[ad_1] More people in Singapore have been seeking help for mental health issues amid the Covid-19 outbreak. Today, before World Mental Health Day, The Straits Times spoke with more than a dozen doctors and mental health service providers from the public, private and community sectors. Most said there has been …
Read More »First batch of HDB smart homes ready in Punggol, Housing News & Top Stories
[ad_1] Approximately 1,400 families will be the first to live in smart device-enabled Housing Board flats in Punggol Northshore later this year. Spread over two Build-To-Order (BTO) projects, Northshore Residences I and II, the apartments are equipped with the “brain” of a smart home: smart plugs and high-tech distribution boards. …
Read More »Trump to Resume Campaign with In-Person Event at White House, Featured U.S. News and Stories
[ad_1] WASHINGTON (REUTERS) – US President Donald Trump, eager to return to the election campaign after being sidelined by a Covid-19 infection, will begin with remarks to supporters in the White House at an on-air event. free on Saturday (October 10). . A White House official said Trump will address …
Read More »US Strikes Deal With AstraZeneca For Trump-Touted COVID-19 Antibody Treatment
[ad_1] WASHINGTON: The U.S. government awarded AstraZeneca $ 486 million to develop and secure supplies of up to 100,000 doses of COVID-19 antibody treatment, a similar class of drug that was used to treat President Donald Trump. The deal, under the Trump administration’s Operation Warp Speed, is to develop a …
Read More »Organizers Cancel Second U.S. Presidential Debate Oct. 15 Between Trump and Biden, United States News & Top Stories
[ad_1] WASHINGTON (AFP, BLOOMBERG) – The Commission on Presidential Debates (CPD) said on Friday (October 9) that it has canceled next week’s confrontation between Donald Trump and his challenger Joe Biden, after the President of the United States said that I would not participate in a virtual format. . Canceling …
Read More »20-Year-Old Man Arrested for Possession of a Knife and Beating a Police Officer on Beach Road, Courts & Crime News & Top Stories
[ad_1] SINGAPORE – A 20-year-old man was arrested in the early hours of Friday (October 9) for possessing a knife and beating a police officer. Singapore Police Force (SPF) officers from the Central Police Division found the man in the lobby of an elevator on Block 6 Beach Road around …
Read More »No swimming at Siloso Beach in Sentosa after box jellyfish sighting
[ad_1] SINGAPORE – Bathers at Sentosa’s Siloso Beach will not be allowed into the water after spotting box jellyfish. In a Facebook post around 10pm on Friday (October 9), Sentosa said that no one will be allowed to swim “until further notice.” A box jellyfish was spotted in the waters …
Read More »Europe registers 100,000 daily cases of coronavirus for the first time
[ad_1] LONDON: Europe surpassed 100,000 daily COVID-19 cases for the first time on Thursday (October 8), after countries like Russia and the UK saw no respite from the rising number of infections every day in the past five days . Cases across Europe have risen steadily over the past week, …
Read More »Comment: Why does someone keep talking about herd immunity?
[ad_1] NEW YORK CITY: During an ABC News “town hall” style event on September 15, US President Donald Trump told host George Stephanopoulos that without a vaccine, COVID-19 would still “go away.” Over time, Trump said: “You will develop a herd mentality, like a herd. It’s going to be, it’s …
Read More »Canadian Extradition Judge Strikes Huawei’s CFO Legally
[ad_1] VANCOUVER: A senior executive at Chinese communications giant Huawei Technologies has been denied access to most of the documents that her lawyers hoped to use to help prevent her extradition to the United States. Canada arrested Meng Wanzhou, daughter of Huawei’s founder and the company’s chief financial officer, at …
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