SYDNEY: The Olympic movement faces its biggest challenge in four decades in getting a streamlined Tokyo Summer Games up and running next year, but influential official John Coates believes it will happen. Coates heads up the International Olympic Committee’s (IOC) Coordination Commission for the Tokyo 2020 Games, which were postponed […]
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DAEJEON, South Korea: On the final green of the tournament, Ha Ki-won carefully took his stance and addressed the ball. A gentle strike, and it rolled forward. In front of him it circled the hole, making a rattling sound as it dropped, and Ha raised his fist in triumph, taking […]
HONG KONG: The union representing FedEx Corp pilots on Tuesday (Jul 28) called on the US package delivery company to suspend its operations in Hong Kong after some of its members were subject to “extremely difficult conditions” in government-mandated quarantine aimed at tamping down the spread of COVID-19. The Air […]
SHANGHAI: China reported 101 new coronavirus cases for Tuesday (Jul 28), its highest single-day figure in three months, as gyms, bars and museums closed in infection hotspots. Of the new cases, 98 were domestic infections, mostly in the northwestern region of Xinjiang, where a growing cluster first discovered earlier this […]
SINGAPORE: From August, local mid-career jobseekers will be able to apply for more than 13,000 attachments with companies across multiple industries, under a new career pathway programme, said the Ministry of Manpower (MOM) and Workforce Singapore (WSG) on Wednesday (Jul 29). The SGUnited Mid-Career Pathways programme, introduced earlier this month […]
SYDNEY: Australia has sent defence and emergency medical teams, usually deployed to disaster zones, to aged care homes in the city of Melbourne to try and help contain a rapidly spreading outbreak of the coronavirus. Another hotspot, in inner-city Sydney, has forced a senior adviser to Prime Minister Scott Morrison […]
SEOUL: South Korea said it is investigating suspected safety issues with vehicles made by US automaker Tesla, which is competing strongly with Hyundai Motor in the South Korean electric vehicle market. Braking and steering systems including the Autopilot function were part of the investigation, a transport ministry official said on […]
SINGAPORE: Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong on Tuesday (Jul 28) said he fears US-China tensions could continue beyond the US presidential election this year, highlighting the “bipartisan consensus on treating China as a threat”. Mr Lee was speaking at a virtual dialogue organised by the Atlantic Council – an American […]
BEIJING: China’s first Mars probe has beamed back a photo of the Earth and the Moon as it heads toward its destination, the country’s space agency said on Tuesday (Jul 28). The image, which shows the two celestial bodies as small crescents in the empty darkness of space, was taken […]
SINGAPORE: SingPass holders will be able to sign up for DBS’ digital banking services by taking a picture of themselves through the use of face verification technology, following a rise in digital banking amid the COVID-19 pandemic. The pilot programme aims to benefit more than 1 million DBS customers who […]