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Singapore Airlines sells out meals on parked plane

Singapore diners have jumped at the opportunity to have lunch on a stationary Airbus A380 parked at the city's main airport. Despite a price tag of up to US $496, the first two seating dates sold out within half an

Naveel Krishant 1 min read
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Trump says he is doing well

US President Donald Trump says he is doing well, but that the next few days will be the "real test". The video, posted on Twitter, comes after mixed messages earlier in the day about his health, after a COVID-19 di

Dhanjay Deo 1 min read
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Wakaya Island owner sentenced to 6 years imprisonment

Wakaya Island owner and US heiress, Clare Bronfman has been sentenced to six years and nine months in prison for her role in a New York self-help organisation that United States federal prosecutors say engaged in forced

Iva Danford 1 min read
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Disney lays off 28,000 employees at US theme parks

Walt Disney has announced it will lay off 28,000 employees, mostly at its US theme parks. Disney cited the parks' limited visitor capacity and uncertainty about how long the coronavirus pandemic would last as reaso

Naveel Krishant 1 min read
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Global COVID-19 death toll passes one million

The number of people worldwide who have died from Covid-19 has passed one million, with many regions still reporting surging numbers of new infections. According to a tally by Johns Hopkins University the death tol

Dhanjay Deo 1 min read
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France says Paris stabbing an act of terrorism

A stabbing in Paris that left two people seriously injured is being treated as a terror attack. The French Interior Minister Gérald Darmanin said the attack near the former office of satirical magazine Charlie Heb

Semi Turaga 1 min read