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  • Shuttler Sai Praneeth upsets second seed in Singapore

    After sending Taufik Hidayat into retirement, India's B. Sai Praneeth caused another big upset by defeating second seed Yun Hu of Hong Kong in the men's singles first round of the Singapore Open Super Series here Wednesday. The 20-year-old Sai, ranked 61 in the world, thrashed World No.4 Hu 21-9, 21-10 in exactly half an hour at the Singapore Indoor Stadium to level his head-to-head to ...

  • Singapores air turns hazardous as Indonesian fires rage

    SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Singapore's air quality deteriorated to "hazardous" levels late on Wednesday as smoke from slash-and-burn land clearing in Indonesia enveloped the city-state, inflaming tensions between the Southeast Asian ...

  • Fujairah Crown Prince receives Sudanese Ambassador and Consuls General of Algeria Tajikistan Singapore

    WAM FUJAIRAH, June 19th, 2013 (WAM) -- H.H. Sheikh Mohammed bin Hamad bin Mohammed Al Sharqi, Crown Prince of Fujairah, has received in his office at the Emiri Court, the Sudanese Ambassador to the UAE, Ahmed Sadeeq Abdul Hai, who paid a courtesy visit at the end of his tenure in the country. Sheikh Mohammed wished the Sudanese Ambassador success in his new assignment. Sheikh Mohammed also ...

  • Singapore in smog alarm as Indonesia forest fires rage

    SINGAPORE (AFP) - Smog levels in Singapore hit a record high on Wednesday as raging forest fires from neighbouring Indonesia triggered a major health alarm and sent residents of the densely populated city-state scrambling for face masks.Singapore's air pollutant index soared past the government-designated "hazardous" level of 300 before midnight as officials in both countries ...

  • Singapore chokes in smoke from Indonesian blazes

    Singaporeans rolled back military training, kept cough-stricken children indoors and considered wearing protective masks to work after a smoky haze triggered by forest fires in neighbouring Indonesia caused air pollution to briefly hit its worst level in nearly 16 years. Singapore's main measurement of air quality has hovered in the "unhealthy" classification as smoke from roaring blazes on ...


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  • Singapore smog reaches record high govt

    SMOG levels in Singapore from Indonesian forest fires have hit the highest level on record as the air pollutant index approached the "hazardous" ...

  • Haze update Haze taskforce convened as PSI soared to record level

    Taken at 10.33pm at the Promontory@Marina Bay on June 19, 2013. The Manpower Ministry may issue stop-work order and the Education Ministry would have to decide whether to close schools if the haze situation persists, said Environment and Water Resources Minister Vivian Balakrishnan. -- ST PHOTO: JOYCE ...

  • AirAsia to fly to 2 more Indonesian cities from Singapore

    Low-cost carrier AirAsia will fly from Singapore directly to the Indonesian cities of Medan and Surabaya, it announced on Wednesday.There will be two flights daily to and from Medan, and one daily to and from Surabaya.The expansion is a result of the demand growing for both leisure and business travelers, the Straits Times quoted an AirAsia spokesman as saying.The company also said that it is ...

  • Singapore smog levels set new record soaring towards hazardous level

    Singapore Smog levels in Singapore have hit the highest level on record with the air pollutant index approaching the "hazardous" level.The National Environment Agency (NEA) says the index has soared well past the 200-mark considered as "very unhealthy" and near the "hazardous" level of 301.The index soared to 290 at 9:00pm on Wednesday (local time), according the ...

  • Singapore air pollution soars to very unhealthy levels

    SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Singapore's air pollution level rose to "very unhealthy" levels late on Wednesday, with the main pollution index hitting the highest on record, as smoke from Indonesian forest fires enveloped the city-state. The Pollution Standards Index (PSI) soared to 290 at 9:00 p.m. local time (2:00 p.m. British time), up from 190 just an hour earlier. A PSI reading above ...

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