After Malaysia banned chicken exports, Singapore's national dish is in jeopardy

As a result of Malaysia's decision to halt all chicken exports, Singapore is bracing for a shortage of its de facto national dish, chicken rice.

As supplies of the staple food deplete from neighbouring Malaysia, where production has been interrupted by a global feed scarcity, restau...

Twitter and Facebook hugely fined in Russia for not deleting banned content

Highlights

•  Facebook and Twitter were fined for not deleting the banned content
•  The media regulator has blocked websites linked to Navalny

Russia has fined Facebook and Twitter, these fines were imposed because the so...

UK RETURN PASSENGER IN CHENNAI TESTS POSITIVE FOR COVID-19; NEW STRAIN NOT COFIRMED

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• UK return passenger in Chennai tests positive for COVID-19; new strain not confirmed.
• UK announced that a news variant of SARS-CoV-2 has been found referred to as B.1.1.7.
• Central Govt. of India and Tamil Nadu govt. ...

EUROPEAN COMMISSION COMMITS TO STOP EXPORTS OF BANNED CHEMICALS

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• The European Commission has made a commitment to end the exports of the banned hazardous chemicals in Europe
• The European Commission have made the decision after the investigation, which has revealed that the European manufacturers are exp...

TONNES OF BANNED PESTICIDES SHIPPED TO POORER COUNTRIES FROM EUROPEAN FACTORIES

HIGHLIGHTS

• Year-long investigation has revealed that on full scale, pesticides banned from European farms are being shipped to poorer countries.
• UK leads in the act of polluting poor countries by dumping pesticides.

A year-long inves...

HK TEACHER BANNED FROM TEACHING FOR LIFE ON HONG KONG CAMPUSES

HIGHLIGHTS

• An educator at school who was de-enrolled for supposedly spreading "supportive of autonomy" messages is currently banned from all Hong Kong school grounds.

The Alliance Primary School educator was struck off in late Septemb...

INDIA BANS 118 CHINESE APPS INCLUDING PUBG

HIGHLIGHTS

• Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology has banned 118 Chinese mobile apps.
• The 118 banned Chinese apps include Knives Out, PUBG Mobile, PUBG Mobile Lite, Ulike, and VPN for TikTok.
• This is the third wave of Chinese mo...

MINNESOTA PASSES BILL BANNING CHOKE HOLDS AND WARRIOR STYLE POLICE TRAINING

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• Post George Floyd’s death Minnesota passes bill banning police chokeholds
• The bill was supported by Republicans as well as the Democrats.

George Floyd's death on a street of Minneapolis due to a carotid hold, as he repeate...

EUROPEAN FIRMS IN JAPAN STRUGGLE WITH THE COUNTRY’S STRICT TRAVEL BAN

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• European firms in Japan struggle with the country’s strict travel ban.
• The country has banned the entry of tourists and visa holders coming from 129 countries.
• European Business Council conducted a survey on the im...

US SHARE MARKET REFECTS HOPE; CHINESE SHARES OF ALIBABA & BAIDU FALL

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• US reopening effects reflected in the share market as many shares picked up
• Senate’s bill against China passed, Chinese companies may be banned from the US market

As 50 states in the US reopen its economy and staggers to a start ane...

US EXTENDS TRAVEL BAN TO UK AND IRELAND

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• US revokes UK’s exclusion from its ban 
• Ireland gets banned too
• Americans in the UK and Ireland can come to the US only through special airports 

With 50 deaths and 2,229 infected cases, Trump is now losin...