Singapore Airlines Receives Highest Health and Safety Rating of ‘Hospital Grade’ in Global Audit

[ad_1] SINGAPORE: Singapore Airlines received the highest rating in a global audit of airline health and safety standards amid the COVID-19 pandemic, the national airline announced on Tuesday (January 19). The “diamond” rating is awarded to airlines that achieve “hospital-level health security,” according to a press release from the audit …

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COVID-19 pandemic reveals hidden poverty in rich Japan

[ad_1] TOKYO: Yuichiro broke out while picking up a food package at an outreach event in Tokyo offering aid to the growing number of Japanese pushed into poverty by the COVID-19 pandemic. “There is no work. Absolutely none,” said the 46-year-old, until recently a construction worker, as he clutches a …

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Meet Kyuta: the 10-year-old 85kg sumo in training

[ad_1] TOKYO: Among the young sumo wrestlers who lift weights in the ring, 10-year-old Kyuta Kumagai stands out. At 85 kg, Kyuta is twice the size of other boys his age and is so dominant that he fights and punches children five or six years older. Ad Ad Last year, …

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