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2 contractors fined for drainage lapses at construction sites

SINGAPORE: Two Singapore contractors were given "big fines" for not having adequate measures in place to deal with silty water discharge from their construction sites, PUB said in a media release on Thursday (May 23). Chye Joo Construction and The Builders (…

bubmagMay 23, 2019

Little Red Riding Hood

Little Red Riding Hood Costume Online Shopping

"An organization dries up if you don't challenge it with growth." -- Mark Shepherd, former President and CEO of Texas Instruments

bubmagMay 23, 2019

Animal Protection

Prada decides to go fur-free from 2020, says ‘will explore new creative designs, while meeting ethical concerns’

Milan The Prada Group has become the latest luxury fashion house to go fur-free. On 22 May, the company revealed that it will no longer include animal fur in its designs and new products starting from the spring-summer 2020 womens collection, which will be pr…

bubmagMay 23, 2019

Slavery Abolition

Last Known Ship To Bring Slaves To U.S. Discovered In Alabama

The Clotilda carried 110 men, women and children from Africa to Alabama in 1860.The last ship known to smuggle slaves from Africa to the United States has been discovered in Alabama's Mobile River, nearly 160 years after it was deliberately sunk, a historical…

bubmagMay 23, 2019

Water Pollution

Senators seek revival of vehicle certification system in Islamabad

PHOTO: PPI/FILE ISLAMABAD: A Senate panel on Wednesday was told that there is a need for at least three more monitoring stations to check air quality in the federal capital even as the body sought a revival of the old fitness checking regime for all vehicle…

bubmagMay 23, 2019

Refugees

Refugee suicide attempts spike on Manus after Australia election

Melbourne, Australia - Refugees on Papua New Guinea's (PNG) Manus Island say there is increasing desperation on the Pacific island and at least 10 people have attempted suicide or committed self-harm following the reelection of Australia's conservative govern…

bubmagMay 23, 2019

eSports

‘Fortnite’ player Tfue presses his esports team to #ReleaseTheContract

Just a couple of days after pro Fortnite player Turner "Tfue" Tenney filed a lawsuit against his esports team FaZe Clan, the gamer himself is speaking out in a new video. As we explained yesterday, Tenney's lawsuit seeks to sever ties with FaZe Clan, claiming…

bubmagMay 23, 2019

Venezuela

John Bolton: Coast Guard to Help Reassert US Leadership in Arctic

U.S. National Security Adviser John Bolton told 240 new Coast Guard Academy graduates Wednesday that they will help lead the way in “reasserting American leadership in the Arctic.” “You will help the United States challenge growing Russian military influence…

bubmagMay 23, 2019

Slavery Abolition

Remains of Clotilda, the last ship to bring slaves to the United States, discovered in Alabama

Researchers working in the murky waters of the northern Gulf Coast have located the wreck of the last ship known to bring enslaved people from Africa to the United States, historical officials said Wednesday. A statement by the Alabama Historical Commission …

bubmagMay 23, 2019

Iran Liberalism

Supreme leader criticizes Iran’s politicians amid US tension

TEHRAN, Iran Irans supreme leader publicly chastised the countrys moderate president and foreign minister Wednesday, saying he disagreed with the implementation of the 2015 nuclear deal they had negotiated with world powers. The extraordinary comments by Aya…

bubmagMay 23, 2019

2 contractors fined for drainage lapses at construction sites

Little Red Riding Hood Costume Online Shopping

Prada decides to go fur-free from 2020, says ‘will explore new creative designs, while meeting ethical concerns’

Last Known Ship To Bring Slaves To U.S. Discovered In Alabama

Senators seek revival of vehicle certification system in Islamabad

Refugee suicide attempts spike on Manus after Australia election

‘Fortnite’ player Tfue presses his esports team to #ReleaseTheContract

John Bolton: Coast Guard to Help Reassert US Leadership in Arctic

Remains of Clotilda, the last ship to bring slaves to the United States, discovered in Alabama

Supreme leader criticizes Iran’s politicians amid US tension

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