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Singapore steps up alternative energy by feeding solar power into general grid

Singapore sets new energy goal: Solar power to meet 4% of total needs by 2030

When the 2030 target is met, there will be enough solar energy to meet the annual needs of nearly 350,000 households.

Oct 29, 2019

Is Isis leader Abu Bakr Al-Baghdadi still alive?

Baghdadi sea burial: Body dumped at unknown location; Kurdish spy took Isis chief's underwear for DNA

The authorities said video footage relating to the mission, codenamed Kayla Mueller, will be released soon.

Oct 29, 2019

US MARINES DURING WAR GAMES IN TERNATE CAVITE, PHILIPPINES.

Japan arrests four US marines for attacking police cars

Japan currently hosts a very large contingent of around 54,000 American troops in the country

Oct 28, 2019

Leftist Alberto Fernandez wins Argentina elections; markets, investors jittery

The protectionist regime under Fernandez comes even as Argentina is battling a continued recession and credit crunch.

Oct 28, 2019

President Donald Trump looks up towards the solar eclipse while viewing with first lady Melania and son Barron

Donald Trump mercilessly booed at baseball game he attended with wife Melania [VIDEO]

The jeering started after the third inning, when the outfield video screen showed Trump sitting in a luxury box during the match between Washington Nationals against the Houston Astros.

Oct 28, 2019

IS chief Baghdadi, top 3 commanders poisoned during feast, say reports

Who is new Isis leader Abdullah Qardash? Baghdadi successor was jihadi group's top policymaker

New Isis leader Abdullah Qardash was the 'top legislator' of the jihadi group and was known as the 'professor' within the dreaded terror outfit.

Oct 28, 2019

SHOCKING Washington Post headline calls Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi an 'austere religious scholar'

Washington Post retracts the abomination of a headline on Baghdadi, saying it should never have read that way.

Oct 28, 2019

Only a dog injured in Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi kill mission: Trump says he died like a dog, chased down by dogs

Even as the US troops cornered him, Baghdadi took to a tunnel where he was chased down by the dogs. At the dead end he detonated a suicide vest.

Oct 27, 2019

'Screw Amazon' out of a $10-Bln JEDI contract, President Donald Trump told Defence Secretary

Trump's personal dislike for Jeff Bezos influenced the Pentagon decision to award the $10 billion cloud contract to Microsoft, says new book.

Oct 27, 2019

I'm dying mom, I cannot breath: Heart-rending details of final moments of UK truck death victims emerge

Victim's brother told BBC that the first attempt she made to cross the border to the UK was on October 19 but she got caught and turned back.

Oct 26, 2019

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Donald Trump is selling money-spinning DC hotel after making $80 million from it while in office

Trump International in Washington fetched the president more revenue than some of his prized properties like Mar-a-Lago resort and the Turnberry golf course.

Oct 26, 2019

Singapore's GIC to invest $387 mln in Indonesian retail firm

Belacan Diplomacy: Malaysian Queen on how much Singapore founding father loved her shrimp chilli paste

Queen Tunku Azizah tweeted about how much Singapore's founding leader and legendary statesman Lee Kuan Yew loved her special shrimp chilli paste.

Oct 25, 2019

Singapore factory output marks thin growth; offshore, electronics segments drop

Excluding bio-medical manufacturing sector the manufacturing output dropped 4.3 pecent, data released by the Economic Development Board of Singapore said.

Oct 25, 2019

Singapore to launch blockchain technology for interbank payments

Capital inflows to Singapore to gain momentum as Hong Kong stand-off continues

According to a Goldman Sachs estimate, at least $4 billion has moved in Hong Kong dollar deposits to Singapore until August.

Oct 25, 2019

Singapore jobs outlook gloomy as only 15% of employers look at hire in Q1 2017

Number of jobs lost, unemployment rate inch up in Singapore

The number of retrenchments in the third quarter of 2019 stood at 2,900, higher than in the preceding quarter

Oct 24, 2019

Thailand to anoint Maha Vajiralongkorn as king on December 1

Thailand King fires bedroom nurse and five other officials as palace intrigue worsens

King' Maha Vajiralongkorn fires six palace officials days after stripping his long-time consort of all royal titles.

Oct 24, 2019

40,000 Kurds hold rally for independence

Trump throws Kurds under the bus, once again; lifts Turkey sanctions and praises Erdogan

The dramatic turnaround comes hours after US special envoy to Syria said the Turkish forces likely committed war crimes against the Kurds.

Oct 24, 2019

Is Donald Trump making too many points with his middle finger?

Interestingly, a tech journal has put together an article compiling a couple more of occasions when Trump can be seen using the middle finger to make a point.

Oct 23, 2019

Apple Watch fall detection feature saves young couple who fell off cliff

The Fall Detection feature in the Watch immediately detected the hard fall and dialled 911

Oct 23, 2019

Suicide bombing or deadly snakes? Pakistani singer Rabi Pirzada fantasises killing Indian PM Modi

In her latest freak-out on the social media, Pak singer Rabi Pirzada wishes if she could be the suicide bomber who would kill Indian PM Narendra Modi

Oct 23, 2019

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