[ad_1] JAKARTA: Indonesia held nationwide regional elections on Wednesday and more than 100 million voters are expected to cast their ballots, despite warnings that the poll would worsen the nation’s COVID-19 crisis. The archipelago of nearly 270 million – the world’s third-largest democracy and the world’s fourth-most populous nation – …
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[ad_1] HONG KONG: Hong Kong pro-democracy activist Agnes Chow was denied bail on Wednesday (December 9) pending an appeal against her 10-month jail sentence on charges related to an unauthorized assembly during protests against the government last year. The 24-year-old activist was jailed on December 2 along with Joshua Wong …
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[ad_1] SINGAPORE: One of the maids who accused her employer’s wife of abusing them at their multi-million dollar home in Sentosa Cove took the stand on Wednesday (December 9) and described her strange work hours as well as the pinching she allegedly received. . Jenefer Vegafria Arangote, 39, told the …
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[ad_1] SINGAPORE: A COVID-19 case reported aboard a Royal Caribbean cruise ship was not “unexpected” and the Singapore government was prepared for it, Trade and Industry Minister Chan Chun Sing said on Wednesday (December 9). . “When we embarked on this pilot, I think we never thought such things would …
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[ad_1] A Singaporean woman accused of abusing two domestic workers at her Sentosa Cove home went to trial yesterday. Tan Lee Hoon, 56, is contesting eight charges of willfully causing harm to two Filipino women while working at his home on Paradise Island. It is alleged that he pinched Ms. …
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[ad_1] VENICE: Venice’s St. Mark’s Square was under water on Tuesday (December 8) after a newly installed system of mobile artificial dams failed to activate. Residents, long accustomed to perennial “acqua alta” or high water events, put on their rubber boots once again to cope with the floods that reached …
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[ad_1] LEIPZIG, Germany: RB Leipzig scored twice in the first 13 minutes but had to survive a late Manchester United comeback to hold on to a 3-2 win on Tuesday (Dec. 8) that sent them into the knockout phase of the Champions League and eliminated the English side. The Germans, …
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[ad_1] SINGAPORE – Three children from a preschool in Newton were hospitalized after an outbreak of salmonella and stomach flu between their charges, ranging in age from 18 months to six years. One of them was discharged on Tuesday (December 8), the Early Childhood Development Agency (ECDA) said in a …
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[ad_1] SINGAPORE – After a confirmed case of Covid-19 was discovered aboard Royal Caribbean’s Quantum of the Seas cruise ship, the ship had to return to Singapore, arriving on Wednesday (December 9) on the third day of a cruise from four days to nowhere. The ship, which is the second …
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[ad_1] SINGAPORE – The Covid-19 case detected on a cruise ship to nowhere illustrates the importance of having protocols in place to quickly contact, trace and isolate close contacts, said Trade and Industry Minister Chan Chun Sing. “We have implemented the necessary protocols to make sure we can make sure …
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