Singapore to drop most indoor mask requirements next week
SINGAPORE — Singapore will do away with requirements to wear masks indoors starting Aug. 29, as the country sees its coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) situation stabilize further, the health minister said on Wednesday.
China expected to face more climate havoc despite cool-off in some regions
SHANGHAI — Extreme heat in China played havoc with crops and power supplies on Wednesday despite lower temperatures in some regions, with authorities across the Yangtze river basin scrambling to limit the damage from climate change on crops and livestock.
Mexico, Cuba report rare deaths of two patients with monkeypox
MEXICO CITY — Mexico and Cuba have reported the deaths of two people who had tested positive for monkeypox, although neither country attributed the fatalities to the viral disease.
China’s jobless turn to car boot sales as COVID-hit economy stalls
BEIJING - When the COVID-19 pandemic forced Wang Wei to shut his tourism company, the Tianjin native poured his life-savings of 80,000 yuan ($11,785)...
Gentle dugongs functionally extinct in Chinese waters – study
HONG KONG, - The dugong, a gentle marine mammal that has frequented China's southern waters for hundreds of years, has become functionally extinct in...
Ukraine girds for Independence Day attacks on war’s six-month mark
KYIV - Ukrainians mark 31 years since they broke free from the Russia-dominated Soviet Union on Wednesday in what is certain to be a...
Twitter misled US regulators on hackers, spam, whistleblower says
Twitter Inc. misled federal regulators about its defenses against hackers and spam accounts, the social media company's former security chief Peiter Zatko said in...
US to announce $3 billion in new military aid for Ukraine -official
WASHINGTON - The United States will announce a new security assistance package for Ukraine of about $3 billion as early as Wednesday, a US...
Recession almost certain in Europe
FRANKFURT — It was meant to be Europe’s stellar year.
Russia accuses Ukraine of killing nationalist’s daughter
RUSSIA’s Federal Security Service accused Ukraine’s secret services on Monday of killing Darya Dugina, the daughter of an ultra-nationalist, in a car bomb attack near Moscow that President Vladimir Putin called “evil”.
Singaporean bargain hunters jam roads after currency boost
SINGAPORE’s surging currency is contributing to massive traffic jams on the road to Malaysia.
Fauci, face of US COVID response, to step down from government posts
DR. ANTHONY FAUCI, the top US infectious disease official who became the face of America’s COVID-19 pandemic response under Presidents Donald Trump and Joseph R. Biden, announced on Monday he is stepping down in December after 54 years of public service.