SINGAPORE – There were 10 new coronavirus cases confirmed as at Wednesday noon (Oct 7), taking Singapore’s total to 57,840. They included four cases from worker dormitories, said the Ministry of Health (MOH). There were also six imported cases who had been placed on stay-home notices upon arrival in Singapore. There were no new cases […]
SINGAPORE – Fourteen public entertainment outlets have been caught by the police for flouting Covid-19 rules, liquor licence conditions or both. The police said on Wednesday (Oct 7) the offences were uncovered following a one-month enforcement operation by Central Police Division at public entertainment outlets and massage establishments in Chinatown, Central Mall, Bugis, Jalan Besar […]
ZURICH (Reuters) – Barclays BARC.L plans to enter four new European private banking markets in 2021, its regional manager for the business told Reuters.FILE PHOTO: A worker cleans a Barclays logo outside a bank branch in the financial district of London, Britain July 8, 2019. REUTERS/Simon DawsonGerald Mathieu, who in September became Barclays’ private banking […]
ZURICH (Reuters) – Barclays BARC.L plans to enter four new European private banking markets in 2021, its regional manager for the business told Reuters.FILE PHOTO: A worker cleans a Barclays logo outside a bank branch in the financial district of London, Britain July 8, 2019. REUTERS/Simon DawsonGerald Mathieu, who in September became Barclays’ private banking […]
HANOI (REUTERS) – Vietnam has arrested a prominent blogger and dissident for “anti-state activities” hours after its government held annual talks on human rights with the United States, sources and international human rights groups said on Wednesday (Oct 7). Ms Pham Doan Trang, a writer who has published widely on human rights and alleged police […]
WASHINGTON (REUTERS) – A senior US defence official said on Tuesday (Oct 6) that Taiwan’s plan to boost defence spending by US$1.4 billion (S$1.91 billion) was a step in the right direction, but insufficient to ensure resilient defence in the face of an increasing Chinese threat. In August, the Taiwanese Cabinet proposed NT$453.4 billion (S$21.4 […]
SINGAPORE – More co-curricular activities (CCAs) will be allowed to resume after the year-end examinations for primary and secondary schools, as well as junior colleges, are over, said the Ministry of Education (MOE) on Wednesday (Oct 7). Up to 50 people will be allowed to take part in these CCAs except for higher-risk activities, as […]
Twenty-one diners have been fined $300 each for flouting Covid-19 rules at food and beverage outlets, such as not wearing a mask promptly after eating or drinking, intermingling between tables and sitting in groups of more than five. These breaches were observed in eateries at Resorts World Sentosa, Boat Quay and Clarke Quay, the Ministry […]
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Rising expectations that a Biden victory and a Democratic sweep of Congress would result in broad fiscal stimulus roused U.S. bond yields out of a months-long stupor – only to get whipsawed by an abrupt halt to talks. Range-bound U.S. Treasuries popped higher on Monday as the yield curve continued to […]
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Rising expectations that a Biden victory and a Democratic sweep of Congress would result in broad fiscal stimulus roused U.S. bond yields out of a months-long stupor – only to get whipsawed by an abrupt halt to talks. Range-bound U.S. Treasuries popped higher on Monday as the yield curve continued to […]