[ad_1] SINGAPORE: Singaporean leaders on Saturday (October 24) expressed their condolences to the Sultan of Brunei following the death of his son, Prince ‘Abdul’ Azim, at the age of 38. “It was with deep sadness that I learned of the passing of his beloved son … He will be remembered …
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[ad_1] By Joyce Lee, Hyunjoo Jin, and Cynthia Kim SEOUL (Reuters) – Lee Kun-hee, who made Samsung Electronics a global powerhouse in smartphones, semiconductors and televisions, died Sunday after spending more than six years in hospital following a heart attack, the company said. The charismatic leader of the Samsung Group …
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[ad_1] I think a lot about restaurant reservations these days. But only because it is very difficult to secure a coveted seat in a restaurant for four friends for lunch or dinner. My Facebook feed is full of opposing views: on the one hand, there are the penny pinchers who …
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[ad_1] NEW YORK: New Yorkers packed the polls and lined up for hours to cast their vote on the state’s first day of early voting on Saturday (October 24), rushing to register their elections 10 days before the presidential election on October 3 of November. Long lines formed before the …
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[ad_1] WASHINGTON (BLOOMBERG, REUTERS) – Mike Pence’s chief of staff, Marc Short, tested positive for the coronavirus infection this week, bringing the pandemic to the vice president’s inner circle. Earlier on Saturday (October 24), Bloomberg News reported that one of Pence’s closest political advisers, Marty Obst, had also been infected …
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[ad_1] SEOUL: As a devout Jehovah’s Witness, Jang Kyung-jin was ready to be imprisoned instead of serving in the South Korean military. After a landmark court ruling, he will head to prison on Monday (October 26), but as a civil administrator, not as a convict. The South is technically still …
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[ad_1] NEW HAMPSHIRE: President Donald Trump will go on the offensive against Democratic rival Joe Biden on Sunday (October 25) with a campaign trip to New Hampshire, a state he narrowly lost in 2016 but is trying to regain in the race this year by the White House. With nine …
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[ad_1] SINGAPORE – Can milk be produced in a laboratory rather than from cows or humans? And can it taste the same? Local biotech company TurtleTree Labs certainly thinks so, and impressed the 2020 World Cup of Entrepreneurship judges enough to take home the top $ 500,000 (Singapore $ 678,000) …
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[ad_1] SEOUL: In February 1993, five years after replacing his father in South Korea’s Samsung Group, Lee Kun-hee, 51, was frustrated that he was not making his mark. He summoned a group of Samsung Electronics executives to a Best Buy store in Los Angeles to check out the reality of …
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[ad_1] BANGKOK: Prominent leaders of Thailand’s protest movement vowed to return to the streets on Sunday (October 25) to demonstrate against Prime Minister Prayut Chan-O-Cha, after his deadline for his resignation was ignored. The former military chief is facing pressure from a student-led movement that has been organizing mass demonstrations …
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