Singapore, 30 November 2020… The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) announced today that it has directed DBS Trustee Limited (Trustee), in its capacity as the trustee of Eagle Hospitality Real Estate Investment Trust...
Singapore, 30 November 2020… The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) announced today that eligible non-bank financial institutions (NFIs) will have direct access to the banking system’s retail payments infrastructure...
A Vietnamese political prisoner and former RFA videographer has launched a hunger strike to protest conditions at his detention camp, and is now in a dangerously weakened state of health, his sister says. Nguyen Van Hoa, 25,...
General
November 30, 2020
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Description Eruption of Mount ILI LEWOTOLOK in the district. Lembata Province, East Nusa Tenggara Update: Sunday, 29/11/2020, Pkl. 23.00 WIB Chronology: There has been an eruption of Mt. Ili Lewotolok, East Nusa Tenggara on 29...
November 30, 2020
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Description Floods in the District. Tapin, Prov. South Borneo Chronology: Due to high intensity rain and an overflow of 2 tributaries that occurred on Friday, 27 November 2020 Pkl. 10:00 WITA Fatalities : 130 families / 390...
November 30, 2020
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Description Dear. Head of BNPB DH Dilap Gen. Floods in Tebing Tinggi City Prov. North Sumatra Chronology: Due to high intensity rain accompanied by the overflowing of Padang rivers on Friday, November 27, 2020, Pkl. 03.00 WIB...
Lifestyle
November 10, 2020
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HONG KONG – Chinese consumers are expected to spend tens of billions on everything from fresh food to luxury goods during this year’s Singles’ Day online shopping festival, as the country recovers from the...
September 28, 2020
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TAIPEI, TAIWAN – Facebook’s deletion of accounts targeting the Philippines from bases in China shows that the U.S. internet giant wants a better reputation in Southeast Asia after letting things slide in the...
September 18, 2020
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Vietnam has reaffirmed its claim over the disputed Spratly and Paracel island chains in the South China Sea, after the U.S. Embassy in Hanoi edited the islands out of a map of Vietnam it had posted on its Facebook page for a...
Science
November 30, 2020
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HANOI, VIETNAM – Facebook and Google are becoming “zones without human rights” in Vietnam, Amnesty International warned Tuesday, accusing the tech giants of helping to censor peaceful opposition and political...
September 16, 2020
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The United States has updated its policy on marine scientific research, requiring foreign ships to request permission before entering U.S. waters. It is the latest step by Washington to align U.S. law with the United Nations...
September 15, 2020
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SYDNEY – Marine experts are planning to rescue humpback whales that have been recorded for the first time in crocodile-infested waters in the Kakadu national park in tropical northern Australia. It is thought the giant...
Self Care
November 27, 2020
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PUTRAJAYA, Nov 27 — The COVID-19 vaccine will be given free to Malaysians but foreigners will have to pay a charge determined by the Ministry of Health, Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin said today. The prime minister said the...
November 25, 2020
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KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 25 (NNN-BERNAMA) — More than 200 million people from 194 countries, including world leaders, had gathered virtually on Sunday to call for world peace. Organised by the Universal Peace Foundation (UPF) to...
November 22, 2020
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YANGON, Myanmar recorded 1,434 new confirmed COVID-19 cases and 27 more deaths, according to a press release from the health ministry yesterday. The total number of infections in the country has increased to 77,848 with 1,722...