[ad_1] South China morning post China’s top diplomat says Beijing seeks U.S. to join forces in new energy and new technologies China has spoken of the prospect of cooperating with the United States and other developed countries on new energies and emerging technologies, despite the ongoing tensions between Beijing and …
Read More »PM Lee Calls For Global Cooperation To Ensure Covid-19 Vaccines For All, Singapore News & Top Stories
[ad_1] SINGAPORE – Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong called on Wednesday (February 24) for international cooperation to ensure that all countries, including developing ones, have access to tested Covid-19 vaccines. In a pre-recorded video message for a world conference broadcast live on YouTube, Mr. Lee said Singapore is also discussing …
Read More »Monaco star spills beans on Manchester United’s failed £ 22m transfer offer
[ad_1] Monaco defender Benoit Badiashile has confirmed that he was the subject of a Manchester United transfer approach over the summer. Ole Gunnar Solskjaer is on the hunt for a new defender to play alongside Harry Maguire. With a plethora of names linked, United were reported to have expressed interest …
Read More »Police wife admits maid starves to 24kg and tortures to death, Singapore news
[ad_1] SINGAPORE – Chilling footage of an emaciated domestic worker being grabbed by her hair and shaken like a rag doll was played in court on Tuesday (February 23). His Singaporean employer, the wife of a police officer, admitted that he had starved, tortured, and eventually killed his 24-year-old aide …
Read More »Man to be charged with laundering more than $ 10 million for Covid-19 scam, Courts & Crime News & Top Stories
[ad_1] SINGAPORE – A 40-year-old man who was allegedly involved in the laundering of more than $ 10 million linked to a Covid-19 scam will be indicted on Wednesday (February 24). In a press release late Tuesday (February 23), police said they were alerted in March last year to a …
Read More »Bitcoin’s steep decline drags Tesla and ARK ETFs along the journey
[ad_1] Deal A drop in the price of Bitcoin this week spilled over into Tesla shares, cutting more than $ 110 billion from the electric car maker’s value and about $ 20 billion from CEO Elon Musk’s net worth as he hit the funds traded that they had the shares. …
Read More »1 dorm resident among 4 new COVID-19 infections in Singapore
[ad_1] SINGAPORE: A one-bedroom resident working as a delivery assistant was one of four new COVID-19 cases reported in Singapore on Tuesday (February 23). This is the first COVID-19 case to reside in a bedroom in nearly two weeks; the last such case was reported on February 10. Commercial Commercial …
Read More »No significant funds from Myanmar companies and individuals found in Singapore banks: MORE
[ad_1] SINGAPORE: The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) said on Tuesday (February 23) that its regular surveillance of the banking system has not found “significant funds” from Myanmar individuals and businesses in Singapore banks. Myanmar’s military seized power earlier this month and detained leaders of the National League for Democracy …
Read More »Indian salesman who speaks fluent Mandarin and Hokkien learned them from grandparents
[ad_1] SINGAPORE: In a four-and-a-half minute video, an Indian vendor fluently switches between Mandarin, Hokkien, and a little English, while demonstrating the use of a mop to fascinated viewers. At one point, the man tells his audience in Hokkien: “Fifty years ago, the people of India could not speak Mandarin. …
Read More »Malaysia deports more than 1,000 Myanmar citizens despite court order
[ad_1] LUMUT, Malaysia: Malaysia deported more than 1,000 Myanmar citizens to their homeland a few weeks after a coup on Tuesday (February 23), the country’s immigration chief said, despite a court order halting repatriation and a storm of criticism from human rights groups. Authorities sent 1,086 detainees back on three …
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