[ad_1] WASHINGTON: US trade officials said on Wednesday (December 30) that they were increasing tariffs on certain European Union products, including aircraft-related parts and French and German wines, amid a civil aircraft dispute. ongoing between Washington and Brussels. In a statement, the Office of the United States Trade Representative said …
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[ad_1] Photographer: Suhaimi Abdullah / Getty Images Photographer: Suhaimi Abdullah / Getty Images Two people in Singapore who returned from the UK have undergone preliminary tests to have a new strain of Covid-19 circulating there, the Ministry of Health. it said in a statement. One of the people who initially …
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[ad_1] SINGAPORE: The support period for contracts related to events and tourism has been extended even further, from Thursday (December 31) to January 31, 2021. In a press release on Thursday, the Ministry of Law (MinLaw) said that the one-month extension “will allow both individuals and businesses to re-evaluate the …
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[ad_1] James Milner wants Liverpool to respond to Manchester United’s dramatic improvement and ‘start’ on what he hopes is a better 2021. The champions head into January with a three-point lead at the top despite draws against West Brom and Newcastle. Meanwhile, the Red Devils’ win over Aston Villa on …
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[ad_1] KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia will end the year with a record number of daily COVID-19 infections since the pandemic began, reporting 2,525 new cases on Thursday (December 31). There were eight more deaths, bringing the country’s death toll from the coronavirus to 471. Ad Ad READ: Delayed transfer of COVID-19 …
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[ad_1] SINGAPORE – Singapore should face the new year with renewed confidence and hope after passing through an “exceptionally tested” 2020, Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong said on Thursday (December 31). In his traditional New Year’s message, Lee said the country has faced an unprecedented crisis and stabilized its Covid-19 …
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[ad_1] SINGAPORE – A two-week police operation starting on December 19 resulted in the arrest of 230 people for their role in different scams in which victims lost more than $ 2.9 million. The 388 ruses involved social media spoofing, internet love scams, scams using fake betting and loan platforms, …
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[ad_1] TAIPEI: Major Taiwanese cities have cut back on New Year’s Eve events and are telling people to watch fireworks and other festivities at home, following the island’s first case of the highly infectious variant of the coronavirus originally discovered in Britain. Taiwan has kept the pandemic well under control …
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[ad_1] SYDNEY: The world began ushering in the New Year on Thursday (December 31), with pandemic controls silencing the celebrations of billions of people eager to bid farewell to coronavirus-plagued 2020. After a grueling year in which at least 1.7 million people died from COVID-19, new waves of infection triggered …
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[ad_1] SINGAPORE: The Singapore Tourism Board (STB) is investigating an alleged violation of COVID-19 safe management measures on a Royal Caribbean cruise ship. Photos of a group of more than 10 men and women on the cruise were posted on the photo-sharing platform Instagram. The passengers were not wearing masks …
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