[ad_1] BEIJING: The tragic case of a rural live streamer who died after her ex-husband set her on fire has sparked outrage over domestic violence on Chinese social media. The 30-year-old woman, named Lamu, died on Wednesday (September 30) after efforts to save her life failed, according to a statement …
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[ad_1] SINGAPORE – 10 new coronavirus cases have been confirmed as of noon on Friday (October 2), bringing Singapore’s total to 57,794. This is the lowest daily figure since March 12, which had nine cases. Walking On Sunshine, a hairdresser in Orchard Central, was added to the list of places …
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[ad_1] SINGAPORE – Since Singapore completed its major Covid-19 restart on June 1, the economy has cautiously reopened, an effort that is underway in three phases. Here’s a look at how the nation is reinvigorating work and business, while doing everything it can to keep the virus at bay. June …
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[ad_1] WASHINGTON – The fact that US President Donald Trump has been hospitalized with Covid-19 has turned the conversation for the week toward the pandemic, which continues to ravage the United States. For him, that is a double-edged sword. Yet as much as the president tries to blame China and …
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[ad_1] SINGAPORE – A total of 342 migrant workers will serve a 14-day quarantine after a Covid-19 patient was detected in the Tuas bedroom where they were staying. All of them were transferred from the Space @ Tuas dormitory to a government quarantine facility after the confirmed case of Covid-19 …
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[ad_1] HONG KONG – When China allowed Elon Musk to set up the Tesla Gigafactory in Shanghai in 2018, it was as if a large catfish had just fallen into a placid pond. Homegrown electric vehicle manufacturers were suddenly in mortal danger. The introduction of the industry’s apex predator marked …
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[ad_1] SINGAPORE – A taxi driver and another driver involved in a traffic accident in Clementi that killed a student and injured three others in 2018 have been found responsible for the damage to one of the injured passengers. National University of Singapore (NUS) student Ting Jun Heng was sitting …
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[ad_1] NEW DELHI: Myanmar’s next general elections are scheduled for November 8, with more than 1,100 parliamentary seats to be decided in the Lower House, Upper House, and state and regional parliaments, and for ethnic entities. The National League for Democracy (NLD) and the Union, Solidarity and Development Party (USDP), …
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[ad_1] REUTERS: The U.S. unemployment rate fell to 7.9 percent in September, from 8.4 percent in August, a big drop that in normal times would be good news for a presidential incumbent seeking reelection soon. more than a month. These are not normal times. Ad Ad As the best-known summary …
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[ad_1] WASHINGTON (AP) – Congressional leaders said Friday (Oct. 2) they are reviewing the need for virus testing on Capitol Hill after President Donald Trump’s virus infection rekindled fears of an outbreak in neighborhoods. closed and increasingly tense of the House and Senate. Just hours after news of Trump’s diagnosis …
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