Tag: Africa
Morning brief: Coronavirus update for July 31, 2020
As of 9 am, July 31, 2020:
World count: 17,109,335 cases, 10,000,738 recoveries, 668,801 deaths
Six months since the World Health Organization declared a public...
Morning brief: Coronavirus update for July 21, 2020
As of 7 am, July 21, 2020:
World count: 14,608,517 cases, 8,201,516 recoveries, 608,420 deaths
There are now 14,608,517 confirmed cases of Covid-19 worldwide. The United States...
Morning brief: Coronavirus update for June 19, 2020
As of 8 am, June 19, 2020:
World count: 8,449,983 cases, 4,133,595 recoveries, 452,465 deaths
There are now 8,449,983 confirmed cases of the Covid-19 worldwide. The United States...
Morning brief: Coronavirus update for June 12, 2020
As of 8 am, June 12, 2020:
World count: 7,487,676 cases, 3,523,386 recoveries, 420,236 deaths
There are now 7,487,676 confirmed cases of the Covid-19 worldwide. The United States...
Morning brief: Coronavirus update for May 29, 2020
As of 9 am, May 29, 2020:
World count: 5,763,122 cases, 2,389,735 recoveries, 358,235 deaths
There are now 5,763,122 confirmed cases of the Covid-19 worldwide. There have been...
Someone on Quora called S’pore ‘a less developed country’, netizens triggered
Singapore – Popular YouTuber and blogger mrbrown shared a post he saw on Quora from 2018 of someone throwing shade at Singapore and called...
Funding Africa’s Education Revolution
LONDON – In mid-July, former US President Barack Obama used a speech in South Africa to implore the world to invest more in the education of...
Africa has become the target for more Singaporean countries
Enterprise Singapore says that since 2010, the number of Singaporean businesses operating in Africa has nearly doubled. More than 60 companies have now opened...
Local lobby behind AirAsia X-Mauritius flight cancellation
AirAsia X Berhad confirmed the suspension of its otherwise lucrative flights to Mauritius, citing operational restructuring and aircraft usage rationalisation.
But sources told the independent.sg...
