Singapore and The Philippines are the latest countries to ban UK flights

Two more countries have banned incoming UK flights ahead of Christmas Eve after the identification of a new Covid strain in Britain. Singapore will ban entry to UK travellers from Wednesday night. Health officials in the Philippines say they will also suspend flights from the UK from Christmas Eve, until December 31. The rules for … Read more

Man does backflip in RHINO enclosure before Singapore Zoo condemns ‘reckless and mindless’ behaviour

Daredevil jumps into RHINO enclosure and does a backflip before leaping back to safety before Singapore Zoo condemns ‘reckless and mindless’ behaviour The risky stunt was caught on video and shared on the young man’s TikTok  Luckily, the four enormous rhinos in the enclosure paid no attention to him  Police are investigating the incident which … Read more

Huge iceberg weighing hundreds of billions of tons closes in on South Georgia

A huge iceberg weighing hundreds of billions of tons is now just 30 miles away from South Georgia – threatening the habitat of millions of penguins. Iceberg A68a – which broke from the Antarctic’s Larsen C ice shelf in July 2017 – slid towards the open ocean for over two years until it hit the powerful Circumpolar … Read more

Huge iceberg weighing hundreds of billions of tons closes in on South Georgia

A huge iceberg weighing hundreds of billions of tons is now just 30 miles away from South Georgia – threatening the habitat of millions of penguins. Iceberg A68a – which broke from the Antarctic’s Larsen C ice shelf in July 2017 – slid towards the open ocean for over two years until it hit the powerful Circumpolar … Read more

UK and Singapore sign £17.6bn free trade deal

UK signs £17.6billion free trade deal with Singapore as Liz Truss hails ‘further proof we can succeed as an independent trading nation’ International Trade Secretary Liz Truss met Singapore’s trade minister this week Ms Truss said the deal will cover trade with the country worth £17.6billion It is the second biggest agreement Britain has signed … Read more

Fake meat: Lab-grown ‘chicken’ to go on sale in Singapore after world-first regulatory approval 

Restaurants in Singapore will be the first in the world to serve up lab-grown ‘chicken’, after the slaughter-free meat received regulatory approval. US start up Eat Just revealed today that its artificial meat has been given the green-light in the Southeast Asian island city-state to be an ingredient in chicken nuggets.  As the world turns to … Read more

Bees map shows global distribution and can help conservation efforts

Conservationists have drafted the first ever global map of bee diversity to help track the distribution of populations of the vital pollinators. There are some 20,000 individual species of bee presently living on Earth — but accurate, compiled data on their distribution had been lacking.  Researchers from China, Singapore and the US analysed and validated … Read more

Bees: First global map created to help conservationists track populations of the vital pollinators 

Conservationists have drafted the first ever global map of bee diversity to help track the distribution of populations of the vital pollinators. There are some 20,000 individual species of bee presently living on Earth — but accurate, compiled data on their distribution had been lacking.  Researchers from China, Singapore and the US analysed and validated … Read more

Children face a greater risk of catching coronavirus because of how cough droplets fall

Short people may face a greater risk of catching coronavirus because of how droplets fall to the ground, a study has claimed. Researchers in Singapore measured the way Covid-19 travels after its expelled by an infected person keeping two metres apart from others. They found after the initial blast of a sneeze or cough, the … Read more

Children face a greater risk of catching coronavirus because of how cough droplets fall

Short people may face a greater risk of catching coronavirus because of how droplets fall to the ground, a study has claimed. Researchers in Singapore measured the way Covid-19 travels after its expelled by an infected person keeping two metres apart from others. They found after the initial blast of a sneeze or cough, the … Read more