[ad_1] SINGAPORE – The multi-ministerial working group addressing Covid-19 announced on Wednesday (March 24) that further restrictions will be eased as Singapore moves forward with its vaccination program and continues to keep the pandemic under control. As of April 5, up to 75 percent of a company’s staff can return …
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[ad_1] KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia’s new badminton star Lee Zii Jia has distanced himself from being labeled the successor to legendary Shuttler Lee Chong Wei following his triumphant victory at the All England Open last Sunday. Speaking to reporters in a group interview via Zoom on Thursday (March 25), the 22-year-old …
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[ad_1] JAKARTA: The leaders of Singapore and Indonesia will meet in person during a retreat to be held later this year, the foreign ministers of both countries said on Thursday (March 25). At a joint press conference, Dr. Vivian Balakrishnan said: “I think in our previous discussion, we had looked, …
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[ad_1] CAIRO: A giant container ship got stuck during a sandstorm on Tuesday (March 23) in Egypt’s Suez Canal, causing a freighter jam on one of the world’s busiest shipping lanes. This is what we know so far. Commercial Commercial WHAT HAPPENED? The 400-meter-long Ever Given MV, almost whenever the …
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[ad_1] SINGAPORE: Port operator PSA may see schedule disruptions if the blockage of the Suez Canal caused by a stuck container ship is prolonged, Transport Minister Ong Ye Kung said on Thursday (March 25). In a Facebook post, Ong likened the incident to a large tree falling across the Central …
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[ad_1] SINGAPORE – Supplies to Singapore and the region may be temporarily disrupted, Transport Minister Ong Ye Kung said on Thursday (March 25) after one of the world’s largest container ships got stuck in the Suez Canal, blocking traffic along the critical waterway. In the event of a supply disruption, …
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[ad_1] SINGAPORE: Japanese boat rental company Shoei Kisen Kaisha, owner of the giant container ship stuck in the Suez Canal, said it faces “extreme difficulties” in refloating it. “In cooperation with local authorities and Bernhard Schulte Shipmanagement, a ship management company, we are trying to refloat (the ship), but we …
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[ad_1] Photographer: Andrey Rudakov / Bloomberg Photographer: Andrey Rudakov / Bloomberg Bitcoin fell amid a broader pullback in assets that had previously ridden a wave of stimulus-infused optimism among retail traders. The largest cryptocurrency fell 2% to roughly $ 52,950, a two-week low, at 7:02 a.m. in New York. The …
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[ad_1] SINGAPORE: When his Vietnamese girlfriend needed an air ticket to return home during the pandemic, a food court manager waited for the financial assistance he thought he was entitled to to help her pay for it. After discovering that he was ineligible for cash, he began stealing money from …
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[ad_1] SINGAPORE: Efforts to dislodge a 400-meter-long container ship that has choked traffic along the Suez Canal resumed at high tide on Thursday (March 25), with five tugboats working to pull the vessel into waters. deeper, based on vessel tracking data. The Ever Given vessel ran aground on the diagonal …
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