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Hong Kong, Singapore to launch air travel bubble from May 26

By ZEN SOO - Associated Press

Jin Young Ko hits from the 15th fairway during the final round of the LPGA's Hugel-Air Premia LA Open golf tournament at Wilshire Country Club Saturday, April 24, 2021, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Ashley Landis)

LPGA Tour returns to Singapore, Thailand for 2 events

By DENNIS PASSA - Associated Press

FILE - In this Feb. 9, 2018, file photo, the 65,000-tonne HMS Queen Elizabeth, the largest warships ever built for the Royal Navy of the United Kingdom, arrives at the British territory of Gibraltar. New aircraft carrier HMS Queen Elizabeth, the most powerful surface vessel in the Royal Navy's history, will set sail in May 2021 for Asia with eight fast jets on board. It will be accompanied by six Royal Navy ships, a submarine armed with Tomahawk cruise missiles, 14 naval helicopters and a company of Royal Marines. (AP Photo/Marcos Moreno, File)

New UK aircraft carrier to set sail for Asia next month

By SYLVIA HUI - Associated Press

Migrant worker Natarajan Pandiarajan, right, enjoys the view on board the Singapore Flyer attraction in Singapore on March 7, 2021. He is among at least 20,000 migrant workers who will be treated to rides by members of the public and businesses. Migrant workers are getting a bird's eye view of Singapore, with the public's help. (AP Photo/Annabelle Liang)

One Good Thing: A Singapore skyline view for migrant workers

By ANNABELLE LIANG - Associated Press

Agatha Maghesh Eyamalai, left, and Skea Nigel walk into the State Courts in Singapore, Monday, Feb. 15, 2021. The Briton man pleaded guilty on Monday to violating a coronavirus quarantine order in Singapore to visit his fiancee. (AP Photo/Annabelle Liang)

Briton jailed for breaking Singapore quarantine order

By ANNABELLE LIANG - Associated Press

New South Wales Police officer Lachlan Pritchard receives the Pfizer vaccine at the Royal Prince Alfred Hospital Vaccination Hub in Sydney, Australia, Monday, Feb. 22, 2021. Australia has started its COVID-19 vaccination program days after its neighbor New Zealand with both governments deciding their pandemic experiences did not require regulation short cuts. (Toby Zerna/Pool Photo via AP)

Vaccinations start without rush in Australia, parts of Asia

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Agatha Maghesh Eyamalai, left, and Skea Nigel walk into the State Courts in Singapore, Monday, Feb. 15, 2021. The Briton man pleaded guilty on Monday to violating a coronavirus quarantine order in Singapore to visit his fiancee. (AP Photo/Annabelle Liang)

Briton pleads guilty to breaking Singapore quarantine order

By ANNABELLE LIANG - Associated Press

Chan Jit Yen smiles as she hosts Malaysian students, foreground, during a Lunar New Year hot pot lunch at her rented apartment in Singapore Saturday, Feb. 13, 2021. With Malaysian workers and students stranded in the city state over the Lunar New Year due to coronavirus travel restrictions, the Malaysian Association in Singapore has called on Malaysians to treat students to a meal. (AP Photo/Annabelle Liang)

Malaysians in Singapore host stranded students for New Year

By ANNABELLE LIANG - Associated Press

Singapore mosques, worshippers react to teen’s attack plans

By ANNABELLE LIANG - Associated Press

FILE - In this June 30, 2020, file photo, people are dwarfed against the financial skyline as they take photos of the Merlion statue along the Marina Bay area in Singapore. Singapore has approved the use of Pfizer’s coronavirus vaccine and the first shipment will arrive by end of this month, Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong said Monday, Dec. 14, 2020. (AP Photo/Yong Teck Lim, File)

Singapore approves use of Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine

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The Quantum of the Seas cruise ship is docked at the Marina Bay Cruise Center Wednesday, Dec. 9, 2020 in Singapore. Royal Carribbean said in a statement that a guest on the Quantum of the Seas “tested positive for coronavirus after checking in with our medical team.&quot; The ship returned to port in accordance with government protocols. (AP Photo/Danial Hakim)

Singapore: Virus tests on cruise passenger now negative

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Eat Just, a San Francisco-based company, received regulatory approval to sell its laboratory-grown cultured meat in chicken nugget form. (Eat Just)

Synthetic chicken nuggets approved for consumption

By Shen Wu Tan - The Washington Times

In this Oct. 9, 2020, file photo, people wearing masks to protect against the coronavirus, walk down a street in Hong Kong. Singapore and Hong Kong have postponed a planned air travel bubble meant to boost tourism for both cities, amid a spike in coronavirus infections in Hong Kong. The air travel bubble, originally slated to begin Sunday, will be delayed by at least two weeks, Hong Kong’s minister of commerce and economic development, Edward Yau, said at a news conference on Saturday, Nov. 21, 2020. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung, File)

Spike in cases delays Singapore-Hong Kong travel bubble

By ZEN SOO - Associated Press

FILE - In this Nov. 19, 2019, file photo, Singaporean Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong walks at the National Palace in Mexico City. A Singapore court has fined the nephew of Lee Singapore dollars 15,000 ($10,900) for criticizing the judiciary in a Facebook posting two years ago amid a public feud in the first family. (AP Photo/Marco Ugarte, File)

Singapore PM’s nephew fined for criticizing judiciary online

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In this handout photo provided by the Ministry of Communications and Information, polling stations have been set up at Chung Cheng high school Thursday, July 9, 2020 in Singapore. Friday's general election in Singapore will be the first in Southeast Asia since the coronavirus pandemic began, with the health crisis and a grim economy expected to bolster Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong's party and extend its unbroken rule. (Singapore Ministry of Communications and Information via AP)

Singapore’s ruling party holds on to power but faces setback

By EILEEN NG and EE MING TOH - Associated Press

A voter, left, wearing a face mask has her temperature checked with a thermal scanner at the Dunearn Secondary School polling station in Singapore Friday, July 10, 2020. Wearing masks and plastic gloves, Singaporeans began voting in a general election that is expected to return Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong's long-ruling party to power. (AP Photo/Royston Chan)

Safety protocol, job fears, family feud in Singapore polls

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Singapore Prime Minister and Secretary-General of the People's Action Party Lee Hsien Loong, second left, wears a face mask while talking to food vendors at a local market at Yio Chu Kang while on the campaign trail in Singapore July 3, 2020. Singaporeans go to the polls on July 10 in Southeast Asia's first election since the coronavirus pandemic began, with the health crisis and an economic recession expected to bolster Prime Minister Lee's party and extend its unbroken rule. (AP Photo/Ee Ming Toh)

Singapore governing party set to extend power in elections

By EILEEN NG and EE MING TOH - Associated Press

FILE - In this Tuesday, July 30, 2019 file photo, Chatri Sityodtong, Chair and CEO of ONE Championship, center, gestures as Reece McLaren, right, of Australia and Danny Kingad, left, of the Philippines face off during the media presentation for this Friday's ONE Championship mixed martial arts fight dubbed: Dawn of Heroes, in suburban Pasay city south of Manila, Philippines. One Championship definitely will return to action this summer during this unprecedented public health crisis, Chatri Sityodtong told The Associated Press on Wednesday June 10, 2020, but the promotion has not finalized a date or location for its first fights. (AP Photo/Bullit Marquez, File)

One Championship returns to major shows July 31 in Bangkok

By GREG BEACHAM - Associated Press

FILE - In this March 24, 2015, file photo, Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong's brother, Lee Hsien Yang, right, receives friends and family members paying their respects to the late Lee Kuan Yew during a private family wake at the Istana or Presidential Palace in Singapore. Lee Hsien Yang, joined the opposition Progress Singapore Party on Wednesday, June 24, 2020, ahead of July 10 general elections but declined to say if he was going to run. (AP Photo/Wong Maye-E, File)

Singapore PM’s brother joins opposition party ahead of polls

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CORRECTS SOURCE - In this May 13, 2020, photo, Brian Dugan Yeargan, wearing a face mask and sunglasses, walks outside the Singapore State Court in Singapore. The 44-year-old American pilot has been jailed for four weeks for breaching a quarantine order in Singapore. Local media reported that Brian Dugan Yeargan was sentenced by a court Wednesday, May 13 for leaving his hotel room for three hours to buy masks and a thermometer. (The Straits Times via AP)

US pilot jailed in Singapore for breaking quarantine order

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