Singapore’s jobless rate highest in 10 years, total employment at record low in Q1

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[caption id="attachment_2594" align="alignnone" width="863"] The Arcade at Raffles Place almost deserted during lunch hour on Jun 9, 2020. Before the COVID-19 pandemic, this building was...

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Coronavirus: One million miss out on support schemes, MPs say

June 14, 2020June 14, 2020

More than one million people have fallen through cracks in government schemes designed to support them during the coronavirus crisis, MPs says. The Treasury Select...

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Japan hasn’t decided to ease entry ban, foreign minister says

June 14, 2020June 15, 2020

[caption id="attachment_2612" align="alignnone" width="886"] FILE PHOTO: Japanese Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi delivers his speech at ASEAN’s Secretariat in Jakarta, Indonesia, January 10, 2020. [/caption] TOKYO:...

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Business News

Commentary: We can’t just quit trading with China

June 14, 2020June 15, 2020

Amid brewing Sino-US tensions, economic distancing from China would carry heavy costs, says ANU’s Shiro Armstrong. An overview of Shenzhen. SYDNEY: The health and...

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Healthcare News

Tokyo confirms 47 new coronavirus cases: TV Asahi

June 14, 2020June 15, 2020

[caption id="attachment_2605" align="alignnone" width="797"] FILE PHOTO: People wearing protective masks walk past a restaurant near Shinagawa station on the first day after the Japanese government...

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Systemic racism slows economic growth: Dallas Fed chief Kaplan

June 14, 2020June 15, 2020

FILE PHOTO: Dallas Federal Reserve Bank President Robert Kaplan. WASHINGTON: Systemic racism and high unemployment levels among black and Hispanic Americans create a drag...

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Explosion hits Honda’s plant in central Japan, two workers hospitalised

June 14, 2020June 15, 2020

[caption id="attachment_2622" align="alignnone" width="872"] Honda's logo on its Modulo model is pictured at its showroom at its headquarters in Tokyo, Japan, February 19, 2019. [/caption]...

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Britain urgently reviewing distancing rules, could ease COVID-19 quarantine

June 14, 2020June 14, 2020

[caption id="attachment_2573" align="alignnone" width="822"] FILE PHOTO: Britain's Chancellor Rishi Sunak chairs the daily COVID-19 briefing at 10 Downing Street in London, Britain May 29, 2020....

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Police chief in Atlanta resigns after officer fatally shot African American man

June 14, 2020June 14, 2020

[caption id="attachment_2568" align="alignnone" width="845"] "RIP Rayshard" is spray painted on a sign as as flames engulf a Wendy's restaurant during protests on Saturday, Jun 13,...

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Greece is ‘ready to welcome tourists’, says prime minister

June 14, 2020June 15, 2020

[caption id="attachment_2628" align="alignnone" width="808"] Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis used the island of Santorini to announce that Greece is 'ready' to welcome tourists. [/caption] FIRA:...