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World Coronavirus Dispatch: Students across globe returning to classrooms

Boris Johnson earmarks £500 mn for mass rapid testing, Sanofi starts trials of vaccine, Steroids could reduce deaths by a third, and other pandemic-related news across the globe

Singapore's tally of Covid-19 cases reach 56,812, includes 7 imported ones

Singapore has reported seven imported Covid-19 cases, including from India, the health ministry said, as the country's total number of infections reached 56,812

Singapore: Pritam Singh takes charge as first Leader of Opposition

Pritam Singh, Singapore's Indian-origin politician scripted history on Monday when the city-state's Parliament conferred the duties and privileges to him as the country's first Leader of Opposition

Mutated coronavirus strain found in Indonesia as cases jump: Report

The strain, which the World Health Organization said was identified in February and has been circulating in Europe and the Americas, has also been found in neighbouring Singapore and Malaysia

Singaporean missions thank India's 'Corona warriors' for working tirelessly

As India enters Unlock 4.0, our colleagues across India take the opportunity to thank all Covid-19 warriors for working tirelessly and selflessly to keep us safe, the Singaporean missions said

Singapore expat jobs come under threat amid push for local hirings

Employment pass holders - in executive, managerial or specialised roles - must earn a minimum monthly salary of S$4,500 ($3,295), versus a previous threshold of S$3,900

Singapore planning to hike minimum pay for foreigners in financial services

The increase in salary will provide further support for the hiring of Singaporeans in the financial services sector, the Channel News Asia reported citing MAS, the de facto central bank

Singapore's single-day Covid cases fall to 5-month low at 31 new infections

Singapore on Tuesday recorded 31 Covid-19 cases, its lowest single-day figure since March

Singapore govt, monetary authority trim stake in Zee Entertainment

Singapore government and Monetary Authority of Singapore have sold almost 1% of their total holding in ZEEL to 5.93% for an estimated sum of over Rs 186 crore by selling shares in the open market

Covid-19 cases reappear at Singapore's largest dormitory; workers sent home

Around 4,800 workers have been issued a stay-home notice at Singapore's largest foreign workers' dormitory after fresh coronavirus emerged there

Govt frames norms to enforce 'rules of origin' for imports under FTAs

The ''rules of origin'' provision prescribes for the minimal processing that should happen in the FTA country so that the final manufactured product may be called originating goods in that country

Indian couple in Singapore sentenced to jail for abusing maid: Report

An Indian couple here has been jailed and fined up to 15,000 Singapore dollars after being found guilty of abusing their domestic helper from India, a media report said

Singapore announces $5.8 billion to boost coronavirus hit economy

South China Morning Post reported that unemployment here stands at 2.9 per cent, up from 2.4 per cent in the January-March period and not far off the 3.4 per cent peak during the Financial Crisis

Singapore extends $5.8 billion stimulus to cushion blow from pandemic

The new set of measures, announced almost three months after the last package, adds to Singapore's total pledged pandemic aid of almost S$100 billion

44% of Singapore population tired of health measures against Covid: Survey

Forty four per cent of the population in Singapore are tired of following the strict health measures, including wearing masks, to contain the spread of the coronavirus

Rigorous testing may replace 14-day isolation for air travellers: Singapore

Transport minister Ong Ye Kung said steps are needed to revive Singapore's status as a global air hub

Covid-19 vaccine: Early-stage clinical trial begins in Singapore

The early-stage clinical trial for a COVID-19 vaccine has started in Singapore, with the first vaccinations expected to be given to volunteers next week, a media report has said.

Three India-returnees test positive for Covid-19 in Singapore: Health min

Three persons, including two children who returned from India, have tested positive in Singapore, the health ministry has said, as the number of coronavirus infections in the country rose to 52,512.

Uber backtracks on plan to shift Asia-Pacific regional hub to Hong Kong

The company had announced in May that it was ready to relocate its Asian headquarters from Singapore

Singapore hopes US can stabilise its ties with China: PM Lee

Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong has said that he hope the US will stabilise its ties with China as Asia depends on a stable relationship between the world's two biggest economies