities arrested a 30-year-old man for alleged drug trafficking activities at a development on Boon …

[ad_1] Photographer: Hollie Adams / Bloomberg Photographer: Hollie Adams / Bloomberg ByteDance Ltd. is increasingly likely to miss a Trump administration deadline for the sale of its US TikTok operations. new Chinese regulations complicated negotiations with bidders Microsoft Corp. and Oracle Corp., according to people familiar with the matter. ByteDance …