SINGAPORE: Train services on the Northeast Line have been delayed due to a train fault on Thursday.A caller to the MediaCorp hotline said a train has apparently broken down.She said commuters have been told to take the bus to Serangoon station to continue their journey.Delays of up to 20 minutes can be expected in train services in both directions.One commuter said she had been stuck in...
Obama to GOP: 'Take the deal'
Labels: LifestyleSTORY HIGHLIGHTSWhite House threatens to veto Boehner's "plan B"President Obama suggests Republicans are fixated on besting him personallySpeaker Boehner says the House will pass his fallback tax plan ThursdayWithout a deal, everyone's taxes go up in the new yearWashington (CNN) -- After progress earlier this week in fiscal cliff negotiations, President Barack Obama and House Speaker John Boehner...
Senate GOP proposes much smaller Sandy aid package
Labels: Health WASHINGTONSenate Republicans on Wednesday proposed a $24 billion emergency aid package for Superstorm Sandy victims, less than half of what Democrats hope to pass by Christmas. The GOP alternative bill would provide more than enough money to pay for immediate recovery efforts through the spring. Republicans complain that the $60.4 billion Democratic bill being debated in the Senate is larded with...
Obama Invokes Newtown on 'Cliff' Deal
Labels: Business Invoking the somber aftermath of the school massacre in Newtown, Conn., President Obama today appealed to congressional Republicans to embrace a standing "fair deal" on taxes and spending that would avert the fiscal cliff in 13 days."If there's one thing we should have after this week, it should be a sense of perspective about what's important," Obama said at a midday news conference."I...
Dec
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Twin attack could deliver universal flu vaccine
Labels: World A UNIVERSAL vaccine. It is the stuff of dreams for flu scientists, but it could be within reach if a new type of vaccine that elicits an immune response from white blood cells is combined with traditional vaccines. Every year, between...
50 community countdown parties to welcome 2013
Labels: Technology SINGAPORE: Grassroots organisations under the People's Association umbrella are organising about 50 community countdown parties islandwide to usher in the new year.80,000 residents are expected to join in the revelry, which will also feature more budding local performers. Some of the highlights include a cosplay event, stargazing, and fireworks.For example, for the countdown at Boon Lay,...
Strauss-Kahn pimp charges weighed
Labels: LifestyleBy Laura Smith-Spark, CNNupdated 3:46 AM EST, Wed December 19, 2012STORY HIGHLIGHTSStrauss-Kahn does not deny he attended sex partiesBut, his lawyers say, he didn't know the girls were paid for sexEarlier this month, he settled a civil suit with a New York hotel maidHe also deflected two other scandals(CNN) -- In one case after another, Dominique Strauss-Kahn has managed to put behind him the allegations...
UBS to pay $1.5B in fines for rate manipulation
Labels: Health Updated 3:30 a.m. EST GENEVA Swiss banking giant UBS AG said Wednesday it has admitted to fraud and agreed to pay some $1.5 billion to U.S., British and Swiss authorities in a probe into the rigging of global benchmark interest rates. The settlement caps a tough year for Switzerland's biggest bank, which is one of several leading banks that has been under investigation over allegations of manipulating...
Newtown Settles In for Prayerful, Somber Christmas
Labels: Business Residents of Sandy Hook, Conn., gather every year under an enormous tree in the middle of town to sing carols and light the tree. The tree is lit this year, too, but the scene beneath it is starkly different.The tree looms over hundreds of teddy bears and toys, but they are for children who will never receive them. The ornaments are adorned with names and jarringly recent birth...
Dec
18
'The idea we live in a simulation isn't science fiction'
Labels: World If the universe is just a Matrix-like simulation, how could we ever know? Physicist Silas Beane thinks he has the answer The idea that we live in a simulation is just science fiction, isn't it?There is a famous argument that we probably...
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