‘Sales are dismal’: Businesses in CBD see slow recovery as most offices continue work-from-home arrangements

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‘Sales are dismal’: Businesses in CBD see slow recovery as most offices continue work-from-home arrangements

July 19, 2020July 20, 2020

[caption id="attachment_6492" align="alignnone" width="962"] Guoco Tower during the evening peak hour in Phase 2 of reopening. [/caption] SINGAPORE: When asked to describe a typical lunchtime...

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Business News

Australia expands loan scheme for coronavirus-hit firms, raises limit

July 19, 2020July 20, 2020

[caption id="attachment_6520" align="alignnone" width="969"] A waiter and diners are seen in a mostly empty Indian restaurant, where a business has slowed substantially since the onset...

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Business News

Big UK businesses see ‘long haul’ to recovery, Deloitte says

July 19, 2020July 20, 2020

[caption id="attachment_6514" align="alignnone" width="959"] Commuters walk through Canary Wharf, as the number of coronavirus cases grow around the world and as European stocks plunge into...

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News Sports

Only one quarter of Japanese want Olympics next year: Poll

July 19, 2020July 20, 2020

[caption id="attachment_6480" align="alignnone" width="951"] New polls show a majority of Japanese residents believe the delayed 2020 Games should be further postponed or cancelled altogether [/caption]...

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News world

UK to suspend Hong Kong extradition treaty: Reports

July 19, 2020July 19, 2020

[caption id="attachment_6444" align="alignnone" width="936"] A protester waves the former British colonial Hong Kong flag at arally in a shopping mall. A new Chinese security law...

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Business News

Japan exports sink again in June, raises economic risks at home and overseas

July 19, 2020July 20, 2020

[caption id="attachment_6517" align="alignnone" width="944"] FILE PHOTO: People crossing a street in Japan. [/caption] TOKYO: Japan's exports suffered a double-digit decline for the fourth month in...

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Healthcare News world

Saudi King Salman admitted to hospital for medical checkup

July 19, 2020July 19, 2020

[caption id="attachment_6451" align="alignnone" width="948"] FILE PHOTO: Saudi Arabia's King Salman attends a summit between Arab league and European Union member states, in the Red Sea...

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Australia warns COVID-19 outbreak will take weeks to tame

July 19, 2020July 19, 2020

FILE PHOTO: A sanitation worker cleans a bench outside the single remaining public housing tower under a lockdown in response to an outbreak of the...

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United Arab Emirates launches mission to Mars

July 19, 2020July 19, 2020

[caption id="attachment_6436" align="alignnone" width="959"] A picture taken on Jul 19, 2020, shows a screen broadcasting the launch of the "Hope" Mars probe at the Mohammed...

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Healthcare News

Mexico reports 5,311 new COVID-19 cases, 296 more deaths

July 19, 2020July 19, 2020

[caption id="attachment_6460" align="alignnone" width="957"] FILE PHOTO: A healthcare worker takes information from a man before collecting a swab sample for COVID-19 at a drive-thru testing...

‘Sales are dismal’: Businesses in CBD see slow recovery as most offices continue work-from-home arrangements

Australia expands loan scheme for coronavirus-hit firms, raises limit

Big UK businesses see ‘long haul’ to recovery, Deloitte says

Only one quarter of Japanese want Olympics next year: Poll

UK to suspend Hong Kong extradition treaty: Reports

Japan exports sink again in June, raises economic risks at home and overseas

Saudi King Salman admitted to hospital for medical checkup

Australia warns COVID-19 outbreak will take weeks to tame

United Arab Emirates launches mission to Mars

Mexico reports 5,311 new COVID-19 cases, 296 more deaths

Trump pushes Gaza peace plan into second phase amid ongoing violence, humanitarian crisis

Trump threatens Canada with aircraft tariffs, decertification over Gulfstream approvals

American sprinter Richardson arrested for speeding in Florida

Indonesia locates wreckage of missing fisheries plane, search continues for 11 on board

OpenAI rolls out cheapest ChatGPT plan at US$4.6 in India to chase growth

Could robotics and timber tackle Britain’s housing challenges?

South Korea to open FX market around the clock, in bid for MSCI upgrade

Trump says second Venezuela strike possible if government does not cooperate

Warning in every language: Morocco’s fight against deadly heatwaves with life-saving alerts

WHO says JN.1 Covid strain a ‘variant of interest’, poses low risk