[ad_1] WASHINGTON: As Democrats in the House of Representatives on Friday (January 8) prepared to impeach President Donald Trump again if he doesn’t resign, their leader Nancy Pelosi spoke with the top US general about how to prevent a “deranged” Trump from agreeing to the nuclear launch. codes in the …
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[ad_1] MENTAKAB, Malaysia: At least six people died and nearly 50,000 were evacuated in Malaysia after monsoon rains hit the country’s east coast, authorities said on Friday (Jan.8), causing what residents described as the worst flooding. in half a century. Authorities have stepped up rescue operations after locals complained they …
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[ad_1] SINGAPORE: A 20-year-old Singaporean working at Crowne Plaza Changi Airport is on Friday (January 8) the second reported local case of COVID-19 that has tested a preliminary positive for the new strain B117. He is also the third person working at the hotel’s Azur restaurant to test positive for …
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[ad_1] BERLIN: German company BioNTech said on Friday (January 8) that a preliminary study shows that its vaccine works against a key mutation in the coronavirus variants discovered in Britain and South Africa, which experts say is more contagious than normal strains. of coronavirus. Tests have shown that “antibodies from …
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[ad_1] WASHINGTON – US President Donald Trump said on Friday (January 8) that he would not attend the inauguration of his successor, Democratic President-elect Joe Biden, on January 20, hours after pledging a peaceful transition. power. There have been discussions at the White House about Trump’s departure from Washington on …
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[ad_1] LONDON: London declared a major incident on Friday (January 8) because its hospitals were at risk of being overwhelmed by a highly communicable variant of the coronavirus that is running ‘out of control’ across the UK. Britain has the fifth-worst official death toll from COVID-19 at more than 78,000, …
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[ad_1] SINGAPORE – A law will be passed to formalize the assurances previously made that the use of data from the TraceTogether contact tracing program for criminal investigations will be limited to seven categories of serious crimes, including kidnapping, rape and murder. The legislation will be presented at the next …
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[ad_1] SYDNEY: The families of 88 Australians killed in the 2002 Bali bombing will be distressed by the early release from prison on Friday (Jan 8) of the Indonesian Muslim cleric suspected of being the mastermind behind the attack, Australian Prime Minister said Scott Morrison. Abu Bakar Bashir was released …
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[ad_1] SINGAPORE: Three stray dogs removed from the Tuas Sur area after complaints were made are well and in rehab, Transportation Minister Ong Ye Kung said on Friday (Jan. 8), adding that posters will be posted in the area to alert visitors to the presence of homeless people. This comes …
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[ad_1] TOKYO: Tokyo woke up to its second state of emergency on Friday (January 8) and many people believed that it would be difficult, perhaps impossible, to host the Olympics safely. The Japanese government and the International Olympic Committee (IOC) decided last March to postpone the Olympic Games by one …
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