[ad_1] SINGAPORE – The Ministry of Health (MINSA) confirmed 19 new cases of COVID-19 as of noon on Thursday (September 30), bringing Singapore’s total case count to 57,784. Of the new cases, one is in the community, 15 are imported cases and three are workers living in dormitories. Approximately 5% …
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[ad_1] BEIJING: Hundreds of millions in China rushed to enjoy their first major national holiday since the country beat its COVID-19 outbreak, filling airports and train stations on Thursday (October 1). The Golden Week holiday marks the founding of the People’s Republic of China in 1949 and sees an astonishing …
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[ad_1] SINGAPORE – The maid who filed an application against the two prosecutors involved in her court case is considering dropping the matter, the Chief Justice said on Thursday (October 1). Parti Liyani has been overwhelmed by the events of the past month and has been out of Indonesia for …
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[ad_1] British intelligence forced Huawei Technologies Co. to correct flaws in its products that could have put the security of the country’s networks at risk, a government agency said. “Critical user-facing vulnerabilities” were found in the Chinese provider’s fixed broadband products caused by poor code quality and an old operating …
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[ad_1] Aggressive expansion Wirecard filed for bankruptcy in June after acknowledging that the € 1.9 billion it had listed as assets did not exist, triggering a global investigation. Singapore is home to Wirecard’s Asia Pacific headquarters and the company had been aggressively expanding in the region, accounting for nearly 45% …
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[ad_1] SINGAPORE – A Singaporean-born man left for Malaysia at the age of one and continued his education there until he left to study at a UK university. Basil Lim Boon Hoh failed to meet his National Service Obligations (NS) and failed to pay for a total of nine years, …
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[ad_1] BRASILIA: Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro reacted angrily on Wednesday (September 30) to US Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden’s call for a global effort to offer Brazil $ 20 billion to end Amazon deforestation or confront unspecified “economic consequences”. Bolsonaro wrote on Facebook that he interpreted Biden’s comment in a …
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[ad_1] SINGAPORE – The High Court of Malaysia has dismissed a lawsuit brought by the Malaysian rights group Lawyers for Liberty (LFL) against Singapore’s Home Secretary K. Shanmugam. The lawsuit was filed by the non-governmental organization (NGO) on January 24 of this year, in response to an instruction from the …
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[ad_1] CLEVELAND (AFP) – Joe Biden offered a swift response on Tuesday (September 29) to US President Donald Trump’s campaign accusations that he would use an electronic headset to gain the upper hand during his long-awaited presidential debate. The two sides exchanged bitter criticism just hours before the clash in …
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[ad_1] Will Singapore residents really be fined for displaying the national flag outside their homes after September 30? According to Edwin Tong, Minister of Culture, Community and Youth (MCCY), the answer is: “No one has ever been fined for this, nor do we plan to.” Its post today (September 30) …
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