‘COVID-19 possibly peaked in Singapore’
The latest wave of COVID-19 cases in Singapore has possibly peaked, and there is no need for additional measures, like wearing a face mask mandate, to be implemented, said Minister for Health (MOH) Ong Ye Kung. “We might have a slight surge, but I think more or less, we are seeing...
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Pro-peace Russian presidential hopeful blocked by EC
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Iceland volcano erupts weeks after many evacuated from nearby town
A volcanic eruption started Monday night on Iceland’s Reykjanes Peninsula, turning the sky orange and prompting the country’s civil defence to be on high alert. The eruption appears to have occurred about four kilometers (2.4 miles) from the town of Grindavik, the Icelandic Meteorological Office said. Grainy webcam video showed...
Indian man arrested in UK in terror funding case extradited to US
An Indian national arrested in London on a provisional American warrant as part of a US-UK coordinated action targeting terrorism financing has been extradited to the United States after consenting to face trial in America, British authorities said on Tuesday. Madurai-born Sundar Nagarajan, 65, was arrested by the Metropolitan Police’s National...
Apple to halt sales of its watches in US
If two of the latest Apple Watches are on your holiday shopping list, don’t dawdle for much longer because the devices won’t be available to buy in the US later this week if the White House doesn’t intervene in an international patent dispute. Apple plans to suspend sales of the Series...
Google to pay $700 mn to US states, consumers
Google has agreed to pay $700 million and make several other concessions to settle allegations that it had been stifling competition against its Android app store — the same issue that went to trial in another case that could result in even bigger changes. Although Google struck the deal with state...
EU investigating Musk’s X over breaches of social media law
The European Union on Monday made Elon Musk’s online platform X the first tech company to face an investigation under Europe’s tough new regulations designed to clean up social media and protect people from toxic online content.“Today we open formal infringement proceedings against @X” under the Digital Services Act, European...
2 Indian-origin men jailed in UK for smuggling drugs
Two Indian-origin men have been sentenced to a total of 34 years’ imprisonment in Britain after a London trial found them guilty of smuggling drugs hidden amid farm produce from Africa and South America. Anand Tripathi, 61, and Varun Bhardwaj, 39, were also convicted of evading import duty payable on cigarettes...
Pentagon announces new mission to counter attacks on commercial vessels in Red Sea
The US and a host of other nations are creating a new force to protect ships transiting the Red Sea that have come under attack by drones and ballistic missiles fired from Houthi-controlled areas of Yemen, Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin announced early Tuesday in Bahrain. The seriousness of the attacks, several...
