[ad_1] MOSCOW: Russia’s prison service gave Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny a last-minute ultimatum on Monday (December 28): Fly back from Germany immediately and report to a Moscow office early Tuesday morning , or you will be jailed if you return after that deadline. Navalny, a leading critic of President Vladimir …
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[ad_1] SINGAPORE – Local radio DJ Daniel Ong Ming Yu and former model Jaime Teo Chai Lin were taken to court on Tuesday (December 29) for crimes under the Foreign Labor Employment Act linked to the Twelve pastry chain. Cupcakes, which they founded. They allegedly allowed the chain to pay …
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[ad_1] JAKARTA: Indonesia is prepared to secure coronavirus vaccines from Pfizer and AstraZeneca, the Minister of Health said on Tuesday (December 29), while awaiting authorization to begin its inoculation program with a third drug, by Sinovac of China. Budi Gunadi Sadikin said a 50 million dose deal with AstraZeneca would …
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[ad_1] LONDON: Britain reported 41,385 new cases of COVID-19 on Monday (December 28), a daily record, as a rapidly spreading variant of the coronavirus increases infection rates and the holiday weekend affected the notification of some new cases. There were 357 new deaths within 28 days of a positive test, …
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[ad_1] Instead of caring for her patients, a former nurse at the Institute of Mental Health (IMH) abused them and filmed them showering. Some of the patients were seriously mentally ill and suicidal. Yesterday, he was jailed for 57 months and a week and received 10 strokes of the baton …
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[ad_1] Local contractor Everrise Maintenance was fined $ 8,500 by PUB for failing to use a licensed plumber to repair cracked pipes in a condo on River Valley Road on September 8. The national water agency said in a statement yesterday that Everrise Maintenance was convicted of causing contamination to …
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[ad_1] BEIJING: Beijing sealed 10 areas of its northeastern Shunyi district on Tuesday (December 29), the first blockade on the Chinese capital since the last coronavirus outbreak in June and July. The city has reported 16 infections and three asymptomatic cases since December 18, when the initial cases were found. …
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[ad_1] The architecture firm behind the three-block design on the St George’s Towers Build-To-Order (BTO) project has taken home a superior design award for Housing Board projects in a year that saw HDB name a number. winners record. Built in the Kallang-Whampoa district, and towering over lower-rise developments on the …
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[ad_1] SINGAPORE – Local dance company Dance Spectrum International (DSI), which was scheduled to perform a tap segment at Chingay 2021, decided not to participate in the annual celebrations. This was announced on the PAssion Chingay Club Facebook page on Monday (December 28), after the DSI segment drew criticism from …
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[ad_1] SINGAPORE – The part-time Grab driver who was the only community case of Covid-19 on Monday has been temporarily suspended from the Grab platform, in accordance with the transport operator’s safety precautionary measures. Grab said in a statement on Tuesday (December 29) that he is working with the Ministry …
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