SINGAPORE – A former employee of oil giant Shell Eastern Petroleum on Tuesday (Dec 15) admitted to being involved in a conspiracy to misappropriate about US$36.1 million (S$49.1 million) worth of gas oil. Indian national Sadagopan Premnath, 40, pleaded guilty to four charges of conspiring to misappropriate gas oil from the company. Five other similar […]
SYDNEY (REUTERS) – Australia’s north-east coast was smashed by heavy rains, wild winds and huge seas for the fifth straight day on Tuesday (Dec 15), forcing widespread evacuations. As water levels continued to rise due to the heavy overnight rains shutting low-lying roads, New South Wales (NSW) state emergency services directed hundreds of residents of […]
TOKYO (REUTERS) – Samples of dust collected by a Japanese space probe from an asteroid some 300 million km (186 million miles) from Earth were better than hoped for, with one researcher saying he was lost for words when they opened the capsule for the first time. The samples, the climax of a six-year space […]
Good morning! Here are our top stories to kick-start your Tuesday, Dec 15. 7 things to know about phase 3: Dining out in larger groups, free Covid-19 vaccinations Priority for the vaccines will be given to those at greatest risk, such as healthcare workers and the elderly. READ MORE HERE Answers to key questions on […]
SINGAPORE – Unlike the migrant worker population – where almost 50 per cent of those living in dormitories have tested positive for Covid-19 – the prevalence rate of the virus in the larger community is much smaller, said the Health Ministry’s director of medical services Kenneth Mak on Monday (Dec 14). This lower rate, based […]
FILE PHOTO: Workers disinfect a production line while maintaining social distancing at the start of a shift at Green Circuits as the company, an essential business, adapts to operating during the outbreak of the fast-spreading coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in San Jose, California, U.S., April 2, 2020. REUTERS/Stephen Lam(Reuters) – Americans remained uncertain in November over […]
SINGAPORE – Almost half of migrant workers living in dormitories have had a Covid-19 infection, the authorities said on Monday (Dec 14). As of Sunday, 54,505 such workers have tested positive for the virus via a polymerase chain reaction or PCR test. Another 98,289 had a positive result from a serology test, which checks for […]
SINGAPORE – Phase 2 of the Thomson-East Coast MRT Line (TEL) will be delayed by another six months till the third quarter of 2021 to review the rail system software, said the Land Transport Authority (LTA) on Monday (Dec 14). In addition, other major rail and road infrastructure projects will be delayed by up to […]
SYDNEY (REUTERS) – Coral populations from Australia’s first “Coral IVF” trial on the Great Barrier Reef in 2016 have not only survived recent bleaching events, but are on track to reproduce and spawn next year, researchers say. “I’m really excited,” said Professor Peter Harrison, director of Southern Cross University’s Marine Ecology Research Centre, who led […]
In one Beijing artist’s recent depiction of the world in 2098, China is a high-tech superpower and the United States is humbled. Americans have embraced communism and Manhattan, draped with the hammer-and-sickle flags of the “People’s Union of America,” has become a quaint tourist precinct. This triumphant vision has resonated among Chinese. The sci-fi digital […]