China orders closure of US consulate in Chengdu

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[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)...

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Private property prices edge up 0.3% in Q2: URA

July 23, 2020July 24, 2020

[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...

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Passengers injured after US fighter jet intercepts Iranian commercial plane over Syrian airspace

July 23, 2020July 24, 2020

[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]...

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New South Wales in Australia tightens restrictions as coronavirus clusters grow

July 23, 2020July 24, 2020

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...

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News Sports

All WTA, ATP tennis in China cancelled over coronavirus

July 23, 2020July 24, 2020

[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...

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Business News

Emirates to cover quarantine, coronavirus-related medical costs for passengers

July 23, 2020July 24, 2020

[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,...

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HDB resale transactions plunge 41.9% in Q2 amid COVID-19 circuit breaker; prices inch up

July 23, 2020July 24, 2020

[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...

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Pompeo urges more assertive approach to ‘Frankenstein’ China

July 23, 2020July 24, 2020

[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....

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Healthcare News

Brazil study finds no hydroxychloroquine benefit for COVID-19

July 23, 2020July 24, 2020

[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:...

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Man arrested for pulling gun when asked to wear mask in Florida

July 23, 2020July 24, 2020

[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...