BEIJING – Among the main challenges that Beijing faces in its quest to become a cyber superpower is that of building a national ecosystem which encourages innovation and churns out talent with cyber skills, an expert told The Straits Times on Monday (June 28). A lack of talent is one of the main reasons why, […]
JAKARTA (REUTERS) – Indonesia’s food and drug agency has recommended the Covid-19 vaccine made by China’s Sinovac Biotech for children aged 12-17, the country’s Covid-19 task force said on Monday (June 28), as the country seeks to extend inoculations amid a surge in infections. Indonesia has reported record daily rises in cases of more than […]
SINGAPORE – There are nine confirmed cases of the coronavirus as at Monday noon (June 28), taking Singapore’s total to 62,553, said the Ministry of Health (MOH). Of these cases, four are in the community and five are imported. All four community cases have been linked to previous cases and quarantined. Two out of the […]
SUVA/SYDNEY (REUTERS) – At the Qauia settlement, a community of more than 2,000 near Fiji’s capital of Suva, police stand guard to ensure no one other than health workers comes in – or out – of an area that has become a hotspot of Covid-19 infections. After keeping the coronavirus at bay last year, Fiji, […]
TOKYO (BLOOMBERG, AFP) – Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga said the government must be on high alert as virus cases begin to rise in the capital, about three weeks before Tokyo hosts the Olympics. “While there is a downward trend across the country as a whole, there is a slight upward trend in the capital […]
A man walks at the Dubai International Financial Centre, almost empty of people, following the outbreak of coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, March 18, 2020. REUTERS/Satish Kumar/FilesDUBAI (Reuters) – China Export and Credit Insurance Corp (SINOSURE) has chosen Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC) as the location for its first office in the […]
SYDNEY (REUTERS) – Australia’s Queensland state on Monday (June 28) reintroduced mandatory masks and limited home gatherings, adding to increasing social distancing restrictions around the country as it battles an outbreak of the coronavirus. Sydney, Australia’s most populous city, was plunged into lockdown over the weekend, along with the northern city of Darwin, as officials […]
Good morning! Here are our top stories to kick-start your Monday, June 28. More S’poreans tap schemes to upskill, switch careers amid Covid-19 pandemic Nearly 6,300 mid-career PMETs joined such programmes last year – a 41% jump from 2019. READ MORE HERE CGH Covid-19 cluster grows to 10 cases, including porter at NUH Five of […]
SINGAPORE – When Ms Joyce Seah left her job at an oil and gas multinational corporation (MNC) last July, she was afraid she would not be able to secure another job amid the weaker hiring market. The company where she worked as a senior buyer restructured during the Covid-19 pandemic, and she was assigned a […]
SINGAPORE – The Expert Committee on Covid-19 vaccination is aware of an open letter calling for a halt in vaccinating Singapore’s youths and is closely monitoring local and global data to keep its recommendations fresh, said the Ministry of Health in a statement on Sunday (June 28). The open letter, posted on Facebook on Saturday by […]