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A team of WHO experts arrived in Wuhan today on a politically-charged mission to investigate the origins of the coronavirus, amid fears that China will try to obstruct the sensitive probe. The 10 scientists, who will be quarantined for two weeks before starting their work, were met by Chinese officials in hazmat suits after arriving … Read more
Gemma Chan has discussed how 2018 romantic comedy film Crazy Rich Asians has impacted her career. In the February issue of ELLE UK, the actress, 38, revealed she was once unable to walk through an airport in Singapore following her portrayal as Astrid Leong-Teo, and credited the hit movie for introducing her to lead roles. … Read more
A 15-year-old was today convicted of shouting ‘I don’t want your coronavirus in my country’ to a Singapore law student before punching him in the face during a random racist street attack. The teenager, who cannot be named for legal reasons, was found guilty of racially aggravated grievous bodily harm for the attack on February … Read more
Two more countries have banned incoming UK flights ahead of Christmas Eve after the identification of a new Covid strain. Singapore will ban entry to UK travellers from Wednesday night. Health officials in the Philippines have also announced plans to suspend flights from the UK from Christmas Eve. It brings the total number of countries … Read more
Daredevil jumps into RHINO enclosure and does a backflip before leaping back to safety before Singapore Zoo condemns ‘reckless and mindless’ behaviour The risky stunt was caught on video and shared on the young man’s TikTok Luckily, the four enormous rhinos in the enclosure paid no attention to him Police are investigating the incident which … Read more
Boris Johnson plots overhaul of shipping regulations to turn London into the Singapore of the West to boost economy by almost £4billion and create thousands of jobs after Brexit Plans being drawn up to reform ‘tonnage tax’ to encourage more UK registry Claim it could generate £3.75billion and generate 27,500 jobs Reform would be barred … Read more
A huge iceberg weighing hundreds of billions of tons is now just 30 miles away from South Georgia – threatening the habitat of millions of penguins. Iceberg A68a – which broke from the Antarctic’s Larsen C ice shelf in July 2017 – slid towards the open ocean for over two years until it hit the powerful Circumpolar … Read more
UK signs £17.6billion free trade deal with Singapore as Liz Truss hails ‘further proof we can succeed as an independent trading nation’ International Trade Secretary Liz Truss met Singapore’s trade minister this week Ms Truss said the deal will cover trade with the country worth £17.6billion It is the second biggest agreement Britain has signed … Read more
Restaurants in Singapore will be the first in the world to serve up lab-grown ‘chicken’, after the slaughter-free meat received regulatory approval. US start up Eat Just revealed today that its artificial meat has been given the green-light in the Southeast Asian island city-state to be an ingredient in chicken nuggets. As the world turns to … Read more
Conservationists have drafted the first ever global map of bee diversity to help track the distribution of populations of the vital pollinators. There are some 20,000 individual species of bee presently living on Earth — but accurate, compiled data on their distribution had been lacking. Researchers from China, Singapore and the US analysed and validated … Read more