[ad_1] SINGAPORE – The liquidation of established travel agency STA Travel is a blow to the industry, but a wave of massive closures is not expected to follow for now, observers say. Despite a close to zero business environment, the number of travel agency closures in the past eight months …
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[ad_1] WASHINGTON: The U.S. House of Representatives voted on Wednesday (Sept. 30) to force companies to disclose products that come from China’s Xinjiang region, in a fresh attempt to stop what lawmakers say is forced labor. widespread in the restless area. The bill follows a broader law passed a week …
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[ad_1] WASHINGTON / LOS ANGELES: President Donald Trump, when asked if he was going to speak out against white supremacists and militia groups during the US presidential debate on Tuesday night, told the right-wing Proud Boys group to “step back and stay out. “ WHO ARE THE PROUD GUYS? Ad …
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[ad_1] NEW DELHI (BLOOMBERG) – Coronavirus super-spreaders were behind the Covid-19 explosion in India, the country with the most cases after the United States, researchers said. A group of patients that included about 8 percent of India’s confirmed cases subsequently led to nearly two-thirds of their total infections, scientists said …
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[ad_1] Q: What is Wirecard and how does the latest development affect me as a customer when I buy something online or in store? A: Wirecard is a German digital payments company. Acts as a payment processor. When someone pays for goods with their credit card at a merchant, the …
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[ad_1] NEW YORK: United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said on Wednesday (September 30) that it is time for countries to start using money from their national COVID-19 response and recovery plans to help fund the World Health Organization Global Vaccine Plan. The ACT-Accelerator program and its COVAX facility has received …
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[ad_1] SINGAPORE: President Halimah Yacob and Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong congratulated their Chinese counterparts on Thursday (October 1) on the 71st anniversary of the founding of the People’s Republic of China. In her letter to President Xi Jinping, Ms. Halimah said that “China has made immense progress in the …
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[ad_1] Joe Biden and Donald Trump exchanged heated remarks Tuesday, attacking each other’s competence and credibility, in a gripping first presidential debate 35 days before the most tense US election in recent memory. There was no handshake when the two men took the stage and while this was due to …
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[ad_1] SINGAPORE – Starting October 8, Singapore will lift border restrictions for visitors to Australia, excluding the state of Victoria and Vietnam, the Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore (CAAS) said on Wednesday (September 30). The two countries have comprehensive public health surveillance systems and demonstrated successful control over the spread …
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[ad_1] Amazon is expanding its operations in Singapore, in the latest sign of the city-state’s growing appeal as an Asian hub for global tech companies. The US technology group will take over three floors of Citigroup’s offices in the central business district, according to two people with knowledge of the …
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