Death toll in Hubei rises by 132, from 93 previous day.

L'équipe de France de surf, composée de Johanne Defay, Michel Bourez et Jérémy Flores, a commencé sa préparation à Tahiti, en vue des Jeux Olympiques 2020, à Tokyo. Le spot de Taharuu, à Papara, a des conditions similaires au spot japonais.

La commission maritime mixte a dressé le bilan des actions réalisées et établi le plan d’actions pour 2020 dans le domaine maritime. Le Haut-commissaire et le Président de la Polynésie française ont signé à cette occasion le plan de contrôle des pêches commun Etat / Pays.  

A horrific plane crash has left four people dead after a mid-air collision over the town of Mangalore north of Melbourne, destroying both aircraft. Rescue workers are on the scene of both crashes. Read Full Article at RT.com

Trying to make your HDB flat feel more spacious? Well here are 9 creative ways to make your room look larger! 1. SMALL SPACES  Turn small nooks in the corners into functional desk spaces, such as this dresser area. This also allows you to make better use of spaces like the bay window. You can also convert the area underneath the desk into storage spaces for maximum utility!  If you have a room that's obstructed by walls, William Cheong, Senior Project Designer at Livspace, suggested: «Removing these vertical barriers will widen and free up your hallway, making your space look bigger.» Once the walls are removed, you'll have a more spacious open floor plan and «you can then arrange your furniture in a way that defines different functional zones», said Cheong.  2. FEATURE WALLS

GENEVA - World Health Organisation (WHO) officials on Tuesday (Feb 18) praised the efforts of Singapore in tackling cases of coronavirus and said other countries should follow its example. WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said he had spoken on Monday with Singapore Health Minister Gan Kim Yong. «We are very impressed with the efforts they are making to find every case, follow up with contacts, and stop transmission,» said Tedros. «Singapore is leaving no stone unturned, testing every case of influenza-like illness and pneumonia, and so far they have not found evidence of community transmission.» He said he also spoke to Malaysia's health minister to discuss the Westerdam cruise ship case, which saw an 83-year-old American woman test positive for coronavirus upon arrival in Malaysia, after the ship docked in Cambodia and passengers were cleared to travel. He said he had discussed other aspects of Malaysia's virus preparations with the minister.

The lively voice of Abdisalam Mohamud Shire is famous among disability communities all over southern Somalia’s Lower Juba region.

East Africa has been hit by a massive infestation of desert locusts. The Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC) at the Federal Department of Foreign Affairs (FDFA) is donating CHF 1 million to the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).

Condominium owners can get a tad rowdy these days. If they are not belligerently shouting at security guards who were hired to protect the compound, some can be found tossing out 50-inch TVs out of their 10th floor unit, to the pool below. But the challenge is not in chucking a pristine, full high definition or ultra high definition 4K TV out your apartment, but in getting a large enough display out of the store, into a truck, into your estate, on the lift and into your home. If you live in a house, sliding a TV through the sliding doors is simple, but not so if you live in one of the new ever-shrinking condominiums or HDB flats. But since TV companies are churning out bigger and better TV screens, the question on our minds was, how big is too big? A 65-inch TV will fit for sure, but would a display bigger than a 65-inch actually make sense? What about an 80 or 85-inch? And it's actually harder said than done.

China’s death toll from the coronavirus has passed 2,000 with more than 74,000 infections; Hong Kong has reported its second fatality.

A Political Letter-Writing War: Briceno Pen’s Another Letter To The PM Tuesday, Feb. 18th. 2020 – The Leader of the Opposition, John Briceno, has responded to the Prime Minister with

Ashcroft Allowed To Join Case: B.P.M Challenge For Re-districting Tuesday, Feb. 18th. 2020 – Chief Justice Kenneth Benjamin ruled a short while ago that Lord Michael Ashcroft’s application to join

New Appointments For National Security Were Done Today Tuesday, Feb. 18th. 2020 – Today’s Cabinet meeting announced the following: (a) The Attorney General Senator Hon. Michael Peyrefitte be appointed as

SINGAPORE - The police have arrested four men and one woman, aged 17 to 26, for allegedly cheating customers over face masks sold on online marketplace Carousell amid the coronavirus outbreak here. In a statement on Tuesday (Feb 18), the police said that since late January, they have received several reports from people who said they were cheated by sellers after they paid for face masks on Carousell. The sellers would become evasive and uncontactable after the buyers made payments through bank transfers. The police said they «take a serious view of those who take advantage of the current Covid-19 situation to perpetrate crimes», referring to the disease caused by the coronavirus which originated from China's Wuhan city. «All offenders will be dealt with sternly in accordance with the law,» they added. Working with Carousell, the police identified five suspects:

SINGAPORE - Facebook has blocked access to a page on its platform that has been publishing falsehoods on various issues in Singapore, including the coronavirus outbreak, but not without registering its protest. The social media giant on Tuesday (Feb 18) disabled access to the States Times Review (STR) Facebook page, making it unavailable to users in Singapore after it was required to do so under the Protection from Online Falsehoods and Manipulation Act (Pofma). Commenting on the move, Minister for Communications and Information S. Iswaran said it was especially important to stop the spread of falsehoods as Singapore battles the coronavirus disease, known as Covid-19. «The reason why we need to act swiftly is because if we don't, then these falsehoods can cause anxiety, fear and even panic,» he told reporters yesterday at an event held by the Hindu Endowments Board to discuss precautionary measures against the coronavirus. The STR Facebook page, owned by Singaporean Alex Tan Zhi Xiang, has received three correction directions under the fake news law since last November. Two had to do with the virus outbreak.

A Singapore Armed Forces (SAF) captain was sentenced to 20 weeks' jail on Monday after buying credit card details off the Dark Web to purchase vouchers on online application Fave. Yang Jiafeng, 32, pleaded guilty to three charges under the Computer Misuse Act. Another charge was taken into consideration. Yang, a regular in the SAF and a captain in the SAF Intelligence Surveillance Reconnaissance Training Centre, got to know someone identified as «Mr Tree» through an online forum on the Dark Web. He corresponded with Mr Tree through the e-mail service provider as he wanted to purchase multiple third-party credit card credentials, and he paid with bitcoins, Deputy Public Prosecutor Cheng Yuxi said. He then created three accounts on Fave and linked the credit card details he bought to these accounts. Between February and March 2018, Yang bought more than 80 e-vouchers worth more than $10,600 and spent more than $4,000 worth of credits at merchants such as Tung Lok Seafood and Famous Amos. DPP Cheng said he then refunded these vouchers in order to obtain online credits from Fave so he could buy more items with these credits.

Low-skilled immigration will be made virtually impossible under a points-based system as free movement rights are consigned to history.

Following lengthy and complex talks, the Queen and senior officials are believed to have agreed it is no longer tenable for the Duke and Duchess of Sussex to keep 'royal' in their 'branding' (inset).

EXCLUSIVE: Peter Nygard, 78, is seen partying with a group of nearly-naked young women at his Bahamian mansion in 2007 in photos obtained exclusively by DailyMail.com.

Xeneral Imiuru (pictured) faked suicide in his cell at Winchester and attacked officers who checked on him after becoming radicalised behind bars,  amid fears of an upsurge in 'jail extremism'.

Three children and a man have been torched to death following a car fire in Queensland, and a woman is fighting for life.

While the technology Isro is aiming to eventually have is one that will allow it to transfer humans from one vehicle or spacecraft to another, the immediate goal is to enable refuelling of spacecraft to give them a longer life and also transfer other crucial systems to an existing spacecraft, by transporting another to space.

US President Donald Trump said he was skeptical a trade deal would be inked with India when he visits the country later this month, suggesting that any new pact would only come after the 2020 election – if he wins, that is. Read Full Article at RT.com

The second round of sessions of Libya's Joint Military Commission in the 5+5 format kicked off in Geneva on Tuesday

The UN earlier reported that head of the Russian delegation to the Disarmament Commission's session Konstantin Vorontsov did not receive a US visa on time

China's National Health Commission said that over 14,300 people recovered from the new coronavirus, and the number of confirmed cases exceeded 74,100

The press service of Tyumen's Roschino airport told TASS thatthe plane took off at 3:38am Moscow time

Such assessment visits are made with the aim of verifying information about the military forces and plans on deployment of main weapons systems and military equipment

A “culture of impunity” persists at Edmonton's maximum security men’s prison, contributing to a toxic environment for staff, and conditions that have led to coordinated assaults on some inmates by their peers.

Starting in April, the government will change the rules that cover mortgage lending in a way that should in the short term at least make it easier to qualify for a loan to buy a home.

Rail blockades have brought Canada's manufacturing industry to a virtual standstill, with plant closures and temporary layoffs not far behind if it continues, the group that represents the industry says.

Three terrorists were killed in an encounter in the Tral sub-district of Pulwama, according to the Kashmir Zone Police on Wednesday. «Awantipora: Police killed 3 terrorists in an encounter at Tral. Further details shall follow,» the tweet by the Kashmir Zone police read.