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Vehicle slides half-a-block on its roof after early afternoon collision

A car slid about 30 meters on its roof during a three-vehicle collision in the London’s Old East Village Tuesday afternoon.

Two people…

Cryptocurrency plays off Squid Game and buyers lose big

NEW YORK — An unsanctioned Squid Game cryptocurrency that played off the hit Netflix series made big losers out of people who bought in only…

US gives final approval of Pfizers Covid vaccine for children aged 5-11

WASHINGTON — The United States can now start giving children aged 5-11 the Pfizer-BioNtech Covid vaccine, US health authorities said on Tuesday…

6 months jail for maid who laced infants milk with muscle relaxant to get her to sleep

SINGAPORE — Wanting her employer’s 13-month-old daughter to sleep through the night and not disturb her, a domestic worker mixed a muscle…

Less than half have redeemed SingapoRediscovers Vouchers ahead of Dec 31 deadline

As of Oct 21, more than 1.25 million Singaporeans have used their vouchers at least once, Trade and Industry Minister Gan Kim Yong said.

“Collectively,…

I want to change the lives of young people

Kamuskay Kamara: I created a non-profit movement to combat substance abuse in my country, Sierra Leone. I was born just after the 11-year civil war…

India PM Narendra Modi pledges net zero by 2070

India has promised to cut its emissions to net zero by 2070 - missing a key goal of the COP26 summit for countries to commit to reach that target by…

Biden to announce tougher regulations on methane emissions from oil and gas production

The Environmental Protection Agency on Tuesday will propose rules to plug methane gas leaks at hundreds of thousands of oil and gas wells in the U.S.,…