[ad_1] SINGAPORE – A man who tried to bribe a police officer to let him escape after he was caught twice improperly masked during the COVID-19 circuit breaker period was sentenced to four weeks in jail on Friday (October 23) . Chen Long, 28, had offered a police officer $ …
Read More »Singapore, Germany in Green Lane Reciprocal Travel Agreement
[ad_1] SINGAPORE – Singapore and Germany residents will soon be able to travel between the two countries for commercial or official reasons, after the two countries agreed to a Reciprocal Green Lane (RGL) agreement. This is the first of these Singapore travel arrangements with a European country amid the ongoing …
Read More »Asteroid samples escaping from a stuck NASA spacecraft
[ad_1] CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida: A NASA spacecraft is littered with so much asteroid debris from this week’s attack that it is stuck and precious particles are moving away in space, scientists said Friday (October 23). Scientists announced the news three days after the Osiris-Rex spacecraft briefly touched the asteroid Bennu …
Read More »AstraZeneca, Johnson & Johnson’s COVID-19 Vaccine Trials Are Underway in the U.S.
[ad_1] WASHINGTON: Two major clinical trials for COVID-19 experimental vaccines got back on track in the United States on Friday (October 23), providing a glimmer of hope as the number of cases skyrockets across the country. COVID-19 has now killed more than 223,000 Americans, and the health crisis is a …
Read More »Ziyech offers two-word advice to Van de Beek on Man Utd’s difficulties
[ad_1] Publication date: Thursday, October 22, 2020 6:50 AM Hakim Ziyech is convinced Donny van de Beek will soon prove himself against Manchester United ahead of Chelsea’s clash with his former teammate on Saturday. The midfielder joined United in an initial € 39m trade from Ajax during the summer. However, …
Read More »Donald Trump Says COVID-19 Pandemic Will End Soon, Joe Biden Criticizes President’s Handling Of Crisis
[ad_1] FLORIDA: US President Donald Trump promised his supporters in Florida on Friday (October 23) that the COVID-19 pandemic would end soon, and accused Democratic rival Joe Biden of exaggerating the health crisis to scare the public. Americans to vote for him. The pandemic, which has killed more than 224,000 …
Read More »470,000 Singaporean workers to receive $ 810 million in special Workfare payments in October: MOF, Singapore News
[ad_1] SINGAPORE – 470,000 low-income Singaporean workers who are on the Workfare Income Supplement Plan (WIS) will receive $ 810 million in Workfare Special Payment (WSP) in October, the Finance Ministry said on Friday (October 23). In his August 17 Ministerial Statement, Deputy Prime Minister Heng Swee Keat announced that …
Read More »Turning point in Thailand: the queen’s brush with protest
[ad_1] By Matthew Tostevin, Patpicha Tanakasempipat, Chayut Setboonsarng and Panu Wongcha-um BANGKOK (Reuters) – A watershed moment in Thailand’s growing protest movement began with the unannounced arrival of a champagne-colored Rolls Royce limousine on a Bangkok street. When Queen Suthida’s caravan slowed down as it encountered a few dozen protesters …
Read More »Demonstration in front of Thai prison demands release of protesters
[ad_1] BANGKOK: Protesters in Thailand resumed their activities on Friday (October 23) after a day break, and turned their attention to other protesters who remain in jail after their arrest. A crowd gathered in front of the Bangkok remand prison, their numbers rising to 2,000 after dark. The crowd hailed …
Read More »More than 50 million Americans vote early in the US presidential election.
[ad_1] WASHINGTON: More than 50 million Americans have voted in the presidential election, an early voting expert said on Friday (October 23), indicating a potential record turnout for the November 3 showdown between President Donald Trump and the challenger Joe Biden. According to Michael McDonald of the University of Florida …
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