China orders closure of US consulate in Chengdu
[caption id="attachment_7260" align="alignnone" width="959"] Tensions are rising between the US and China as they battle for global supremacy. [/caption] BEIJING: China said Friday (Jul 24)...
Private property prices edge up 0.3% in Q2: URA
[caption id="attachment_7322" align="alignnone" width="959"] A view of private residential homes and executive condominiums in Singapore. [/caption] SINGAPORE: Private home prices in Singapore in the second...
Passengers injured after US fighter jet intercepts Iranian commercial plane over Syrian airspace
[caption id="attachment_7289" align="alignnone" width="962"] FILE PHOTO: An Airbus A340-300 of Iranian airline Mahan Air takes off from Duesseldorf airport DUS, Germany January 16, 2019. [/caption]...
New South Wales in Australia tightens restrictions as coronavirus clusters grow
People wear protective face masks in Melbourne after it became the first city in Australia to enforce mask-wearing in public as part of efforts...
All WTA, ATP tennis in China cancelled over coronavirus
[caption id="attachment_7370" align="alignnone" width="959"] The WTA Wuhan Open is among the events that have been cancelled [/caption] SHANGHAI: All international tennis tournaments in China including...
Emirates to cover quarantine, coronavirus-related medical costs for passengers
[caption id="attachment_7334" align="alignnone" width="959"] FILE PHOTO: An Emirates passenger plane comes in to land at Heathrow airport during the coronavirus pandemic, London, Britain, May 21,...
HDB resale transactions plunge 41.9% in Q2 amid COVID-19 circuit breaker; prices inch up
[caption id="attachment_7316" align="alignnone" width="951"] Blocks of HDB flats at Shunfu estate in Marymount. [/caption] SINGAPORE: The number of Housing and Development Board (HDB) flats sold...
Pompeo urges more assertive approach to ‘Frankenstein’ China
[caption id="attachment_7263" align="alignnone" width="950"] US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo speaks at the Richard Nixon Presidential Library, in Yorba Linda, California, on Jul 23, 2020....
Brazil study finds no hydroxychloroquine benefit for COVID-19
[caption id="attachment_7298" align="alignnone" width="946"] Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro shows a box of hydroxychloroquine to supporters outside the Alvorada Palace in Brasilia [/caption] RIO DE JANEIRO:...
Man arrested for pulling gun when asked to wear mask in Florida
[caption id="attachment_7295" align="alignnone" width="969"] Walmart has since July 20 required everyone in its stores to wear masks [/caption] MIAMI: A man was arrested for pointing...