[ad_1] BEIJING: A confident-sounding Communist Party of China spoke of a brighter future by remembering the victims in a ceremony on Sunday (December 13) on the 83rd anniversary of the Nanjing massacre. Over six weeks, Japanese troops raped and killed tens of thousands, and by some estimates hundreds of thousands, …
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[ad_1] Wins over Sevilla and Gladbach helped stabilize the boat before another win over title-chasing Atlético completed a perfect seven days for Zizou. The storm has passed and Zinedine Zidane’s boat is not only still afloat, but is moving at full speed. His Real Madrid team weathered the storm and …
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[ad_1] SINGAPORE: The Singapore Islamic Religious Council (MUIS) said on Sunday (December 13) that it “maintains the position that a COVID-19 vaccine is allowed for Muslim use.” “We advise and encourage Muslims to get vaccinated once it is available and when the vaccine has been medically licensed as safe and …
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[ad_1] 00:24 The return orbiter of China’s Chang’e-5 probe entered moon-to-Earth transfer orbit after completing two orbital maneuvers, the China National Space Administration (CNSA) announced on Sunday. About 230 kilometers from the lunar surface, the orbiter and returner fired four engines and launched into the moon-to-Earth transfer orbit at 9:51 …
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[ad_1] SINGAPORE – Seven new coronavirus cases were confirmed at noon on Sunday (December 13), bringing Singapore’s total to 58,320. All were imported cases that had been listed on stay-at-home notices upon arrival in Singapore. The Ministry of Health (MINSA) did not announce any cases from the community or inside …
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[ad_1] SINGAPORE – An 80-year-old man, his wife, 66, and their son, 45, were killed after an incident at the elderly couple’s apartment in Lakeside on Thursday (December 10). Police said no dirty act is suspected and they were alerted to the unnatural death case at Block 120 Ho Ching …
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[ad_1] SEOUL: South Korean President Moon Jae-in warned on Sunday (December 13) that COVID-19 restrictions may be raised to the highest level after a second day of record increases in cases as the country struggles against a harsh third wave of infection. Chairing an emergency meeting at the Security Countermeasures …
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[ad_1] SINGAPORE – Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong will address the nation at 5 p.m. on Monday (December 14) to give an update on the Covid-19 situation and the outlook for next year. The co-chairs of the ministerial working group tackling the pandemic, Health Minister Gan Kim Yong and Education …
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[ad_1] CHERNOBYL: A soft snow fell as a group of visitors equipped with a Geiger counter wandered through the ghostly Ukrainian city of Pripyat, frozen in time since the world’s worst nuclear accident in 1986. More than three decades after the Chernobyl nuclear disaster forced thousands of people to evacuate, …
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