Morning Briefing: Top stories from The Straits Times on Feb 6
Good morning! Here are our top stories to kick-start your Saturday, Feb 6. ACS(I) teen who died after Safra Yishun accident was ‘a loving son and caring friend’: Family “It’s […]
Morning Briefing: Top stories from The Straits Times on Feb 3
Good morning! Here are our top stories to kick-start your Wednesday, Feb 3. Bill limiting police use of TraceTogether data to serious crimes passed by Parliament The Bill was put […]
Morning Briefing: Top stories from The Straits Times on Feb 2
Good morning! Here are our top stories to kick-start your Tuesday, Feb 2. Myanmar military removes 24 ministers, deputies in Suu Kyi’s government, names 11 replacements Ms Aung San Suu […]
S’pore’s tourist arrivals fell 85% to 2.7m, lowest in four decades due to Covid-19
SINGAPORE – Visitor arrivals to Singapore plummeted to 2.7 million last year, the lowest in about four decades, following unprecedented global travel restrictions and border closures amid the Covid-19 pandemic. […]
Morning Briefing: Top stories from The Straits Times on Jan 31
Good morning! Here are our top stories to kick-start your Sunday, Jan 31. Singapore’s nightclubs and karaoke outlets in the dark after pilot fails to take off Many had invested […]
Morning Briefing: Top stories from The Straits Times on Jan 30
Good morning! Here are our top stories to kick-start your Saturday, Jan 30. 409 staff working at Jewel Changi Airport, T3 test negative for Covid-19 after special testing op The […]
Two F&B outlets to be charged, four ordered shut, six others and 131 individuals fined for Covid-19 breaches
SINGAPORE – Two food and beverage (F&B) operators are to be charged on Tuesday (Feb 2) for allegedly breaching safe management measures, one of them while continuing to operate despite being […]
GameStop frenzy has spread to Asia
SINGAPORE (REUTERS) – Asia’s retail investors, emboldened by the meteoric rise of US videogame retailer GameStop, are taking on short sellers and making their brokers nervous enough to cut off […]
Co2Bitcoin (Co2B) Combatting Global Warming at Coinsbit Exchange
Co2Bitcoin will be available on January 28, 2021 at the www.coinsbit.io exchange. New York, NY – A decentralized group of innovators and visionaries, focused on mitigating the causes and potentially cataclysmic effects of climate change, has introduced […]
Techstars Announces ‘Startup City Acceleration Program’ in Partnership with Japanese Government to Support the Global Expansion of 50 Japan-Based Startups
BOULDER, Colorado, Jan 27, 2021 – (JCN Newswire) – Techstars, the rapidly-growing global investment and accelerator network that helps entrepreneurs succeed, today announced a new program supporting 50 Japan-based startups […]
Morning Briefing: Top stories from The Straits Times on Jan 26
Good morning! Here are our top stories to kick-start your Tuesday, Jan 26. Covid-19 pandemic could last four or five years: Lawrence Wong The world is likely to encounter many […]
Amber Solutions Closes 2020 With Series B Funding Totaling More Than $8.5 Million
DUBLIN, CALIFORNIA , Jan 25, 2021 – (ACN Newswire) – Amber Solutions, the young Silicon Valley company that is making the digital control of electricity in solid-state architecture a commercial […]
Morning Briefing: Top stories from The Straits Times on Jan 24
Good morning! Here are our top stories to kick-start your Sunday, Jan 24. S’poreans react to new rules ahead of CNY: Some disappointed while others welcome restrictions Some think the […]
North West CDC raising $2 million to help retrenched residents
SINGAPORE – The Community Development Council (CDC) for Singapore’s north-west region is raising at least $2 million to help laid-off residents amid the coronavirus pandemic. MP of Marsiling-Yew Tee GRC […]
New FairPrice supermarket at Parkway Parade promotes and stocks more local produce
SINGAPORE – Local produce is getting a boost at a new FairPrice supermarket in Marine Parade, which will carry more goods from domestic makers. The new FairPrice Xtra hypermarket on […]
Nearly one-third of Singaporeans gained weight during Covid-19 pandemic: Survey
SINGAPORE – Covid-19 has been a weighty affair in more ways than one, with almost one-third of Singaporeans saying they have piled on the kilos during the pandemic, at an […]
Morning Briefing: Top stories from The Straits Times on Jan 22
Good morning! Here are our top stories to kick-start your Friday, Jan 22. 3 new Covid-19 cases in BS Industrial & Construction Supply cluster for a total of 7 The […]
14th Asian Financial Forum attracts 63,000-plus viewers
HONG KONG, Jan 20, 2021 – (ACN Newswire) – Co-organised by the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) Government and Hong Kong Trade Development Council (HKTDC), the 14th Asian Financial […]
Morning Briefing: Top stories from The Straits Times on Jan 20
Good morning! Here are our top stories to kick-start your Wednesday, Jan 20. New local Covid-19 cluster formed; 8-year-old boy added to para-vet cluster The wife and housemate of a […]
Morning Briefing: Top stories from The Straits Times on Jan 19
Good morning! Here are our top stories to kick-start your Tuesday, Jan 19. Additional Covid-19 measures may be needed as community cases inch up: Lawrence Wong Two more community cases […]