[ad_1] JOHOR BARU: Locals have been urged to do their best to combat Covid-19 for Singapore to reopen its border with Johor. Johor MCA Government Affairs Coordinating Chairman Michael Tay said Singapore would not reopen the two ground checkpoints if Covid-19 cases in Johor spiked. “We have been declared a …
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[ad_1] Deal A Canadian border official testified on Friday that he received an “unusual” request from the FBI for the phone number of the shift supervisor the next day, when Huawei’s CFO Meng Wanzhou would arrive in Canada. Huawei Technologies CFO Meng Wanzhou leaves her home to attend a court …
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[ad_1] ISTANBUL: A strong 7.0 magnitude earthquake struck the Aegean Sea on Friday (October 30), collapsing buildings in the western Turkish city of Izmir, killing at least six people and injuring scores more according to authorities. The earthquake occurred around 11.50am GMT (7.50pm Singapore time) and was felt along Turkey’s …
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[ad_1] NEW HAVEN, Connecticut: Just as China led the global economic recovery after the 2008 global financial crisis, it plays a similar role today. Its post-COVID rally is gathering momentum amid a developed world that remains on shaky ground. Unfortunately, this is a bitter pill for many, especially in the …
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[ad_1] SINGAPORE – Another man appeared in district court this week on a sexual abuse charge involving a child. The case of Mohamed Taha Ahmad is the fourth to be reported in The Straits Times. The 60-year-old Singaporean allegedly sexually abused a 12-year-old boy in a block of flats on …
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[ad_1] Singapore is at a crossroads. Community cases here are extremely low now, with only six in the last fortnight. This means that measures to contain the virus here are working and Singapore should be able to alleviate them significantly with little risk, experts told The Straits Times. Singapore may …
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[ad_1] SINGAPORE: Singapore reported seven new COVID-19 cases as of noon on Thursday (October 29), the Ministry of Health (MOH) said in its daily preliminary update. All new infections are imported cases. All seven were put on notice to stay at home upon arrival in Singapore, the Health Ministry said. …
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[ad_1] Liverpool supporters had their hearts in their mouths when Fabinho was left lame in the Reds’ Champions League game against FC Midtjylland on Tuesday. With Virgil van Dijk probably out for the season and Joel Matip out for the third time this season, seeing Fabinho’s signal to the bench …
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[ad_1] SINGAPORE – Lee Ah Mooi Old Age Home had a brush with Covid-19 twice this year, but the two incidents couldn’t have been more different. In March, it became the first nursing home to report a case of coronavirus at its Thomson Road branch. At its peak, there were …
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[ad_1] The family of a man arrested for killing three parishioners in France weeks after leaving their Tunis home has told AFP they are fighting to believe that he carried out the attack. But before that “he was drinking alcohol and using drugs. I used to say to him, ‘We …
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