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New COVID-19 wave in Singapore, over 25k cases reported

May 18, 2024

New COVID-19 wave in Singapore, over 25k cases reported

We are at the beginning part of the wave where it is steadily rising, said the health minister.

May 17, 2024
Surge in child migrants crossing Darien Gap

In the first four months of 2024, more than 30,000 children on the move crossed the Darien Gap
May 17, 2024
WHO prequalifies new dengue vaccine

Dengue is a vector-borne disease transmitted by the bite of an infected mosquito
May 17, 2024
US Justice Department reclassifies marijuana as less dangerous drug

US President Joe Biden said he was committed to righting the wrongs as 'far too many lives have been upended because of a failed approach to marijuana'.
May 16, 2024
Slovak PM in life-threatening condition after assassination attempt, says government

Slovak media said the shooter was a 71-year-old man but the motive was not immediately clear.
May 15, 2024
After US, Australia, New Zealand looking into Indian spice brands over contamination

Hong Kong last month suspended sales of three spice blends of MDH and one of Everest.
May 15, 2024
Alice Munro, master of contemporary short story, dies at 92

Munro published more than a dozen collections of short stories and was honored with the Nobel Prize in Literature in 2013.

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