[ad_1] Photographer: Gilles Sabrie / Bloomberg Photographer: Gilles Sabrie / Bloomberg China’s antitrust watchdog fined Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. and a Tencent Holdings Ltd.’s unit on acquisitions from a couple of years ago and said it is reviewing an imminent merger led by Tencent, signaling Beijing’s intention to tighten oversight …
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[ad_1] Many people are struggling financially with the prolonged Covid-19 pandemic affecting businesses and livelihoods. Then imagine that you are the target of loan sharks when you don’t even owe them money. Malaysian-born Mediacorp actor Yao Wenlong and his restaurant Johor Baru Sun Gourmet Kitchen were targeted by a moneylender …
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[ad_1] WASHINGTON: President-elect Joe Biden is expected to take an important step in consolidating his November 3 victory over President Donald Trump on Monday (December 14), when all 538 members of the United States Electoral College meet to cast their official votes for president. This is what to expect. Ad …
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[ad_1] SINGAPORE: Hafnia shipping company said on Monday (December 14) that one of its tankers, the BW Rhine, had been struck by an unidentified “external source” causing an explosion and fire as the ship was unloading at Jeddah port in Saudi Arabia. Arabia. The United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations (UKMTO) …
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[ad_1] South China morning post Why Hong Kong Police Received HK $ 180 Million in Donations Last Year and Spent Near HK $ 65 Million on Food The Hong Kong police welfare fund received about 180 million Hong Kong dollars ($ 23 million) in donations last year, more than 26 …
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[ad_1] NEW YORK: New York on Monday (December 14) inoculated its first healthcare worker, a nurse from the intensive care unit in Queens, with the Pfizer / BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine, marking a fundamental turn in the US effort to control deadly virus. Sandra Lindsay, an ICU nurse, received the vaccine …
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[ad_1] SINGAPORE – The Health Sciences Authority (HSA) has approved the use of the Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine in Singapore, and the first shipment of the vaccine is expected to arrive here later this month. Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong revealed this in his address to the nation on Monday (December …
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[ad_1] SINGAPORE (The Straits Times / ANN): Covid-19 vaccines will be free to all Singaporeans and long-term residents currently here, Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong said on Monday (December 14). Those most at risk will be given top priority, including healthcare workers and front-line personnel, as well as the elderly …
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[ad_1] KUALA LUMPUR (The Straits Times / ANN): Malaysia is expected to restart the twice-delayed high-speed rail (HSR) project, but without Singapore’s involvement, with the line ending in Johor and not Jurong East, The Malaysian Insight (TMI) news The site quoted a source as saying on Sunday (December 13). The …
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[ad_1] KUALA LUMPUR – Malaysia’s two-time former Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad has established cooperation with his 30-year long-time rival, Umno Razaleigh lawmaker Hamzah, ahead of a crucial vote on the Perikatan Nasional government’s 2021 budget. (PN) on Tuesday (December 15). At a press conference on Monday (December 14), Tun Dr …
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