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Translation tools, air purifiers: Face masks go high

The air travel bubble between both countries is a landmark agreement that signals the start of a gradual recovery for Asia’s international passenger traffic, says Brendan Sobie.

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Singapore will become the world's first country to use facial verification in its national ID scheme, but privacy advocates are alarmed by what they say is an intrusive system vulnerable to abuse. From next year, millions of people living in the city-state will be able to access government agencies, banking…

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Singapore's world-first face scan plan sparks privacy fears

Singapore will become the world's first country to use facial verification in its national ID scheme, but privacy advocates are alarmed by what they say is an intrusive system vulnerable to abuse.

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Analysts polled by Reuters had expected the Singapore economy to shrink by 6.8% year over year in the third quarter.

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Singapore's economy contracted by 7% year-on-year in the third quarter, official estimates show

When miners at Indonesia’s giant Grasberg gold and copper mine started testing positive for coronavirus early in the pandemic, the mountain-top mining complex was quickly locked down with a skeletal staff left in place to maintain production.But as months of travel curbs dragged on, angry workers blockaded the mine for four days in August until the operator - a unit of U.S. miner Freeport McMoRan Inc - relented and let them re

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Freeport does a balancing act as world's biggest gold mine grapples with COVID-19

First there were flights to nowhere, now there are cruises to nowhere. 

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After Singapore greenlights cruises to nowhere, Genting’s Dream Cruises says inquiries are ‘coming nonstop’

Singapore will offer a one-time payment to aspiring parents during the coronavirus pandemic.

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