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10 new Covid-19 cases, CNY dinner at Safra Jurong biggest cluster; short-term visitors must now pay for treatment
Singapore will still waive testing fees for these short-term visit pass holders, but they will have to pay for treatment if they are warded. The Government will continue to pay for Singapore residents and long-term pass holders - such as work, student's and dependant's passes - who are admitted …
China threatens Germany with retaliation if Huawei 5G is banned
United States President Donald Trump's administration has sought to enlist US allies in squeezing out Huawei as a 5G supplier. A lawsuit against the Federal Communications Commission this month marked Huawei's latest attempt to fight US sanctions and curbs that threaten the world's largest netwo…
Climate impacts 'to cost world US$7.9 trillion' by 2050
PARIS (AFP) - Climate change could directly cost the world economy US$7.9 trillion (S$10.7 trillion) by mid-century as increased drought, flooding and crop failures hamper growth and threaten infrastructure, new analysis showed on Wednesday (Nov 20).
The Economist Intelligence Unit's (EI…
Saudi Crown Prince 'No. 1 suspect' in Khashoggi murder, Erdogan aide says
ANKARA (BLOOMBERG) - Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman remains "the chief suspect" in the killing of Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi, an adviser to Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said after meeting the United Nations representative probing the murder.