[ad_1] SINGAPORE – A man was sentenced Wednesday (December 23) to eight months in jail and two strokes of the baton for sexually abusing a friend at her home after a night out. Earlier this month, the 30-year-old Singaporean pleaded guilty in district court to one count of sexual abuse. …
Read More »The new British variant Covid-19 is likely to be found in Hong Kong as the city secures vaccine supply, East Asia News & Top Stories
[ad_1] HONG KONG (REUTERS) – A new variant of the novel coronavirus that is spreading rapidly in Britain appears to have infected two students who returned to Hong Kong from the UK, the Hong Kong Department of Health said on Wednesday (December 23). Kong, while the city secured 22.5 million …
Read More »Singapore Confirms 1 COVID-19 Case Carrying UK Virus Strain, 11 Others ‘Preliminary Positive’
[ad_1] SINGAPORE: Singapore has confirmed its first case of COVID-19 carrying the potentially most contagious strain of the virus circulating in the UK, the Ministry of Health (MOH) said on Wednesday (23 December). The case confirmed as a carrier of the B117 strain is known as Case 58504. It involves …
Read More »Singapore Confirms First Case of New Covid-19 Strain in UK, 17-Year-Old Student Recently Returned from Britain, Singapore News & Top Stories
[ad_1] SINGAPORE – A case of a new strain of coronavirus reported in the UK as potentially more contagious was detected here, the Ministry of Health (MOH) said on Wednesday (December 23). The patient is a 17-year-old Singaporean girl who had studied in the UK. The Health Ministry said that …
Read More »SIA Trials New App to Verify Passenger Covid-19 Test Results; adopts the industry framework for potential vaccine passports, transportation news, and highlight stories
[ad_1] SINGAPORE – The flag carrier Singapore Airlines (SIA) has begun testing of a new service that will allow faster verification of Covid-19 test results, potentially paving the way for the introduction of vaccine passports. Instead of manually verifying health certificates to verify their authenticity, immigration staff will be able …
Read More »Taiwan’s EVA Air fires pilot of island’s first local Covid-19 case in 8 months, East Asia News & Top Stories
[ad_1] TAIPEI (REUTERS) – Taiwan’s EVA Airways Corp fired a New Zealand pilot on Wednesday (December 23) who was blamed by the government for the first locally transmitted Covid-19 case on the island since April 12 because it did not follow the rules of disease prevention. Taiwan has kept the …
Read More »‘Bon voyage’, China says as Germany leaves UN Security Council
[ad_1] South China morning post China’s Antarctic expedition joins medical evacuation operation to make Australia sick A complex international operation is underway in Antarctica to evacuate an Australian expeditionary with the help of China and the United States. The Australian Antarctic Program said on Monday that two separate ice rinks …
Read More »I am 27 years old and I accumulated my first $ 100k investing and saving for 4 years, Money News
[ad_1] My name is Winnie A. and I am now 27 years old. This is my story of how I worked to accumulate $ 100K in four years. Like most wide-eyed recent graduates, I took a job with reasonable pay and expectations, regardless of how my starting salary would affect …
Read More »Man sentenced to death obtains authorization to initiate judicial review
[ad_1] South China morning post China’s Antarctic expedition joins medical evacuation operation to make Australia sick A complex international operation is underway in Antarctica to evacuate an Australian expeditionary with the help of China and the United States. The Australian Antarctic Program said on Monday that two separate ice rinks …
Read More »Former Miss Universe contestant admits she memorized her friends’ card numbers to make unauthorized purchases online
[ad_1] SINGAPORE: A contestant in Miss Universe Singapore 2017 pleaded guilty on Wednesday (December 23) to using her friends’ debit card details to make unauthorized purchases after memorizing them. Ashley Rita Wong Kai Lin, 27, admitted four charges under the Cybersecurity and Computer Misuse Act, and another 27 charges were …
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