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Oil is now topping $110 a barrel, while European natural gas hit an all-time high this week. Wheat soared past $11 a bushel to the highest level in 14 years.

TVB has ordered the disinfection of relevant sites to prevent the possible spread of the virus in its studios.

TV News - HONG KONG - Hong Kong broadcaster TVB has suspended filming of all drama productions for five days after several of its crew members and artistes were diagnosed with Covid-19. Days after several crew members tested positive for the virus, actors Kalok Chow, and Law Lok Lam... Read more at www.tnp.sg

The Trinidad and Tobago Guardian is the longest running daily newspaper in the country, marking its centenary in 2017. The paper started life as the Trinidad Guardian on Sunday 2nd September 1917 by the newly formed Trinidad Publishing Company Limited.

Prison officer charged with smuggling ganja in jail by TTPS A pris­ons of­fi­cer, at­tached to the Port- of- Spain State Prison was ex­pect­ed to ap­pear vir­tu­al­ly be­fore a mag­is­trate yes­ter­day charged with pos­ses­sion of mar­i­jua­na and tak­ing a dan­ger­ous drug in­to the prison. A po­lice re­lease said Mark Ma­haraj was charged with the of­fences by of­fi­cers of the Port- of- Spain Di­vi­sion on Sun­day. He was ex­pect­ed to ap­pear in court ...

Share on Twitter Government officials in China believe that boys are getting more effeminate and want to toughen them up. In the latest attempt to tackle what academics and news outlets call a “masculinity crisis,” the Education Ministry has proposed emphasising the “spirit of yang,” or male attributes, by hiring more sports instructors and redesigning physical education classes in elementary and secondary schools. The plan, a response to a top official’s call to “preven...

China proposes to hire more male PT teachers in schools to end masculinity crisis The Chinese Education Ministry’s plan is in response to a proposal that said that the prevalence of female teachers in kindergartens and elementary schools and the popularity of “pretty boys” in pop culture had made Chinese boys “weak, inferior and timid Representational image. AFP Hong Kong: Government officials in China believe that boys are...

Synopsis If exporters raise dollar prices in response to the yuan’s rise, that could hurt demand for their goods, but if they accept lower profits, they won’t have the money to invest in new capacity. iStock What will take longer to recover are the problems in the global logistics industry, which exporters expect to last for most of 2021. Clark Feng saw export orders for the garden furniture, swings and tents he sells out of China surge 70% last year as lockdowns and social distancing fuel...

JD Worldwide duty-free store in Hainan off to a strong start The Sanya store opened on 30 December 2020 JD Worldwide’s newly opened duty-free store at The store, which opened on 30 December last year, is located on the second floor inside the shopping centre, while a cross border experience JD store also opened on the fourth floor. Data from the latter showed that healthcare products were among the most popular categories from 1 – 3 January (New Year’s holiday), followed by cosmetics and...

The first foreign trip the president took was to saudi arabia which, when you think about it, is pretty extraordinary. so the question is did it affect policy. was there any quid pro quo? these are the bigger questions that are part of this line of inquiry. >> mark ma et setti, thank you for your long and boring piece. [ laughter ] very boring. all right, we turn to the deadly school shooting in texas. a moment of silence will be held today there for the victims of fridays mass shooting at san...