FILE PHOTO: A medical staff member in protective suit collects a swab from a man for a nucleic acid test at China-Japan Friendship Hospital following new cases of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) infections in Beijing, China June 15, 2020. BEIJING: Beijing will see a “cliff-like” drop in new cases in […]
The concert will also feature appearances from Billy Porter, Charlize Theron, Chris Rock, Kerry Washington, Salma Hayek and David Beckham. Dwayne Johnson will host and Shakira, Miley Cyrus and Jennifer Hudson will perform on a globally broadcast concert calling on world leaders to make coronavirus tests and treatment available and […]
JAKARTA: Indonesia expects its unemployment rate to spike to 8.1 per cent to 9.2 per cent this year due to the economic impact of the coronavirus pandemic, from 5.28 per cent in 2019, according to presentations by Cabinet ministers in a parliamentary hearing on Monday (Jun 22). Planning Minister Suharso […]
SINGAPORE: Employment agencies in Singapore will have to meet new licence conditions to strengthen fair hiring practices, announced the Ministry of Manpower (MOM) on Monday (Jun 22). The nearly 3,900 employment agencies licensed by MOM must not in any way abet discriminatory hiring by their clients, such as by withholding […]
Australians were warned on Monday (Jun 22) to avoid travelling to Melbourne, as the country’s second-biggest city tightened coronavirus restrictions amid fears of a second wave of the epidemic. MELBOURNE: Australians were warned Monday (Jun 22) to avoid travelling to Melbourne, as the country’s second-biggest city tightened coronavirus restrictions amid […]
US-based motor-racing organisation Nascar says it is investigating after a noose was found in the garage stall of African-American driver Bubba Wallace. Wallace, Nascar’s only full-time black driver, successfully campaigned to get the Confederate flag banned from races. The flag has been a common sight at Nascar circuits but for […]
In The King’s Man, Ralph Fiennes and Harris Dickinson play Duke of Oxford and his protege Conrad, respectively, as they try to stop the “collection of history’s worst tyrants and criminal masterminds” in achieving their goal to wipe out millions of people. The trailer of The King’s Man, the prequel […]
SINGAPORE: Singapore is still sticking to its planned expansion of the MRT network to 360km by the early 2030s, although there will be some delays as COVID-19 affects the availability of construction workers, Transport Minister Khaw Boon Wan said on Monday (Jun 22). “Our plan is to expand the MRT […]
SINGAPORE: Singaporeans have to “calibrate” and “carry on with economic activity” even though the risks are higher in Phase 2 of Singapore’s reopening, said Minister for Law and Home Affairs K Shanmugam. He was speaking to host Diana Ser in the first of three special episodes of In Conversation. “The […]
WASHINGTON: President Donald Trump held off on imposing tougher sanctions on Chinese officials blamed for a crackdown on China’s Uighur Muslim minority because of concern such measures would have interfered with trade negotiations with Beijing, he said in an interview published on Sunday (Jun 21). “Well, we were in the […]