[ad_1] SINGAPORE: It was a second of pure joy for Oscar Saxelby-Lee’s family: The six-year-old boy was finally released from the hospital after remaining cancer-free for nearly three months. The British boy has been battling acute lymphoblastic leukemia since December 2018 and arrived in Singapore for experimental therapy at Nationwide …
Read More »How Hong Kong is catching up to Singapore on stimulus spending
[ad_1] People in protective masks at a market in Hong Kong, March 30, 2020. (PHOTO: REUTERS / Tyrone Siu) Plus Total expenditure announced this year Singapore Total spending related to the city-state virus from three aid tranches is close to S $ 60 billion ($ 41.8 billion). Singapore was one …
Read More »Conditions in 2 more bedrooms under ‘stabilized’ insulation: MOM
[ad_1] SINGAPORE: The rules for food distribution, cleaning and hygiene in two bedrooms stabilized within 48 hours of their publication as isolation areas, the Ministry of Human Resources (MOM) said on Saturday (April 11). The transition is now smoother with experiences gained from managing the first three isolated bedrooms, the …
Read More »Coronavirus: 191 new cases of infection in Singapore, 90-year-old man becomes eighth death, Singapore News & Top Stories
[ad_1] SINGAPORE – Singapore reported 191 new cases of Covid-19 infection on Saturday (April 11). This means that there are now 2,299 cases here, according to the latest figures published by the Ministry of Health (MOH). A 90-year-old Singaporean man also died of complications from the infection, the eighth such …
Read More »Stay home, Singapore: sing, toast with your heart, to those beaten by Covid-19, Singapore News & Top Stories
[ad_1] SINGAPORE – It is a remake for the current times of a timeless song. Eleven local artists joined and partnered with The Straits Times to voice their opinion on the much-loved National Day song by local music veteran Clement Chow Count On Me, Singapore. They have launched Stay At …
Read More »How to beat Airbuster in Final Fantasy 7 Remake
[ad_1] A hallmark of the original 1997 release, Final Fantasy 7 Remake reinvents the Airbuster fight in Chapter 7, serving a tense duel between man and machine. Given the long preamble of the battle and the relative difficulty, we thought it would be best to guide you through the process …
Read More »Coronavirus: Many seniors still buy food in markets despite Prime Minister Lee urging them to stay home, Singapore News & Top Stories
[ad_1] SINGAPORE – A day after Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong made a special appeal to Singapore’s seniors to stay home during the coronavirus outbreak, many senior citizens were still doing their weekend shopping in the markets on Saturday (April 11). Elderly shoppers Straits Times spoke to explained that they …
Read More »COVID-19: Fighting fear and boredom, migrant workers face isolation in dormitories
[ad_1] SINGAPORE: One by one, over the past week, Ponnu has seen his three roommates get sick. Now, he is the only one left in his isolation room. “I told my wife this. She is crying on the phone,” said the Indian citizen who was “scared” that he would be …
Read More »African community attacked in China repression of COVID-19
[ad_1] BEIJING: Africans in southern China’s largest city say they have become the target of suspicion and have been subjected to forced evictions, arbitrary quarantines, and massive tests of coronavirus as the country intensifies its fight against imported infections. China says it has largely slowed its outbreak of COVID-19, but …
Read More »Nintendo game taken off Chinese platforms after Hong Kong protest – Science & Tech
[ad_1] A Nintendo Switch video game has been removed from China’s gray market e-commerce platforms, Reuters controls show, after Hong Kong activist Joshua Wong used the game to protest against the Beijing government in the territory. Chinese. The game, “Animal Crossing: New Horizons”, is a colorful social simulator in which …
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