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US stocks end with records as Fed’s Powell signals no rush to end stimulus

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NEW YORK (AFP) – Wall Street ended the week with new records after Fed chairman Jerome Powell signalled the central

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Covid-19 persistence makes domestic reopening critical for Singapore’s economic growth outlook

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Blindsided abroad: Vaccinated but catching Covid-19 while on holiday

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ATHENS • Ms April DeMuth and her partner, Mr Warren Watson, had just finished what they described as the perfect

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Samsung scion back in the saddle but facing public whip

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Samsung scion Lee Jae-yong has re-emerged in public a week after his release on parole, only to attend a trial

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Lee Jae-yong loses 13kg after illness in prison

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SEOUL • Samsung scion Lee Jae-yong walked out of prison visibly thinner and with more white hair. He had reportedly

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Biden picks career foreign service official to be US ambassador to China

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WASHINGTON • US President Joe Biden has nominated Mr Nicholas Burns, a veteran foreign service officer and a former envoy

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Taiwan accuses China of wanting to ’emulate’ the Taleban

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TAIPEI • Taiwan’s foreign minister accused China yesterday of wanting to “emulate” the Taleban, saying the island that Beijing claims

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Australia arrests hundreds of protesters as daily infections hit record

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MELBOURNE • Australian police arrested yesterday hundreds of anti-lockdown protesters in Melbourne and Sydney, with seven officers hospitalised as a

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New Zealand reports 21 cases as Ardern warns of increase

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WELLINGTON • New Zealand recorded 21 new cases of Covid-19 yesterday, with Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern warning that the number

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Hundreds in quarantine after infections at Shanghai airport

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SHANGHAI • The authorities in Shanghai have quarantined hundreds of people in an attempt to halt a fresh Covid-19 outbreak

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Panic buying ahead of tighter lockdown in Ho Chi Minh City

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HANOI • Vietnam’s plan to prohibit residents of Ho Chi Minh City from leaving their homes starting tomorrow has triggered

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India gives approval to world’s first DNA Covid-19 shot

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BENGALURU • India’s drug regulator has granted emergency use approval for Zydus Cadila’s vaccine, the world’s first DNA shot against

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NBA arenas to serve as polling spots as part of deal to resume play-offs

29.08.2020 admin news Leave a comment

NEW YORK • The National Basketball Association announced a plan to convert some of its arenas into polling places for

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World Briefs

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Kremlin critic’s condition improves BERLIN • The Berlin hospital treating leading Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny has said there was some

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Aussie bid to veto state deals with foreign govts may hurt China ties

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Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison wants to enable the federal government to cancel state and university deals with foreign governments

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Umno trounces Mahathir’s new party to capture Perak ward

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Malaysia’s largest ruling party Umno scored a thumping victory with 85 per cent of the votes in yesterday’s by-election in

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Muhyiddin calls off launch of Perikatan Nasional alliance in Sabah

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KUALA LUMPUR • Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin called off last night’s highly anticipated launch of his Perikatan Nasional (PN) in

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Race hots up

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The race to succeed outgoing Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is intensifying, with a flurry of brokering and manoeuvring in

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Trump pays ‘highest respect’ to Abe

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TOKYO • United States President Donald Trump has paid his “highest respect” to Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, who resigned

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Protests led by frustrated, defiant youth gain momentum in Thailand

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Activist lawyer Arnon Nampa sang a medley of folk songs at a Bangkok police station on Friday. Holding a cordless

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Anti-racism protesters are thugs, says Trump

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LONDONDERRY (New Hampshire) • Fresh from accepting the Republican nomination, US President Donald Trump had harsh words for anti-racism protesters

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US officials provide more details on shooting of black man

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KENOSHA (Wisconsin) • Days after a Kenosha police officer shot Mr Jacob Blake, a black man, outside an apartment building,

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US factory activity contracts in March; orders tumble to 11-year low

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WASHINGTON (REUTERS) – Manufacturing activity in the United States contracted less than expected in March, but disruptions caused by the

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SPH Reit to extend relief scheme for tenants affected by Covid-19, posts 23% rise in net property income for Q2

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SINGAPORE – SPH Reit (real estate investment trust) will be extending its relief scheme for tenants affected by the Covid-19

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Dyson appoints new chief executive officer

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SINGAPORE – British technology giant Dyson has appointed a new chief executive officer, it announced on Wednesday (April 1). Mr

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