[ad_1] SINGAPORE – Three Singaporean men accused of committing crimes related to obtaining personal data from Singtel and StarHub clients appeared in district court on Wednesday (December 16). Two of them, Foo Cheek Ann Kelvin, 32, and Zhang Jiazheng, 38, are said to have used computers at their workplaces to …
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[ad_1] SYDNEY: Australia will ask the World Trade Organization to investigate China’s punitive tariffs on barley imports, it said on Wednesday (December 16), in a significant escalation of tensions between the two nations. Trade Minister Simon Birmingham announced the decision, saying Beijing’s 80 percent surcharge on Australia’s barley imports “is …
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[ad_1] Wed, Dec 16 From 2020-13: 30h US tech giant Zoom Video Communications is opening a new research and development (R&D) center in Singapore, where it will hire hundreds of key engineers, the firm said in a press release on Wednesday. Zoom, which has already had a presence in Singapore …
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[ad_1] South China morning post China leads world in jailed journalists for second year in a row, watchdog group China has topped the world ranking of jailed journalists for the second year in a row, according to a new analysis by the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ), a watchdog on …
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[ad_1] SINGAPORE – The economic recession caused by the pandemic has not deterred businessman Mohamed Abdul Jaleel from committing $ 500,000 to support students from needy Singaporean families. Jaleel, founder and CEO of Mini Environment Service Group, told The Straits Times: “Whether it’s a good time or a bad time, …
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[ad_1] BRUSSELS: The global plan to deliver COVID-19 vaccines to the poorest countries faces a “very high” risk of failure, which could leave billions of people in the nations without access to vaccines until 2024, according to internal documents . The World Health Organization’s COVAX program is the world’s leading …
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[ad_1] SINGAPORE: SMRT said on Wednesday (December 16) that it made a police report against a traveler who “forced” his way onto a train with a non-folding bicycle. In a Facebook post, the train operator said that an SMRT employee had tried to prevent a man with the bicycle from …
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[ad_1] WASHINGTON (BLOOMBERG) – Former Donald Trump campaign attorney Sidney Powell has asked the Supreme Court to overturn Joe Biden’s election victories in Michigan and Georgia, continuing a wave of risky litigation despite repeated rejections in court. . The latest requests appeared in the court’s online record on Tuesday (December …
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[ad_1] JAKARTA – President Joko Widodo announced on Wednesday (December 16) that he will be the first recipient of a Covid-19 vaccine in Indonesia and that the vaccine will be available free of charge to all Indonesians. “I want to emphasize once again that I will be the first to …
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[ad_1] SINGAPORE: It’s official: Singapore’s street vendor culture is now on UNESCO’s Intangible Cultural Heritage list, joining French cuisine, Thai massage, and yoga. The list – a first for singapore – it was confirmed at the 15th session of the Intergovernmental Committee for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage …
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