SINGAPORE – Nine in 10 Yale-NUS graduates found jobs within six months of completing their final examinations, with those who hold a Bachelor of Science with Honours degree earning a median gross salary of $5,350. This was higher than any of their counterparts at the National University of Singapore (NUS), said the liberal arts college in […]
TOKYO (BLOOMBERG) – AstraZeneca plans to produce Covid-19 vaccines in Japan and will begin local distribution as soon as it receives government approval, national broadcaster NHK reported, citing an interview with an official at the drugmaker’s Japan unit. The Japanese government signed a contract with the company to procure enough vaccines for 60 million people, […]
SINGAPORE – Seventeen hawker stalls at Ayer Rajah Food Centre were recognised on Saturday (Feb 20) for serving up delicious heritage meals, as part of a campaign to promote hawker culture. The hawker centre was the first of about 110 hawker centres across the island to have stalls receive the Singapore Top Heritage Food award […]
PUTRAJAYA (THE STAR/ASIA NEWS NETWORK) – The number of Covid-19 recoveries in Malaysia has outpaced new cases for the ninth day in a row. As a result, the total number of active cases has now gone down to 36,797 in the latest daily Covid-19 statistics. On Feb 11, the country’s active cases were at their […]
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SINGAPORE – The initiatives in Singapore’s latest Budget will help keep the worst-hit firms afloat while supporting others in transforming and expanding, said experts at a roundtable discussion organised by The Straits Times and UOB on Wednesday (Feb 17). They underlined that such initiatives are especially important as government resources are finite and will have […]
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Joe Biden on Friday drew a sharp contrast with the foreign policy of his much-derided predecessor, Donald Trump, and urged democracies to work together to challenge abuses by autocratic states such as China and Russia. In his first big appearance as president on the global stage, an online “virtual visit” […]
SINGAPORE – Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong on Friday (Feb 19) hailed the historic landing of Nasa’s Perseverance rover on Mars after a seven-month journey from Earth. “It is a remarkable feat of science, engineering, and space exploration,” PM Lee wrote in a Facebook post, sharing the news. “This latest Nasa rover builds on the success […]
SINGAPORE – Career centres set up by the Government and the National Trades Union Congress (NTUC) helped 25,000 Singaporeans and permanent residents find jobs last year, a 25 per cent jump from the previous year. Six in 10 of the job seekers were professionals, managers, executives and technicians (PMETs), said Manpower Minister Josephine Teo in a jobs […]
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Joe Biden will seek on Friday to rally global democracies and European allies to work together to address a range of concerns about China, but is not looking for a “new Cold War,” a senior administration official said.The Democratic president, sworn in less than a month ago, will use a “virtual […]