[ad_1] SINGAPORE – Five men were arrested and drugs worth approximately $ 360,000 were seized during a Central Narcotics Bureau (CNB) operation at various locations on Monday (September 7). Weapons, such as knives, were also recovered. Additionally, authorities recovered a total of $ 19,865 in cash from two locations. CNB …
Read More »Russia Completes First Trials of Second Possible COVID-19 Vaccine
[ad_1] MOSCOW (Reuters) – Siberia’s vector virology institute on Tuesday completed early-stage human trials, known as Phase II, of a possible second Russian vaccine against COVID-19, the state consumer safety watchdog said. , quoted by the Interfax news agency. Russia registered its first candidate vaccine, developed by Moscow’s Gamaleya Institute, …
Read More »Hong Kong activist charged under archaic sedition law
[ad_1] HONG KONG: A prominent Hong Kong democracy activist on Tuesday (September 8) became the first person to be charged with sedition since the city was returned to Chinese rule as authorities expanded their search for critics downtown. financial. Democracy activist and radio DJ Tam Tak-chi appeared in court Tuesday …
Read More »Biden leads Trump by 12 points nationally among likely voters: poll
[ad_1] NEW YORK: Democrat Joe Biden outpaces President Donald Trump by 12 percentage points nationally among prospective American voters, according to a Reuters / Ipsos opinion poll that also showed the number of persuasive voters was down compared to ago four years. The Sept. 3-8 poll, released Wednesday, found that …
Read More »273 caught in two-week island-wide anti-loan-taking raids, Singapore News & Top Stories
[ad_1] SINGAPORE – Some 273 people have been arrested in a two-week bombing raid against loan snatching. In a statement on Tuesday (September 8), police said they arrested 207 men and 66 women, ages 16 to 70, for their alleged involvement in loan-taking activities. The operation was carried out for …
Read More »PhillipCapital initiates Sembcorp Industries into ‘buying’ upon completion of rights issue
[ad_1] Felicia tan Published on Wednesday, September 09, 2020 / 8:56 am GMT + 8 / Updated 20 hours ago PhillipCapital has initiated coverage of Sembcorp Industries (SCI) with a “buy” call and a price target of $ 2.72, representing a 41.7% increase over the counter. The call comes after …
Read More »Jakarta to return to large-scale social restrictions as COVID-19 cases continue to rise: city governor
[ad_1] JAKARTA: Jakarta Governor Anies Baswedan said on Wednesday (September 9) that the city will once again have large-scale social restrictions, amid a continued increase in the number of daily infections. In a speech, Baswedan said he decided to pull the “emergency brake” as Jakarta continued to grapple with a …
Read More »Coronavirus: 17 fined for violating the 5-person rule at food and beverage outlets, two Clarke Quay bars suspended, Singapore News & Top Stories
[ad_1] SINGAPORE – Seven popular nightlife food and beverage outlets (F&B) were fined $ 1,000 each for failing to adhere to safe distancing rules over the past weekend. The Urban Redevelopment Authority (URA) said Wednesday (Sept. 9) that two bars, Le Noir and Coyote Ugly on Clarke Quay, among the …
Read More »AstraZeneca Vaccine Testing Faces Delayed After Patient Gets Sick, United States News & Top Stories
[ad_1] NEW YORK (BLOOMBERG) – AstraZeneca Plc stopped injecting its experimental coronavirus vaccine after a person participating in one of the company’s studies fell ill, a possible adverse reaction that could delay or derail efforts to speed up an immunization. against Covid-19. The hiatus was due to a standard review …
Read More »Calls for a boycott of Mulan movies grow over scenes filmed in Xinjiang
[ad_1] – Advertising – by Jerome TAYLOR Disney’s remake of “Mulan” faces further boycott calls after it emerged that some of the blockbuster scenes were filmed in China’s Xinjiang, where widespread rights abuses of the region’s Muslim population have been extensively documented. The lavish $ 200 million movie about a …
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