21 January 2022, Friday NewsLatest News On 21 January 2022, Friday Wellinger doubtful for Beijing Games after positive COVID-19 test22/1/2022 7:28 am Sports judge cancels Inter's default win over Bologna and orders match to be played22/1/2022 7:28 am China incensed by French parliament's genocide declaration - The Independent World News22/1/2022 7:08 am Next two 'Mission: Impossible' movies delayed until 2023, 202422/1/2022 7:00 am Nato rejects Russian demands to withdraw forces from Romania, Bulgaria22/1/2022 6:45 am Mercedes agree to let F1 engine expert join Red Bull in May22/1/2022 6:31 am Gerrard 'shocked' Benitez took Everton job22/1/2022 6:24 am Samsung pulls Singapore drag queen ad after backlash - The Independent World News22/1/2022 6:11 am Dior Homme swings romantic with embellished men’s looks at Paris Fashion Week22/1/2022 6:09 am US judge blocks Biden federal employee COVID-19 vaccine mandate22/1/2022 6:02 am US opposes plans to strengthen World Health Organization22/1/2022 6:02 am Top-four finish difficult for Spurs, says Conte22/1/2022 6:02 am Jaguar hope to see Hyderabad on Formula E calendar in 202322/1/2022 5:18 am Workers at Activision Blizzard-owned studio Raven say they have formed union22/1/2022 5:12 am Hong Kong allows airlines to resume using Boeing 737 Max22/1/2022 5:12 am Emmy-winning actor Louie Anderson dead at age 6822/1/2022 5:12 am French cannibal who ate victim with white beans attacks again after escape from custody22/1/2022 4:59 am Biden, Japan's Kishida vow to 'push back' on China22/1/2022 4:56 am Woman 'started blaze that killed 46 in a bid to punish cheating boyfriend'22/1/2022 4:45 am Mexico minister eyes plan to lure investment from Asia, cut trade deficits22/1/2022 4:17 am Twitter says two security team leaders leaving company22/1/2022 4:17 am French court finds former top Sarkozy aides guilty in polling fraud trial22/1/2022 4:10 am The Big Read in short: Why young lawyers are leaving practice22/1/2022 3:28 am The Big Read: Burnt out and disillusioned, young lawyers head for the exit — and the industry is worried22/1/2022 3:28 am Ferguson will 'always dream' of managing Everton on permanent basis22/1/2022 3:21 am Hong Kong revokes ban on Boeing 73722/1/2022 3:21 am 3,155 new Covid-19 cases in Singapore as MOH starts including milder infections in daily case count22/1/2022 3:21 am 3,155 new Covid-19 cases on Friday, weekly infection growth rate rises to 2.722/1/2022 3:15 am 3,155 new COVID-19 cases in Singapore as MOH starts including milder infections in daily case count22/1/2022 3:13 am More than 6 in 10 Singaporeans used their tourism vouchers at least once22/1/2022 3:09 am Community first responders lauded at appreciation event22/1/2022 3:09 am Emmy-winning actor Louie Anderson dead at age 68 - media reports22/1/2022 3:06 am Chelsea must improve attitude, admits Tuchel22/1/2022 3:06 am Industrial fire breaks out at Gul Lane, one man taken to hospital22/1/2022 3:06 am Singapore's COVID growth rate rises to 2.7, over 10k cases added to total22/1/2022 3:06 am Is Carina Lau selling her Shanghai penthouse for $38.2 million?22/1/2022 3:01 am Mother found beaten to death and her 4-year-old daughter unconscious 12 hours after calling 91122/1/2022 2:56 am Anna Kendrick quietly dating Bill Hader for the last year22/1/2022 2:48 am US weighs pulling diplomats' family members out of Ukraine22/1/2022 2:46 am Omicron variant is less severe but it's not 'nature's vaccine'22/1/2022 2:35 am ‘I’m feeling much better now.’ Hayley Woo says after ‘underestimating’ Moderna booster side effects - The Independent World News22/1/2022 2:28 am Britain warns Putin and Xi: West will stand up to 'dictatorship'22/1/2022 2:24 am Davos forum to be held in person for the first time in pandemic from May 22-2622/1/2022 2:18 am Man Utd's Lindelof to spend time with family after break-in at home: Rangnick22/1/2022 2:17 am India's Reliance beats profit estimates on boost from energy, retail22/1/2022 2:17 am Biden talks to Japan's Kishida amid mounting security concerns22/1/2022 2:17 am About 1.9 million Singaporeans have used SingapoRediscovers Vouchers at least once, S$300m spent as of Dec 3122/1/2022 2:10 am Myanmar sentences lawmaker from Suu Kyi's party to death22/1/2022 2:06 am UK designates Omicron sub-lineage a variant under investigation22/1/2022 2:02 am Tuchel downplays Chelsea's subdued performances ahead of Spurs clash22/1/2022 2:02 am Europe waits its turn as Intel commits to new US chip factories22/1/2022 2:02 am How Omicron highlights fading hope of herd immunity from Covid22/1/2022 2:00 am Pamela Anderson splits from husband Dan Hayhurst after 1 year22/1/2022 1:57 am 22/1/2022 1:49 am Twitter debuts hexagon-shaped NFT profile pictures22/1/2022 1:46 am Bitcoin price crash: Crypto plunges by 9% as billions wiped off market22/1/2022 1:46 am Football field-sized fire breaks out at industrial building22/1/2022 1:45 am WHO advisory panel recommends extending use of Pfizer vaccine to 5-11 year olds22/1/2022 1:41 am Life and death at sea: Log keeps Tonga's 'Aquaman' from going under22/1/2022 1:33 am IMF's Georgieva says China should reassess best way to deal with COVID22/1/2022 1:19 am Matildas skipper Kerr surpasses Cahill as Australia's top scorer22/1/2022 1:19 am Asian prices fall amid Chinese LNG cargo sale tenders22/1/2022 1:19 am Istana to hold Chinese New Year open house on Feb 5; apply online for free tickets22/1/2022 1:12 am Indonesia's tax revenues to continue to rise in 2022 -Finance Minister22/1/2022 1:06 am Beijing punishes local officials for handling of deadly Henan floods22/1/2022 1:06 am Arteta looks to rally Arsenal with top four hopes in the balance22/1/2022 1:06 am Beijing punishes local officials for handling of deadly Henan floods22/1/2022 1:05 am New Zealand water ship unloads in Tonga as other aid trickles in22/1/2022 1:05 am Volunteers fill critical Covid-19 data gaps left by Indian government22/1/2022 1:05 am Police looking into religious procession in Toh Guan industrial estate22/1/2022 12:51 am Football field-size fire breaks out at Gul Lane industrial building22/1/2022 12:43 am Community first responders lauded, network expanded to deter radicalisation and spread of fake news22/1/2022 12:43 am Land battle awaits Indigenous communities over Indonesia capital relocation: NGO - The Independent World News22/1/2022 12:26 am Liverpool won't repeat 'freak of nature' 7-0 win at Palace: Klopp22/1/2022 12:24 am IMF's Georgieva says more than central bankers need to fight inflation22/1/2022 12:24 am Security beefed up in Pakistan capital after deadly Lahore blast22/1/2022 12:24 am Singapore must deal with current Omicron wave first before thinking of next steps22/1/2022 12:09 am Stories you might've missed, Jan 21 - The Independent Singapore News22/1/2022 12:02 am Oil majors TotalEnergies and Chevron withdraw from Myanmar21/1/2022 11:45 pm iPhone maker Foxconn seals EV partnership with Indonesia21/1/2022 11:45 pm Rights groups, victims call UN to ban Bangladesh paramilitary force21/1/2022 11:31 pm Who’s Huat And Who’s Not In The Year Of The Water Tiger? Find Out In Our CNY Zodiac Ranking21/1/2022 11:15 pm Alpine Ski-Kilde set for Kitzbuehel downhill triumph21/1/2022 11:04 pm OCBC unveils tighter security measures such as customer notifications for all transactions21/1/2022 11:04 pm Son kills himself over guilt after fearing he may have exposed father to Covid, says mother21/1/2022 11:00 pm US doctors transplant pig kidney into human body21/1/2022 10:55 pm Newcastle to fly to Saudi Arabia for warm weather training camp: Howe21/1/2022 10:49 pm Changi Airport records 817,000 passenger movements in December; total of 3 million in 202121/1/2022 10:45 pm S'pore must deal with current Omicron wave first before thinking of next steps21/1/2022 10:45 pm Bus driver fined after accident with lorry on BKE landed 18 passengers in hospital21/1/2022 10:45 pm 'I hope paradise is as you remember it' - stars pay tribute to Meat Loaf21/1/2022 10:42 pm Reigning champion Osaka crashes out with defeat to Anisimova21/1/2022 10:36 pm Australia records deadliest day of pandemic with 80 deaths21/1/2022 10:29 pm Tokyo Gas, EWII to develop 1 GW of renewables in Nordics21/1/2022 10:29 pm Snap plays up augmented reality in Latin America, Asia expansion21/1/2022 10:16 pm FAW-Volkswagen plant in Tianjin resumes production21/1/2022 10:16 pm BYD to raise prices for some new energy vehicles by 1,000-7,000 yuan21/1/2022 10:16 pm Fuel pump prices in Singapore rise again, by two to seven cents21/1/2022 10:09 pm Isolation period will remain at 7 days for now as some Omicron cases still presenting later21/1/2022 10:09 pm Maid acquitted of assaulting baby, tampering with teats of feeding bottles21/1/2022 10:09 pm 21/1/2022 10:02 pm 21/1/2022 9:59 pm Russia sees record daily COVID-19 cases amid Omicron surge21/1/2022 9:48 pm Russia has many options on next Ukraine move, including air and artillery strikes21/1/2022 9:48 pm Daily Covid-19 tally to include cases detected through antigen rapid tests and reported by GPs: Ong Ye Kung21/1/2022 9:44 pm Government reviewing its use of SMS, clickable links to prevent phishing scams21/1/2022 9:36 pm Barty sweeps into fourth round at Australian Open21/1/2022 9:36 pm Malaysia reports the highest number of Covid-19 cases in a month as VTL resumes21/1/2022 9:36 pm MOH to change daily reporting of COVID-19 cases to give 'better picture' of epidemic situation in Singapore21/1/2022 9:29 pm 21/1/2022 9:23 pm Top diplomats for US, Russia meet in Geneva on soaring Ukraine tensions21/1/2022 9:21 pm China central bank lowers SLF rates by 10 basis points21/1/2022 9:21 pm Ireland set to rapidly drop almost all COVID-19 restrictions21/1/2022 9:21 pm Kid tumbles to the ground when car driver dropping off Anderson Primary School student moves too soon - The Independent Singapore News21/1/2022 9:19 pm Robert Pattinson's The Batman Official Runtime, Theme Music Revealed21/1/2022 9:15 pm All govt agencies to sign up for anti-spoof registry, relook use of SMS and links in communications with citizenry21/1/2022 8:59 pm As Japan infections surge, so does risk of pandemic fatigue21/1/2022 8:53 pm 21/1/2022 8:53 pm Cup of Nations heads into knockout round21/1/2022 8:46 pm Clinical Zverev marches into fourth round in Melbourne21/1/2022 8:46 pm 2 weeks out from the Olympics, China is back to using anal COVID-19 swab tests on some Beijing residents to try to detect Omicron cases21/1/2022 8:45 pm Maid acquitted of scratching 4-month-old infant’s legs, cutting tips of milk bottle teats21/1/2022 8:44 pm 71-year-old motorcyclist undergoes spinal surgery after getting hit by lorry on KJE21/1/2022 8:34 pm Testing requirements for VTL travellers arriving in Singapore to be eased from Jan 24: MOH21/1/2022 8:29 pm VTL testing regime to be simplified; travellers required to self-test only if they need to leave home: MOH21/1/2022 8:27 pm 21/1/2022 8:26 pm Children below 12 starting to form majority of COVID-19 cases admitted to hospitals: MOH21/1/2022 8:25 pm Berrettini survives Alcaraz comeback to edge five-set thriller21/1/2022 8:25 pm China set to hire more ‘virtual’ workers after property developer names AI robot a top employee for 202121/1/2022 8:19 pm 'Time-poor parents': Most young children in Singapore get excessive screen time, KKH survey shows21/1/2022 8:18 pm Geely, Renault formally agree on cooperation in South Korea21/1/2022 8:18 pm Singapore in 'fog of war', must ride Omicron wave before next steps: Ong Ye Kung21/1/2022 8:16 pm McDonald’s SG’s prosperity burger, twister fries, and new strawberry pie will be available from Jan 1921/1/2022 8:15 pm Clinical Zverev marches into fourth round in Melbourne21/1/2022 8:10 pm S'pore-based Crypto.com loses S$40m worth of cryptocurrencies after security breach; over 480 users affected21/1/2022 8:08 pm Beijing Olympic torch relay closed to public over COVID-1921/1/2022 8:02 pm China incensed by French parliament's genocide declaration21/1/2022 8:02 pm Missing son of hard-luck Chinese labourer long dead, say police21/1/2022 8:01 pm Johor Umno leaders to meet amid speculation over imminent state polls21/1/2022 8:01 pm Woman on United Airlines flight woke to find man fondling her breast, say prosecutors21/1/2022 8:00 pm Children aged 12 to 17 must get COVID-19 booster within 270 days of 2nd dose to maintain fully vaccinated status21/1/2022 7:59 pm Now is not the time to gamble on the health of Singaporeans and remove vaccination-differentiated measures: Ong Ye Kung21/1/2022 7:57 pm German health minister sees possible tripling of coronavirus infections by mid-February21/1/2022 7:48 pm Covid-19 regulation updates: New testing regime for VTL travellers, hospital visits suspended - and more21/1/2022 7:48 pm German health minister sees possible tripling of coronavirus infections by mid-February21/1/2022 7:46 pm UN says Philippine typhoon destruction 'badly underestimated'21/1/2022 7:39 pm Visits to hospital wards in Singapore suspended from Monday to 20 Feb21/1/2022 7:29 pm 'LGBTQ+ people deserve love from our families, just like everyone else' — Pink Dot SG on pulled Samsung ad - The Independent Singapore News21/1/2022 7:28 pm MOH urges public to 'exercise caution', comply with Covid-19 rules over Chinese New Year period21/1/2022 7:23 pm Visits to hospital wards, residential care homes to be suspended from Jan 24 to Feb 20 amid Omicron surge21/1/2022 7:15 pm Booster vaccine programme to be extended to persons aged 12 to 17 in Singapore21/1/2022 7:11 pm Taiwanese Actress Fang Fang Says Taiwan Is Like A Disobedient Child Who Needs “Two Slaps [From China] To Know What’s Truly Powerful”21/1/2022 7:00 pm Driver throws litter out from Mercedes while travelling along Sengkang West Avenue21/1/2022 6:57 pm Here's where to get the best flaky and hearty murtabak in Singapore21/1/2022 6:36 pm Analysis-A handbook of (mostly failed) radical inflation-fighting efforts21/1/2022 6:32 pm Sweden's Storytel proposes Hans-Holger Albrecht as new chairman21/1/2022 6:32 pm Kecmanovic relishing second chance after Djokovic departure21/1/2022 6:32 pm Samsung pulls ad showing Muslim mum's support for drag queen son after public pushback21/1/2022 6:28 pm ‘I’m feeling much better now.’ Hayley Woo says after ‘underestimating’ Moderna booster side effects - The Independent Singapore News21/1/2022 6:27 pm Finch praises coach Langer ahead of contract talks21/1/2022 6:11 pm Tight supplies, heating demand drive global gasoil margins to multi-year highs21/1/2022 6:11 pm Thai December exports top forecast, 2022 exports seen up 3-4per cent21/1/2022 6:11 pm Thais snap up crocodile meat as pork prices surge21/1/2022 6:10 pm International school teacher who assaulted cabby gets 6 weeks' jail21/1/2022 6:09 pm Meta, Snap sued over social media 'addicted' girl's suicide21/1/2022 5:45 pm Jacky Wu Spent S$19.6mil To Be His Soon-To-Be Married Daughter’s Upstairs Neighbour... Without Telling Her21/1/2022 5:45 pm Hong Kong warns people to stop trying to prevent Covid hamster cull21/1/2022 5:45 pm Dangerous of aunties to lean against MRT platform doors, chope space with bags: Stomper21/1/2022 5:42 pm TotalEnergies tells rights group it backs sanctions on payments to Myanmar junta21/1/2022 5:36 pm Gymnasty: Woman uses TikTok to accuse man of ogling her in gym, another gym user corrects her - The Independent Singapore News21/1/2022 5:36 pm Bomb blast kills 3 people in eastern Pakistan: Police21/1/2022 5:27 pm SIA delays quarantine-free flights from Singapore to Perth after Western Australia cancels plans to reopen borders21/1/2022 5:21 pm Nippon Steel to buy Thai steelmakers in deal worth up to $763 million21/1/2022 5:21 pm Iras warns of email scam impersonating the Commissioner of Inland Revenue21/1/2022 5:19 pm Man molested intoxicated woman in car, his colleague later raped her in a chalet21/1/2022 5:16 pm South Africa bolsters genomics capability to hunt deadly disease21/1/2022 5:16 pm A divided nation: Western Australia stays shut as Covid deaths mount in east21/1/2022 5:15 pm Nippon Steel to buy Thai steelmakers for $300 million21/1/2022 5:06 pm Company charged with manufacturing more than 430,000 surgical masks in Singapore without licence21/1/2022 5:06 pm 'He was watching Mr Bean': Woman apologises after accusing man of staring at her in gym21/1/2022 5:06 pm Crashed World War II aircraft found in India after 77 years21/1/2022 5:03 pm North Korea's sabre-rattling: Korea Herald21/1/2022 5:03 pm The defiance of Afghan women: Dawn contributor21/1/2022 5:03 pm 'See you in court': Chinese teen sues parents who deserted him again after reunion21/1/2022 5:00 pm Sputnik V shows higher Omicron-antibody levels than Pfizer in preliminary study21/1/2022 4:45 pm Japan's Kishida says up to BOJ to decide on exit from easy money policy21/1/2022 4:38 pm Badosa triumphs in baseline shootout with Kostyuk21/1/2022 4:38 pm Do cloth masks protect against the Omicron variant?21/1/2022 4:31 pm China forex regulator aims to defuse risk of external shocks21/1/2022 4:22 pm 21/1/2022 4:22 pm Azarenka aims to 'stay in the moment' after making Australian Open 4th round21/1/2022 4:15 pm Monster iceberg released 'billions of tonnes' of fresh water into ocean21/1/2022 4:15 pm Badosa triumphs in baseline shootout with Kostyuk21/1/2022 4:08 pm 21/1/2022 4:07 pm Superspreader fears spark 3 days of Covid-19 testing at Hong Kong block21/1/2022 4:06 pm Foodie Friday: What The Stars Ate This Week (Jan 14-21)21/1/2022 4:00 pm Amazon to open fashion store where algorithms suggest what to try on21/1/2022 3:49 pm Intel plans $27b chip manufacturing site in Ohio: Sources21/1/2022 3:45 pm Iras warns of scam e-mail telling recipients to buy pass to receive funds from Bill Gates21/1/2022 3:45 pm 21/1/2022 3:40 pm