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Singapore reports 41 new COVID-19 cases in last 24 hours: report

10:42 am May 21, 2021

Singapore: Singapore has reported 41 new cases of the coronavirus, taking the total number of infections in the nation to 61,730, a media report said on Friday. Singapore also reported the death of a 70-year-old person in the last 24 hours due to coronavirus, The Strait Times reported. “A 70-year-old Singaporean man has died from complications due […]

Good Friday and virus lockdown empty Manila’s streets

3:15 pm April 2, 2021

Manila: Filipinos marked Good Friday, one of the most solemn holidays in Asia’s largest Roman Catholic nation, with deserted streets and churches following a strict lockdown to slow down the spread of the coronavirus. Major highways and roads were eerily quiet after religious gatherings were prohibited in metropolitan Manila and four outlying provinces. The government placed the […]

Philippine defense chief asks Chinese flotilla to leave reef

7:11 pm March 21, 2021

Manila: The Philippine defense chief on Sunday demanded more than 200 Chinese vessels he said were manned by militias leave a South China Sea reef claimed by Manila, saying their presence was a “provocative action of militarising the area.” “We call on the Chinese to stop this incursion and immediately recall these boats violating our maritime rights and encroaching into our sovereign territory,” Lorenzana said in […]

German financial oversight head out after Wirecard scandal

11:26 pm January 29, 2021

Berlin: The head of Germany’s financial supervisory authority will leave the job as the agency is reorganised in the aftermath of the accounting scandal at payment systems provider Wirecard, the finance ministry said Friday. Finance Minister Olaf Scholz said after the scandal erupted last year that he wanted to revamp the country’s financial oversight system. One-time tech star Wirecard filed for protection […]

WHO report on Wuhan virus mission expected soon

China sees spike in coronavirus cases ahead of WHO team visit to probe COVID-19 origins

1:46 pm January 13, 2021

Beijing: China’s COVID-19 cases crossed the 100-mark for the first time in recent months, ahead of Thursday’s visit of the WHO team to Wuhan to probe the origins of the coronavirus. The number of coronavirus cases in China climbed to 115 on Tuesday, the National Health Commission (NHC) said on Wednesday, adding that 107 of the infections were locally […]

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