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1 dead, more than 30 injured on turbulent Singapore Airlines flight
Singapore Airlines reported that one person has died and more than 30 others have been injured in severe turbulence during a flight from London to Singapore. The Boeing 777-300ER departed from London on Monday and encountered severe turbulence en route. It had to be diverted to Bangkok where it landed on Tuesday, the airline said in a post on Facebook.…
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economy
How NIMASA’s inactions cost Nigerian Seafarers opportunities onboard foreign ships – Expert
A maritime expert has stated that the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) has failed to secure employment opportunities on foreign ships for Nigerian seafarers ahead of their peers from other countries. A leader and co-founder of the Maritime Officers Forum Nigeria, Mr. Jeremiah Emmanuel, revealed this to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos on Wednesday. Emmanuel…
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foreign
Singapore to raise retirement age to 64 years
Singapore will raise retirement age from 63 to 64 years in 2026. Manpower Minister Tan See Leng announced this at the Parliament on Monday. He added that “re-retirement age will also be raised from 68 to 69 years.” He said that about 20 percent of Singapore’s citizens were 65 years of age and older by June 2023, adding, however, that…
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Africa
Kuala Lumpur (KUL) to Singapore Changi (SIN) is the Busiest Global International Route in the World, OAG Data Reveals
LONDON — OAG, the leading data platform for the global travel industry, today revealed its 2023 Busiest Routes in the world. The analysis is powered by OAG’s Global Airline Schedules Data and provides an overview of route performance and trends, both internationally and domestically. Once again Asia-Pacific has the busiest routes in the world, claiming 7 of the Top 10 global international and 9 global…
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Technology
Singapore Aims to Triple AI Workforce to 15,000 in Updated National Strategy
Singapore, December 5, 2023: In a bid to bolster its artificial intelligence (AI) capabilities, Singapore is embarking on an initiative to triple its pool of AI practitioners to 15,000. Deputy Prime Minister Lawrence Wong announced the updated national strategy, outlining plans to achieve this goal through a combination of local training initiatives and international hiring. Speaking at an event on…
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Africa
upGrad Appoints Myleeta AgaWilliams as CEO – International, in Push to Expand its Global Edtech Business
SINGAPORE — upGrad, Asia’s largest higher EdTech Company, announces the appointment of Myleeta AgaWilliams as CEO – International to spearhead growth across the APAC, EMEA and US regions. With over two decades of experience in global and digital businesses, Myleeta will be responsible for managing end-to-end international operations and creating region-specific product pipelines, thereby driving high-impact revenue and profitability results.…
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Africa
Uptime Institute’s 2022 Outage Analysis Finds Downtime Costs and Consequences Worsening as Industry Efforts to Curb Outage Frequency Fall Short
NEW YORK – The digital infrastructure sector is struggling to achieve a measurable reduction in outage rates and severity, and the financial consequences and overall disruption from outages are steadily increasing, according to Uptime Institute, which today released the findings of its 2022 annual Outage Analysis report. “Digital infrastructure operators are still struggling to meet the high standards that customers…
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Asia
Voting in Singapore extended over virus control measures
Voting in Singapore’s election was extended on Friday, after coronavirus infection control measures led to long queues and delays at polling stations. Voting is mandatory in the affluent city-state, but many fretted about the risks as they lined up in masks for as long as an hour to cast their ballots, with jobs at the top of their agenda as…
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Arts & Culture
Jessica Minh Anh To Host Singapore’s Fashion Phenomenon In The Sky
Never failing to impress, Jessica Minh Anh just announced Singapore’s latest landmark and award winning development, Gardens by the Bay’s Skyway, as the official venue of the highly anticipated J Spring Fashion Show on 5 March 2014. Jessica, one of the world’s youngest fashion entrepreneurs, is the first and only person to be given permission to use this exclusive Skyway…
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