Singapore’s COVID-19 cases top 30,000 with 614 new infections reported
Foreign workers inside Avery Lodge dormitory along 2D Jalan Papan SINGAPORE: The number of COVID-19 cases in Singapore topped...
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Cricket: BCCI won’t push for World Cup postponement to open IPL window
NEW DELHI: India's cricket board will not push for the Twenty20 World Cup in Australia to be postponed but would...
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China to encourage Taiwan’s people to promote ‘reunification’
BEIJING: China will encourage the people of Taiwan to join it in opposing the island's independence and promoting China's "reunification",...
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IOC’s Coates says Tokyo Olympics face ‘real problems’ due to COVID-19
MELBOURNE: Tokyo Games organisers face "real problems" staging the Olympics next year as coronavirus infections continue to soar, senior international...
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Japan central bank in US$279 billion loan boost for small firms
TOKYO: Japan's central bank on Friday (May 22) offered hundreds of billions of dollars in additional lending to help small...
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China says illegal hunting and trading of wild animals will be severely punished
SHANGHAI: China will severely punish the illegal hunting and trading of wild animals, it said in its government work report...
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Drive to succeed: The endless golf dominance of South Korea’s women
SEOUL: When South Korea's domestic women's golf tour held its premier event last week - without spectators because of the...
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Kim Jong Un keeping low public profile in May: Analysts
SEOUL: North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has made an unusually small number of public appearances in the past two...
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China’s military budget growth slows to 6.6%
Military delegates leave the Great Hall of the People after a meeting ahead of National People's Congress (NPC), China's annual...
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Three women crushed to death in Sri Lanka stampede for US$8 handout
A policeman stands guard outside a warehouse where three women were crushed to death in a stampede while waiting to...
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Football: Italian defender Chiellini admires Uruguay’s Suarez for biting him at World Cup
MILAN: Italy defender Giorgio Chiellini admires Uruguay forward Luis Suarez for biting him during a heated match at the 2014...
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Basketball: Italy’s Gallinari stresses safety in NBA comeback plan
NEW YORK: Italy's Danilo Gallinari likes the chances his Oklahoma City Thunder make a deep NBA playoff run if the...
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Cricket: Australia confident of hosting India, could tour England
MELBOURNE: Australia are a "nine out of 10" chance to host India for a test series in the home summer...
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China drops GDP goal, pledges higher spending as parliament starts
BEIJING: China refrained from setting a 2020 gross domestic product growth target and pledged to step up spending and financing...
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Members resigning, expelled ‘no big deal’ for Progress Singapore Party: Tan Cheng Bock
SINGAPORE: Progress Singapore Party (PSP) secretary-general Tan Cheng Bock on Thursday (May 21) addressed recent reports of members who had...
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COVID-19: Two former school sites to be converted into temporary dorms for migrant workers who are well
The former site of Bedok North Secondary School. SINGAPORE: The former Hong Kah Secondary School and Bedok North Secondary...
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US warns China against ‘highly destabilising’ Hong Kong move
Pedestrians walk under a television screen in Hong Kong showing a news broadcast of Chinese President Xi Jinping. WASHINGTON,...
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Italy COVID-19 death toll could be 19,000 higher than reported
ROME: Italy's death toll from the novel coronavirus in March and April could be nearly 19,000 higher than the official...
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Cyclone Amphan kills at least 84 in India, Bangladesh, causes widespread flooding
KOLKATA/DHAKA: The most powerful cyclone to strike eastern India and Bangladesh in over a decade killed at least 84 people,...
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US doctors call for remdesivir data to guide coronavirus treatment
WASHINGTON, DC: US doctors and others in the scientific community are calling for the release of data that convinced health...
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