Month: April 2020
Written by Gabriel HerveyApril 6, 2020
COVID-19: Virus-hit Carnival cruise ship docks in Australia as country’s death toll hits 39
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SYDNEY: Carnival Corp’s troubled Ruby Princess cruise liner, the biggest single source of coronavirus infections in Australia, docked south of Sydney on Monday (Apr 6) to get help for sick crew members requiring urgent medical treatment. The Ruby Princess, now the target of a criminal investigation led by the homicide squad in the state of
Written by Gabriel HerveyApril 6, 2020
Jurong Pioneer JC closes ahead of full home-based learning after 2 canteen vendors contract COVID-19
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SINGAPORE: Jurong Pioneer Junior College will close the school on Monday (Apr 6) and start full home-based learning a day earlier on Tuesday after two canteen vendors tested positive for COVID-19. In a message to parents on Sunday, the JC said both vendors work in the same stall in the school canteen and were well when
Written by Gabriel HerveyApril 6, 2020
Former trainee doctor gets mandatory treatment order for filming men at urinals
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SINGAPORE: A former trainee doctor who took multiple videos of men urinating in toilets was sentenced to a year-long mandatory treatment order on Monday (Apr 6). Jerry Christian Nagaputra, 31, was given the court order after pleading guilty last month to three charges of making obscene films, with 20 other similar charges taken into consideration. Advertisement
Written by Gabriel HerveyApril 6, 2020
UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson in hospital as ‘precautionary step’ 10 days after contracting COVID-19
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LONDON: British Prime Minister Boris Johnson was taken to hospital on Sunday (Apr 5) for tests, his office said, 10 days after he tested positive for coronavirus. Johnson, 55, announced he had mild symptoms of COVID-19 on Mar 27 and had been in self-isolation at his Downing Street residence for seven days. Advertisement Advertisement He had been
Written by Gabriel HerveyApril 6, 2020
COVID-19: Couples due to get married postpone weddings, live-stream small celebrations
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SINGAPORE: Ms Seow was supposed to get married on May 2, in a small ceremony probably at home. That was a step-down from the originally planned church wedding with 500 guests. However, even that is now up in the air, after the Government last week announced stricter safe-distancing measures, with most workplaces shut down from Apr
Written by Gabriel HerveyApril 6, 2020
South Korea reports fewer than 50 new COVID-19 cases for first time since Feb 29 peak
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SEOUL: South Korea reported fewer than 50 new coronavirus cases on Monday (Apr 6) for the first time since its Feb 29 peak, the Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (KCDC) said. The KCDC reported 47 new infections, taking the national tally to 10,284. The death toll rose by three to 186. Advertisement Advertisement On Saturday,
Written by Gabriel HerveyApril 6, 2020
Know More About NyseAbb News
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You indeed need to keep yourself updated about the stock market news almost daily if you have thought about investing in them. You need to quite clear about all sorts of factors that can highly impact your buying and selling of your stock markets. Keeping that in mind, you need to also also be careful
Written by Gabriel HerveyApril 6, 2020
Pope Francis opens Holy Week amid COVID-19 pandemic, says now is time to serve
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VATICAN CITY: Pope Francis marked a surreal Palm Sunday (Apr 5) in an empty St Peter’s Basilica, urging people living through the COVID-19 pandemic not to be so concerned with what they lack but how they can ease the suffering of others. The service, kicking off Holy Week events leading to Easter, usually attracts tens of thousands
Written by Gabriel HerveyApril 6, 2020
20,000 worshippers quarantined in Pakistan after major search
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LAHORE: Pakistan has quarantined 20,000 worshippers and is still searching for tens of thousands more who attended an Islamic gathering in Lahore last month despite the worsening coronavirus pandemic, officials said on Sunday (Apr 5). Authorities said they want to test or quarantine those who congregated at the event held by the Tablighi Jamaat – an
Written by Gabriel HerveyApril 6, 2020
Ireland’s PM returns to medical practice to help in coronavirus crisis
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DUBLIN: Ireland’s prime minister Leo Varadkar has re-registered as a medical practitioner and will work one shift a week to help out during the coronavirus crisis, a spokesman for his office said on Sunday (Apr 5). Varadkar worked as a doctor for seven years before leaving the profession to become a politician and was removed
Written by Gabriel HerveyApril 6, 2020
Japan PM Shinzo Abe could declare state of emergency as early as Tuesday amid COVID-19 outbreak: Report
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TOKYO: Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe will declare a state of emergency over COVID-19 as early as Tuesday (Apr 7) and will likely announce his plans to do so on Monday, the Yomiuri newspaper reported. Under a law revised in March to cover the coronavirus outbreak, the prime minister can declare a state of emergency
Written by Gabriel HerveyApril 6, 2020
Sri Lanka extends quarantine period to four weeks after positive case
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COLOMBO: Sri Lanka extended the suggested quarantine period from two weeks to four on Sunday (Apr 5) after a 34-year-old man who returned home from South Korea tested positive a week after leaving isolation. Army chief Shavendra Silva – who operates several quarantine facilities – told those who are completing the mandatory two-week quarantine to isolate themselves
Written by Gabriel HerveyApril 6, 2020
Make Data Count – CNA
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Technology is radically reshaping the finance and accounting function, forcing today’s professional accountants to embrace new digital tools across all aspects of their work. Artificial intelligence, blockchain, cloud computing, robotic process automation (RPA) and data analytics are among the technologies affecting the methods, tools and processes used in the accounting ecosystem. Consider audit services, for
Commentary: How to show affection – from a safe distance
LONDON: One of the most enjoyable articles I’ve ever read was called Up And Then Down, by Nick Paumgarten. It was published in the New Yorker in April 2008. Today, it would be described as a long read. Back then it was simply an exhaustive study of the life and times of the elevator, or