[ad_1] SINGAPORE – The World Economic Forum (WEF) postponed its special annual meeting in Singapore from May to August, due to the global Covid-19 situation. The meeting will now take place from August 17 to 20, the WEF said in a statement on Wednesday (February 3) evening. Although the WEF …
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[ad_1] SINGAPORE: A 28-year-old man went to trial on Tuesday (February 2) for murdering his four-year-old stepdaughter by beating her after she urinated out of the toilet bowl. Muhammad Salihin Ismail is accused of killing the girl through two incidents of assault on September 1, 2018, where he hit her …
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[ad_1] SINGAPORE: The Special Annual Meeting of the World Economic Forum (WEF) that was to take place in Singapore in May has been rescheduled for August. The meeting will be held August 17-20 instead of May 25-28 as originally scheduled. Ad Ad “Although the World Economic Forum and the Government …
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[ad_1] SINGAPORE: A community case was among 18 new COVID-19 infections reported in Singapore on Wednesday (February 3), the Ministry of Health (MOH) said. The community case is a 35-year-old Indian citizen who tested positive two weeks after his stay-at-home notice ended. Ad Ad The long-term visitor pass holder had …
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[ad_1] SINGAPORE: The authorities’ approach to rehabilitating radicalized people has had to adjust as more young people have embraced the terrorist ideology. The profile of treaties under the Internal Security Act (ISA) for terrorism-related activities has changed significantly since the first arrests of Jemaah Islamiah (JI), the Department of Homeland …
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[ad_1] SINGAPORE – The prosecution has urged a district court to sentence a Briton, convicted of sexually abusing a young child in Singapore, to at least two years in prison with four strokes of a cane. Assistant District Attorney Nicholas Khoo told District Judge Chee Min Ping on Wednesday (February …
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[ad_1] SINGAPORE: The mother of a four-year-old girl who died of internal bleeding due to blunt force trauma to her abdomen testified in a murder trial against her husband on Wednesday (February 3), saying she looked pale and said her stomach wounded before he died. The little girl made a …
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[ad_1] YANGON: Myanmar police have brought charges against the ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi for allegedly importing communications equipment illegally and will be in detention until February 15, according to a police document seen by Reuters on Wednesday (February 3). Myanmar’s military seized power on Monday, detaining Nobel laureate …
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[ad_1] SINGAPORE: Four cases of anaphylaxis have been reported in people who received the first dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine, State Health Minister Janil Puthucheary said in Parliament on Monday (February 1) in Parliament. This is one more than the number reported last week when the Ministry of Health (MOH) …
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[ad_1] WELLINGTON: New Zealand warned on Wednesday (February 3) against “vaccine nationalism” that could delay the launch of international shipments after its drug regulator tentatively approved the use of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine. Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said she still expected supplies of the Pfizer-BioNTech product to arrive in the country …
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