Good morning! Here are our top stories to kick-start your Tuesday, April 27.
S’pore-HK travel bubble: Do you need to be vaccinated and what rules do you need to follow?
Travellers have to travel on designated flights serving only air travel bubble passengers.
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Conditions currently right for S’pore-Hong Kong travel bubble to take off: Ong Ye Kung
There have been recent Covid-19 cases in the community but the figures should be put into perspective, he said.
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Singaporean wanted by FBI over money laundering and selling oil to North Korea
Kwek Kee Seng is the director of a shipping agency in Singapore.
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India’s Covid-19 deaths will rise sharply till mid-May: US study
At its peak – around May 16 – India is likely to see more than 13,000 Covid-19 deaths a day, the projections showed.
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‘Part of my soul is dying every day’: S’pore residents fear for loved ones as Covid-19 ravages India
Some regret not being able to do more to help their friends and family in India.
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Indonesian Navy studies options to salvage sunken submarine and retrieve bodies of crew
Grieving relatives of the dead crew gathered to pray and pay respects.
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Westlite Woodlands dorm resident one of 2 new local Covid-19 cases in S’pore
He did not interact with two dorm residents who tested positive for Covid-19 last week.
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Singapore has adapted well to Covid-19, with societal trust playing a key role: IPS study
One reason society has been able to adapt is the raft of government policies that helped reduce concerns.
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Spotlight on Asians – and their languages – at Oscars
Film-makers Bong Joon-ho and Chloe Zhao made remarks in their mother tongues.
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Russian man ‘trapped’ on Chinese reality TV show finally voted out
Vladislav Ivanov, who speaks fluent Mandarin, was invited to sign on as a contestant but could not leave without breaching his contract.
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