[ad_1] SINGAPORE – The completion of the six stations on the second stage of the Thomson-East Coast Line (TEL) will be delayed by three months due to the impact of Covid-19, Transport Minister Ong Ye Kung said on Friday (September 4). . Therefore, the stations, from Springleaf to Caldecott, will …
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[ad_1] Lionel Messi said on Friday that he will remain at Barcelona, but only because the club’s president, Josep Maria Bartomeu, broke his word to let him leave. Messi’s sharp attack on Bartomeu and the club means his future still remains in doubt. Even if he is not allowed to …
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[ad_1] SINGAPORE – Only 11 bus services, or three percent of all bus services here, were able to generate enough fare revenue to cover their operating costs ahead of the Covid-19 pandemic, the minister said on Friday (September 4). of Transportation, Ong Ye Kung. But with the number of travelers …
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[ad_1] SINGAPORE: Amendments to the COVID-19 (Temporary Measures) Act were passed on Friday (September 4) to update the implementation of rent relief measures and extend the arrangements for remote meetings during the COVID-19 crisis. The bill also introduced temporary powers for the Minister of Justice to extend certain collective sale …
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[ad_1] BANGKOK (THE NATION / ASIA NEWS NETWORK) – Two foreigners were arrested in Bangkok on Friday (September 4) for allegedly possessing weapons and ammunition with the intention of selling them. Singaporean citizen Bink (last name withheld), 26, and Indonesian citizen Aiden (last name withheld), 32, were arrested at a …
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[ad_1] Seoul: South Korea recorded 168 new coronavirus cases as of midnight on Friday (September 4), posting the lowest daily count in three weeks after imposing stricter social distancing rules to mitigate a second wave of infections. Total infections rose to 21,010, with 333 deaths, according to data released by …
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[ad_1] SINGAPORE – Non-Singaporean travelers arriving from India make up the largest number of imported COVID-19 cases during a five-month period here, Health Minister Gan Kim Yong said in a written parliamentary response on Friday (September 4) . Between April 1 and August 31, 183 cases arriving from India tested …
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[ad_1] WASHINGTON: Satellite images of a North Korean shipyard on Friday (September 4) show activity that suggests preparations for a test of a submarine-launched medium-range ballistic missile, a US think tank reported Friday. The Center for Strategic and International Studies said images it posted on its website of North Korea’s …
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[ad_1] TOKYO: Japan’s Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga said on Saturday (Sept. 5) that the new prime minister should continue to protect businesses and jobs, mainly through payments and loans, to cushion the economic blow of the coronavirus pandemic. Suga, one of the favorites to succeed Prime Minister Shinzo Abe …
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[ad_1] WASHINGTON: A U.S. university launched an investigation after a professor admitted he had lied for years about being black and, in fact, white, a shocking admission amid a tense national reckoning on race issues , including cultural appropriation. In a post on the Medium platform, Jessica Krug, a history …
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