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SINGAPORE - A 46-year-old nurse became the first person in Singapore to receive Pfizer-BioNTech's COVID-19 vaccine on Wednesday, making the city-state among the first Asian countries to begin an inoculation campaign against the coronavirus. Sarah Lim, a senior staff nurse at the National Centre for.... |
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Applications for the new round of subsidy schemes under the Anti-epidemic Fund for cinemas, amusement game centres as well as mahjong/tin kau licence holders opened today. The Cinemas Subsidy Scheme will provide a one-off subsidy of $100,000 per screen to each existing cinema licensed as a place of.... |
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Housing Authority inspects drainage pipes of about 100,000 public housing flats Housing Authority inspects drainage pipes of about 100,000 public housing flats The following is issued on behalf of the Hong Kong Housing Authority: Since the outbreak of the COVID-19 epidemic early this year, the.... |
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SINGAPORE (Reuters) - A 46-year-old nurse became the first person in Singapore to receive Pfizer-BioNTech's COVID-19 vaccine on Wednesday, making the city-state among the first Asian countries to begin an inoculation campaign against the coronavirus. Sarah Lim, a senior staff nurse at the National.... |
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Staff Nurse Sarah Lim receives the vaccine at the National Centre for Infectious Diseases. Photo: AFP/Singapore’s Ministry of Communications and Information.
Coronavirus: Singapore nurses inoculated as Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine roll-out begins.
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FT journalists make their predictions for the coming year. FT journalists make their predictions for the coming year. Chief foreign affairs commentator Gideon Rachman, Asia.... |
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China is seeking to further protect the ecology and environment of the Yangtze river, the longest in Asia, in the country's first set of legislation aimed at guarding the resources of a specific river basin. With 96 provisions spanning over nine chapters, the landmark law was passed at a Standing.... |
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Mumbai: AirAsia Group Bhd., hit by the coronavirus pandemic that’s decimated passenger demand, is selling its 32.7 per cent stake in AirAsia India Ltd. to its partner Tata Sons Ltd. for about $38 million.
The Malaysian low-cost carrier entered into an agreement with Tata Sons, which already owns 51.... |
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China is seeking to further protect the ecology and environment of the Yangtze river, the longest in Asia, in the country's first set of legislation aimed at guarding the resources of a specific river basin. With 96 provisions spanning over nine chapters, the landmark law was passed at a Standing.... |
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BELGRADE (Reuters) - Hundreds of migrants from Africa, Asia and the Middle East waited in the cold on Tuesday to be bussed out of a burned camp about to be dismantled in Western Bosnia, but there was no agreement where they should go. Fire destroyed the camp in Lipa housing about 1,200 people last week. |
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Joseph Olaoluwa. Emirates has announced the appointment of regional managers in its Dubai hub and across key markets in the Far East, West Asia and Africa. The essence, according to an email forwarded to our correspondent, is to create commercial strategies as the airline responds to the complex challenges posed by the COVID-19 pandemic. |
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. Dec. 29, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- On December 29, 2020 the U.S. Army announced Vectrus Systems Corp., Colorado Springs, Colorado , was awarded an $882,485,046 cost-plus-fixed-fee contract for operation, maintenance, and defense of Army communications with an estimated completion date of Dec. |
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December 30, 2020 7:29 AM MUMBAI (BLOOMBERG) - AirAsia Group, hit by the coronavirus pandemic that's decimated passenger demand, is selling its 32.7 per cent stake in AirAsia India Ltd. to its partner Tata Sons for about US$38 million (S$50.4 million). |
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. Dec. 29, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- On December 29, 2020 the U.S. Army announced Vectrus Systems Corp., Colorado Springs, Colorado , was awarded an $882,485,046 cost-plus-fixed-fee contract for operation, maintenance, and defense of Army communications with an estimated completion date of Dec. |
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. Dec. 29, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- On December 29, 2020 the U.S. Army announced Vectrus Systems Corp., Colorado Springs, Colorado , was awarded an $882,485,046 cost-plus-fixed-fee contract for operation, maintenance, and defense of Army communications with an estimated completion date of Dec. |
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. Dec. 29, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- On December 29, 2020 the U.S. Army announced Vectrus Systems Corp., Colorado Springs, Colorado , was awarded an $882,485,046 cost-plus-fixed-fee contract for operation, maintenance, and defense of Army communications with an estimated completion date of Dec. |
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Staff Reporter. Islamabad. Prime Minister Imran Khan has underlined Pakistan’s resolve to forge closer ties with Central Asia, covering trade, investments, energy, and people-to-people contacts. He was talking to Uzbekistan’s Minister for Transport Makhkamov Ilkham, who called on him in Islamabad 0n Tuesday. |
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The Sindh High Court extended the bail of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf leader Firdous Shamim Naqvi and sought the relevant investigation report from the National...
Staff Reporter Islamabad Prime Minister Imran Khan has underlined Pakistan’s resolve to forge closer ties with Central Asia, covering.... |
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ISLAMABAD, Pakistan Pakistan signed a joint appeal letter Tuesday seeking a $4.8 billion loan from international financial institutions for a Trans-Afghan railway line project with Uzbekistan and Afghanistan. The rail link would connect Pakistan and Uzbekistan via Afghanistan and later the Central Asian countries. |
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BEIRUT, Dec. 29 (Xinhua) -- The United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA) on Tuesday projected the growth rate in the Arab region next year at either 3.5 percent or 2.8 percent. The ESCWA report, "Survey of Economic and Social Developments in the Arab Region," said that.... |
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In a year where global resources had been drained by the COVID-19 pandemic, extreme weather driven by climate change cost the world over $145 billion and drove millions out of their homes, according to a report. Published by London-based relief agency Christian Aid on Dec. |
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It may be that a certain title finished in 2077 will not step, at least for the moment, on any Nintendo platform. However, Ghostrunner, a first-person shooter that mixes katanas, cyberpunk, action and a really devilish difficulty, came, from the hand of One More Level, 3D Realms and Slipgate.... |
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This is a repeat of an episode that originially aired December 29, 2020 05:05 PM. |
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China rails against US stand on Taiwan and Tibet. California struggles with COVID-19. The chilling effect of the first COVID vaccine. The US president elect takes aim at the US president. A London tailor goes robotic. |
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A Cambodian team has been crowned champion in the largest eSports tournament in Asia, the first major achievement in the country’s eSports history. HMB eSport, consisting of four Cambodian gamers, has bested teams from Malaysia, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh and Indonesia to win the top prize of $15,000 in.... |
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