US VP Harris begins Asia trip amid Afghan debacle
Vice President Kamala Harris began a trip to Asia Sunday where she will offer reassurances of Washington's commitment to the…
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Singapore
Singapore lifts GDP forecast as export markets get vaccine boost
SINGAPORE, Singapore (AFP) -- Singapore on Wednesday upgraded its growth forecast for this year as the trade-reliant economy's key export…
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Resource-starved Singapore turns sewage into ultra-clean water
by Martin Abbugao Agence France Presse SINGAPORE (AFP) -- Giant pumps whir deep underground at a plant in Singapore that…
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Singapore PM warns US against hard line toward China
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) -- Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong on Tuesday warned the United States against aggressively challenging…
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Hun Sen declares oil extraction a ‘failure’ for Cambodia
Premier Hun Sen declared Cambodia's attempt at oil extraction a "failure" on Sunday, just eight months after the kingdom achieved…
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Watch: ASEAN in Focus
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0QHaNdhGRys NCR shifts to ECQ Aug. 6-20 Travel ban on India, 9 other nations extended to Aug. 15 Duterte, Austin…
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Singapore unveils one of world’s biggest floating solar farms
SINGAPORE, Singapore (AFP) -- Singapore Wednesday unveiled one of the world's biggest floating solar power farms, covering an area the…
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Covid case cuts short Singapore ‘cruise to nowhere’
SINGAPORE, Singapore (AFP) -- An ocean liner on a "cruise to nowhere" was forced to make an earlier-than-scheduled return to…
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Sri Lanka faces marine disaster as ship fire extinguished after 13 days
by Amal JAYASINGHE COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AFP) -- A fire aboard a ship that triggered Sri Lanka's worst-ever marine ecological…
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Singapore to vaccinate schoolchildren against Covid
SINGAPORE, Singapore (AFP) -- Singapore will start vaccinating schoolchildren against the coronavirus soon, the prime minister said Monday, after officials…
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Singapore Airlines says rerouting flights to avoid Belarus
SINGAPORE, Singapore (AFP) -- Singapore Airlines said Tuesday it was rerouting flights to avoid Belarus after Minsk forced a jet…
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Singapore approves Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine for teens
SINGAPORE, Singapore (AFP) -- Singapore authorized the use of the Pfizer-BioNTech Covid vaccine to teenagers aged 12 to 15, officials…
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