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Singapore increases checkpoint security ahead of pope visit
Published on 09/09/2024
» SINGAPORE: Singapore will enhance security at its land, air and sea checkpoints this week due to an unspecified "heightened security situation in the region", its immigration authority said, warning of delays and additional clearance time.
Singapore sets up precautionary border screenings for mpox virus
Published on 23/08/2024
» SINGAPORE: Singapore will screen for mpox symptoms at border checkpoints, boosting precautionary measures against the virus after its outbreak was declared a global health emergency.
Armed man killed while approaching Republican National Convention in US
New York Times, Published on 17/07/2024
» MILWAUKEE — Five Ohio police officers who were in Milwaukee, the United States, to assist with security at the Republican National Convention fired shots at a man in a residential neighbourhood Tuesday afternoon, killing him, officials said.
Singapore’s marriages fall from record high as divorces climb
Published on 15/07/2024
» The number of marriages in Singapore slipped last year from a record high, while the amount of divorces increased, government data showed.
Singapore births plunged to five-decade low last year
Published on 15/07/2024
» The number of babies born in Singapore last year fell to the lowest in at least five decades, as the city-state continues to battle with a declining birth rate, the Straits Times reported on Sunday.
Mainland Chinese tourist accuses Hong Kong taxi driver of overcharging by nearly 300%
Published on 10/06/2024
» HONG KONG: A Shenzhen-based tourist has complained about being "ripped off" by a Hong Kong taxi driver for being asked to pay HK$600 (2,800 baht), nearly three times the usual fare, on his first day in town for the Dragon Boat Festival long weekend.
Gunman fires shots at US embassy in Lebanon
Published on 05/06/2024
» AWKAR - The Lebanese army said it arrested a gunman who fired shots at the United States embassy north of the capital Beirut.
Karen Union 'committed' to peace, security
Published on 14/04/2024
» The Karen National Union (KNU) says it is committed to establishing cross-border security and working with Thailand and international organisations to ensure peace and safety on both sides of the border.
‘Alien fever’ fuels grave robbing in Peru
Published on 06/04/2024
» NAZCA, Peru - Leandro Rivera says he chanced upon the cave in Peru’s remote Nazca region that contained hundreds of pre-Hispanic artifacts — including human bodies with elongated heads and what appeared to be only three fingers on each hand.
Destruction, lawlessness and red tape hobble aid as Gazans go hungry
Published on 25/03/2024
» CAIRO - In mid-March, a line of trucks stretched for 3 kilometres along a desert road near a crossing point from Israel into the Gaza Strip. On the same day, another line of trucks about 1.5 kilometres long and sometimes two or three across was backed up near a crossing from Egypt into Gaza.