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Singapore Airlines Axes 4300 Jobs, First Cuts Since SARS Outbreak

Singapore Airlines has announced plans to lay off 20% of its staff, as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic hitting…

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Thailand’s PM Warns Of COVID Risk If Anti-Govt Rally Goes Ahead

Prime Minister of Thailand, Prayut Chan-o-cha yesterday warned that a planned anti-government scheduled for tomorrow runs the risk of initiating…

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COVID Vaccine Being Snapped Up By Wealthier Nations

Some of the world's wealthier nations, numerically making up just a small percentage of the total global population, are buying…

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UK COVID Vaccine Trials Resume, Others Remain On Hold

Trials on the Swedish-British company AstraZeneca and Oxford University’s coronavirus vaccine have resumed in Britain after being paused on September…

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Japan Loans 50 Billion Yen To Philippines In Post-COVID Aid

Japan is to loan around 50 billion yen (24 billion Philippine pesos) to the central government of the Philippines in…

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Israel Imposes Another COVID-19 Lockdown – Cases Top 153,000

Israel has announced a second COVID-19 lockdown to help contain the virus as the nation readies itself for the Jewish…

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France Records 10,000 COVID-19 Cases In One Day, UK To Limit Gatherings

France has seen just under 10,000 new cases of COVID-19 infections in just 24 hours; the single worst day since…

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Thailand Post COVID Reopening To Be Decided By Next Month

Thailand's plan to allow the return of long-term foreign tourists to the country will now be decided by the end…

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Phuket Reopening To Be Delayed As Local COVID Transmission Recorded

Plans by the Thai government to reopen the popular tourist island of Phuket in southern Thailand have come unstuck on…

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Regardless Of COVID-19, 2021 Tokyo Olympics WILL Go Ahead

Tokyo 2020, the Olympics postponed because of the worldwide fight against the COVID-19 pandemic will take place next year irrespective…

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Vietnam Starting To Resume Flights To 6 Cities – From Mid September

Reports from Vietnam late last week now indicate that civil aviation flights between Ho Chi Minh in the south of…

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