Plastic ‘has entered’ Antarctic terrestrial food chain

[caption id="attachment_3158" align="alignnone" width="871"] Scientists have found bits of polystyrene in the guts of tiny, soil-dwelling organisms in the Antarctic. [/caption] PARIS: Scientists have found...

Venezuela criticises US ‘provocation’ after navy operation

June 24, 2020June 24, 2020

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[caption id="attachment_3155" align="alignnone" width="900"] FILE PHOTO: The USS Nitze, a Guided Missile Destroyer is pictured in New York Harbour, on May 24, 2006. [/caption] CARACAS:...

A quarter-billion children getting no education: UN

June 22, 2020June 23, 2020

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[caption id="attachment_3116" align="alignnone" width="886"] In 2018, "258 million children and youth were entirely excluded from education, with poverty as the main obstacle to access," said...

Saudi Arabia to hold ‘very limited’ Haj over COVID-19 pandemic

June 22, 2020June 23, 2020

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[caption id="attachment_3120" align="alignnone" width="781"] In this file photo taken on Apr 24, 2020, sanitation workers disinfect the area around the Kaaba in Mecca's Grand Mosque....

New licence conditions for employment agencies to ensure fair hiring and attract Singaporeans for job vacancies

June 22, 2020June 22, 2020

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[caption id="attachment_2997" align="alignnone" width="850"] Office workers at Raffles Place in Singapore. [/caption] SINGAPORE: Employment agencies in Singapore will have to meet new licence conditions to...

Bubba Wallace: Noose found in garage stall of black US racing driver

June 21, 2020June 22, 2020

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US-based motor-racing organisation Nascar says it is investigating after a noose was found in the garage stall of African-American driver Bubba Wallace. [caption id="attachment_2982" align="alignnone"...

Plan to expand MRT network to 360km by early 2030s remains, despite delays due to COVID-19: Khaw Boon Wan

June 21, 2020June 22, 2020

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[caption id="attachment_2994" align="alignnone" width="778"] File photo of an MRT train against a backdrop of HDB blocks in Singapore. [/caption] SINGAPORE: Singapore is still sticking to...

COVID-19: Spain reopens border as Latin America cases pass two million

June 21, 2020June 22, 2020

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[caption id="attachment_3028" align="alignnone" width="915"] French border and custom police control vehicles at the Dancharia border post during the re-opening of the border between France and...

One killed, 11 wounded in Minneapolis shooting

June 21, 2020June 22, 2020

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[caption id="attachment_3038" align="alignnone" width="765"] File photo of a police cordon. [/caption] MINNEAPOLIS: One person died and 11 more were wounded in a shooting in the...

Saudi proposes framework to end standoff between allies in southern Yemen: Sources

June 18, 2020June 18, 2020

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[caption id="attachment_2820" align="alignnone" width="899"] The emblem of the STC is seen between weapons held by Yemeni government soldiers at the headquarters of the separatist Southern...