[ad_1] NEW YORK: AstraZeneca has stopped a late-stage trial of one of the leading COVID-19 vaccine candidates after a suspected serious adverse reaction in a study participant, the news website reported Tuesday (September 8). Health Stat News. He quoted an AstraZeneca spokesperson as saying in a statement that “the standard …
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[ad_1] Tue, September 08, 2020 – 11:31 am UPDATED Tue, Sep 08, 2020 – 12:45 pm Resale volume of private ungrounded homes in Singapore hit a two-year high in August 2020, with an estimated 1,052 units resold in the month, up 7 percent from the 983 units resold in July …
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[ad_1] HOUSTON • Ill-timed bets on rising demand see ExxonMobil face a deficit of roughly $ 48 billion (Singapore $ 65.7 billion) through the end of next year, according to a Reuters tally and Wall Street estimates, a A situation that will require the major United States oil company to …
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[ad_1] WASHINGTON (AP) – President Donald Trump said Tuesday (Sept. 8) that he may have to dip into his own pocket to fund a re-election campaign that is struggling to attract both donors and voters with just eight weeks to go. . Acknowledging that his once-lauded fundraising machine may need …
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[ad_1] SINGAPORE: A week in Parliament after the president’s speech, which set the direction for a new term of government, saw robust debates on critical issues such as Singapore’s foreign worker policies, but the discussions could have benefited from more data and new ideas, analysts. said. Members discussed important policy …
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[ad_1] Tue, September 08, 2020 – 5:50 am UPDATED Tuesday, September 08, 2020 – 2:21 pm Singapore Sembcorp Marine’s (SMM) share rights issue to recapitalize the company was unsubscribed, with valid acceptances and over-requests received for 9.4 billion rights shares, or 90.2% of the nearly 10.5 billion shares of rights …
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[ad_1] TOKYO: Japanese Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga has pointed to the possibility of holding snap elections if he becomes the country’s next prime minister, the Asahi newspaper reported on Tuesday (September 8). Suga, one of the favorites to succeed the acting Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, also emphasized Japan’s determination …
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[ad_1] Human rights defenders and critics warned of what they called “increasingly aggressive” police tactics in Hong Kong after an officer accosted a 12-year-old girl and pinned her down during anti-government protests on Sunday. Although the girl was not among the nearly 300 people arrested that day, images of her …
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[ad_1] SINGAPORE: An annual average of 16 employers have been fined over the past three years for illegally deploying their foreign domestic workers, the Ministry of Manpower (MOM) said in a statement late Tuesday (September 8). The ministry said it took action against an annual average of 155 employers during …
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[ad_1] Two Australian journalists were taken out of China overnight after Chinese police tried to question them, their employers said on Tuesday. The withdrawal of Bill Birtles from the Australian Broadcasting Corporation and Australian Financial Review correspondent Michael Smith came shortly after China detained a high-profile Australian journalist working for …
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