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CNA (TV network) CNA (stylised as cna; an initialism derived from the previous name, Channel NewsAsia) is a Singaporean multinational news channel owned by Mediacorp, the country's state-owned media conglomerate. CNA broadcasts free-to-air domestically in Singapore, and internationally as a pay television channel to 29 territories across the ...
In 1981, Malaysia decided to standardise the time across its territories to a uniform UTC+08:00. Singapore elected to follow suit, citing business and travel schedules. [14] [15] The change took effect on New Year's Day (1 January) 1982 when Singapore moved half an hour forward on New Year's Eve (31 December) 1981 at 11:30 pm creating "Singapore Standard Time" (SST) or "Singapore Time" (SGT). [16]
Singapore, [e] officially the Republic of Singapore, is an island country and city-state in maritime Southeast Asia.It is about one degree of latitude (137 kilometres or 85 miles) north of the equator, off the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula, bordering the Strait of Malacca to the west, the Singapore Strait to the south along with the Riau Islands in Indonesia, the South China Sea to the ...
CNBC Asia is a Singapore-based business news channel owned by the NBCUniversal Media Group, a subsidiary of Comcast. It is a pan-Asian branch of the U.S.-based CNBC. The channel first launched on 20 June 1997 out of Hong Kong. In 1998, the channel merged with Dow Jones' Asia Business News and re-located to its facilities in Singapore.
Jordanobserved DST in 1985–2022 from the last Friday of March to the last Friday of October. On 24 October 2012, Jordan decided to continue observing daylight saving time for an entire year, ending in December 2013. [9][10]On 5 October 2022, Jordan abolished DST, while changing the country's time zone to what used to be summer time (UTC+03:00 ...
2024 Kiteezi landslide. The death toll from a landslide at the Kiteezi Rubbish Dump in Kampala, Uganda, increases to 21. (Reuters) Two people are killed and twelve families are displaced in an explosion possibly attributed to a gas leak in Bel Air, Maryland, United States. (AP) International relations.
The ASEAN Common Time ( ACT) is a proposal to adopt a standard time for all Association of Southeast Asian Nations member states. [ 1][ 2] It was proposed in 1995 by Singapore, and in 2004 and 2015 by Malaysia to make business across countries easier. [ 3][ 4] The proposal failed because of opposition in Thailand and Cambodia: [ 3][ 5] Thais ...
Singapore: 15 October 1965 Asia: South-eastern Asia: 5,673,743 Unitary Westminster republic Gained independence from the United Kingdom and joined Federation of Malaysia on 16 September 1963. Became independent on 9 August 1965. [52] While joining in 1966, the effective date is from its date of independence. [53] Solomon Islands: 7 July 1978 ...