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SINGAPORE – When Hong Kong-based Singaporean Sharon Liu, 39, and her husband, Mr Lim Eng Seng, 41, returned to Singapore in January, they had planned…

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Illegal migration still an issue after Assam updates citizen register

mediabest 09/05/2019 India POPULATION/DEMOGRAPHICS

A massive citizenship verification drive in the eastern Indian state of Assam – more than 6.8 million applications were vetted by around 52,000 state government…

World News

Greece earthquake: Monster 6.2 magnitude quake rocks major city

mediabest 03/03/2021

Iceland: Earthquake rocks country’s capital Reykjavik When you subscribe we will use the information you provide to send you these newsletters.Sometimes they’ll include recommendations for…

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Asda refused to sell school uniform as it was a 'non-essential' item

mediabest 03/02/2021

Asda refused to sell school uniform to grandmother for five-year-old who grew out of her old one during lockdown as it was a ‘non-essential’ item…

World News

Covid 19 coronavirus: Why virus variants have such weird names

mediabest 03/02/2021

B.1.351 may sound sweet to a molecular epidemiologist, but what’s the alternative, other than stigmatising geographical names? 20H/501Y.V2. VOC 202012/02. B.1.351. Those were the charming…

Business

Goldman to swell to record size in Singapore with 100 tech hires

mediabest 03/03/2021

SINGAPORE (BLOOMBERG) – Goldman Sachs Group plans to add about 100 staff in Singapore, taking its headcount in the South-east Asian financial hub to a…

Business

Urban Outfitters CEO Sees Hope in ‘Going-out’ Fashions

mediabest 03/02/2021

Urban Outfitters Inc. just barely eked out a profit last year, but cofounder, chairman and chief executive officer Richard Hayne is seeing signs of a…

Business

Navigating Post-COVID-19 Opportunities at WWD’s 2021 Tokyo Retail Forum

mediabest 03/02/2021

LONDON — The rise of the e-commerce titans, sustainable fashion and the future of retail, post-pandemic, were among the many themes that emerged during the…

Life

Dialog Semiconductor Q4 Profit Rises – Quick Facts

mediabest 03/03/2021

Volvo to sell only electric cars by 2030 with all sales going online VOLVO has pledged to sell only electric cars by 2030 — and…

Life

PayPal can now provide digital payments in China

mediabest 03/03/2021

Roblox sees revenue doubling in first quarter (Reuters) – Roblox Corp expects its revenue to double year-over-year in the first quarter of 2021, the company…

Life

What we know about police raid at FC Barcelona’s stadium in relation to ‘Barçagate’

mediabest 03/01/2021

US probing engine fires in nearly 1.9M Toyota RAV4 SUVs DETROIT — The U.S. government is investigating complaints of engine compartment fires in nearly 1.9…

Life

HNI Corp. Q4 Profit More Than Halves, But Tops Estimates – Quick Facts

mediabest 03/01/2021

What’s on TV This Week: ‘Soul of a Nation’ and ‘Ghostbusters’ A newsmagazine featuring a look at Black life in America premieres on ABC. And…

Life

Myanmar's Aung San Suu Kyi faces new court charges, lawyer says

mediabest 03/01/2021

Paytm achieves 1.2 billion monthly transactions Digital financial services firm, which has over 150 million monthly active users, said that it had made deep inroads…

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Covid-19 hastened Singapore couple's decision to move back home after over a decade in Hong Kong

Illegal migration still an issue after Assam updates citizen register

Princess Anne snubbed Prince Charles’ advice for Zara after ‘loathed’ royal experience

Two men armed with umbrella and skateboard filmed in bizarre street fight

Nurse fined £100 because it took 16 minutes to download parking app

Greece earthquake: Monster 6.2 magnitude quake rocks major city

Asda refused to sell school uniform as it was a 'non-essential' item

Covid 19 coronavirus: Why virus variants have such weird names

Goldman to swell to record size in Singapore with 100 tech hires

Urban Outfitters CEO Sees Hope in ‘Going-out’ Fashions

Navigating Post-COVID-19 Opportunities at WWD’s 2021 Tokyo Retail Forum

Dialog Semiconductor Q4 Profit Rises – Quick Facts

PayPal can now provide digital payments in China

What we know about police raid at FC Barcelona’s stadium in relation to ‘Barçagate’

HNI Corp. Q4 Profit More Than Halves, But Tops Estimates – Quick Facts

Myanmar's Aung San Suu Kyi faces new court charges, lawyer says