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Here’s what you need to know: ‘Be adults’: Universities in the U.S. are warning students about gatherings as they return to campus. As he accepts the Democratic nomination, Biden knocks Trump’s pandemic response. South Korea threatens to detain people who obstruct virus-control efforts. Hong Kong to roll out testing services …

The way it’s reported, you’d think that susceptibility to COVID-19 severity is equally distributed across the world’s population. But when you compare case and mortality rates between countries, differences emerge. There are even differences within countries and states and cities. It’s clear that other variables besides simple exposure to the …

Here’s what you need to know: Some teachers’ unions push to delay in-person learning as more colleges go online only. Officials in Wuhan and Hubei Province tried to hide information from China’s central leadership, a U.S. report finds. Hold off approving plasma for emergency use, Fauci and others warn the …

While small businesses are struggling to keep their doors open during the pandemic, some are turning to their insurance policies to help them stay afloat. But there’s one problem. Standard business interruption policies don’t cover COVID-19. “An exclusion for pandemic-caused losses — Exclusion of Loss Due to Virus or Bacteria …

Since he was 14, Roger Yip has been taking on part-time jobs in the F&B industry. He worked as a banquet server, restaurant assistant and barback at various establishments before finally stepping into the bar as a bartender. The transition into the bartending world was no surprise. Roger has always …

The Government will extend the Covid-19 Support Grant (CSG) to December 2020 to help Singaporeans who are unemployed or have suffered significant income loss, said Minister Heng Swee Keat. The CSG was introduced in May to complement the ComCare scheme. More than 60,000 residents have benefited, with more than $ …

Covid-19 has hit Singapore’s shores, and Grab is hitting back. The app giant has slashed over 5 per cent of its headcount, totalling to around 360 employees. Despite this setback, it has emerged from the pandemic as Southeast Asia’s most valuable firm, standing at a US$ 14 billion valuation. Grab …

The circuit breaker has deprived us of freedom, security… and romance. This is why dating apps in Singapore have evolved to meet the ongoing demand for love. In March, Bumble saw a 56 per cent rise in video calls worldwide. Even homegrown brands in Singapore like Kopi Date and Lunch …

“We’re not just a cloud kitchen. We’re a social kitchen,” says Alvin Yapp, co-founder of The Social Kitchen. Launched last Saturday (August 1), the social enterprise opened its flagship kitchen at the Y cafe in YMCA at Orchard Road. They are dubbed Singapore’s first social enterprise cloud kitchen, which provides …