[ad_1] WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump on Tuesday (December 22) threatened not to sign a $ 892 billion coronavirus relief bill that includes desperately needed money for individual Americans, saying it should be modified to increase the amount on the stimulus controls. US government operations will be funded on a …
Read More »TraceTogether Program Reaches 70% Participation Among Singapore Residents, Singapore News & Top Stories
[ad_1] SINGAPORE – Roughly 70 percent of Singapore residents are now participating in the national contact tracing program TraceTogether (TT), meeting a goal the government had previously set for the country to enter phase three of its reopening. But authorities will not roll out TraceTogether-only SafeEntry in places like movie …
Read More »Comment: Tight UK restrictions are your only hope of curbing a new strain of coronavirus
[ad_1] LONDON: A potentially more infectious new variant of the coronavirus is believed to be behind the rising number of COVID-19 cases in southern parts of the UK. Fearing this version of the virus will spiral out of control, the government has introduced a stricter level of restrictions across much …
Read More »FCT to sell Anchorpoint shopping center for 110 million Singapore dollars, companies and markets
[ad_1] Wed, Dec 23, 2020-9: 00 AM FRASERS Centrepoint Trust (FCT) will sell the Anchorpoint shopping center for S $ 110 million to unrelated third parties, the manager said in a stock exchange presentation on Wednesday. The FCT trustee entered into two sale agreements with each of the undisclosed buyers …
Read More »15 kg of drugs worth S $ 2.3 million seized at Woodlands checkpoint
[ad_1] SINGAPORE: Around 15 kg of drugs worth S $ 2.3 million were seized in two separate smuggling attempts through the Woodlands checkpoint. In a joint press release on Wednesday (December 23), the Immigration and Checkpoints Authority (ICA) and the Central Narcotics Bureau (CNB) said the attempts, which took place …
Read More »Man arrested, 14 others investigated for meeting at a store to drink alcohol
[ad_1] SINGAPORE: Police are investigating 15 people, including a 29-year-old man who was arrested, for disobeying COVID-19 safe distancing measures by meeting at a store to drink alcohol. Police received a report on Sunday (December 20) at around 4.30am that people were gathering at a store along North Bridge Road. …
Read More »Trump Rejects Covid-19 Relief Bill, Calling It ‘A Disgrace’, United States News & Top Stories
[ad_1] WASHINGTON (AFP) – US President Donald Trump on Tuesday (December 22) rejected a bipartisan Covid stimulus package of $ 900 billion (S $ 1.2 trillion), calling it “a disgrace” and demanded that lawmakers triple aid payments to Americans. While he did not explicitly say that he would not sign …
Read More »Arsenal lose again as Carabao Cup champions Manchester City inflict harsh punishment en route to the final semi-final
[ad_1] Gabriel Jesus, Riyad Mahrez, Phil Foden and Aymeric Laporte put together a comfortable night for City, who have yet to lose a game in England’s secondary club competition since 2016, and return Gabriel Martinelli suffered another injury in his first start at nine months while the pressure continued to …
Read More »Elon Musk says he once approached Apple to acquire Tesla
[ad_1] REUTERS: Silicon Valley billionaire Elon Musk said Tuesday that he contacted Apple Inc CEO Tim Cook “during the darkest days of the Model 3 program” to discuss the possibility of the iPhone maker acquiring Tesla Inc. for a tenth of its current value. . “He declined to participate in …
Read More »Actions to consider: Keppel Corp, Keppel Reit, Olam, Frasers Centrepoint Trust, LHN, Stocks
[ad_1] Wed, Dec 23, 2020 – 9:04 AM THE following companies saw new developments that may affect their stock trading on Wednesday: Keppel Corporation, Keppel Reit: The conglomerate said late Tuesday that its subsidiary Keppel Renewable Energy signed an agreement to develop a solar farm in Queensland, Australia. Separately, Keppel …
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