One woman and her friend paid a hefty price for forgetting to complete a mandatory travel document before embarking on their holiday. The 30-year-old freelancer, who wishes to be known as Jess, told AsiaOne they had to pay an additional $1,200 each to fly to New Zealand on April 17. Jess said that she and her friend had arrived at Changi Airport Terminal 3 about 1.5 hours ahead of the Singapore Airlines (SIA) flight's departure time of 7.50pm. But they ended up missing their flight after they were stopped at the check-in counter. The women were told by SIA staff they had to first apply for the New Zealand Electronic Travel Authority (NZeTA), said Jess. The NZeTA is a compulsory travel document for some visitors from visa waiver countries, like Singapore, and transit passengers travelling to New Zealand without a visa. The pair immediately applied on the New Zealand immigration website, but their application was pending approval.

There was a line of taxis waiting for passengers at an empty taxi stand in Gardens by the Bay. But one man took to social media after claiming that he had been refused a ride there—not just once, but at least five times. In a Facebook post on the Complaint Singapore page on Saturday (June 1), Rabi Leo said that the «five to six» taxi drivers there all declined to ferry him to Sengkang. He claimed: «One uncle said, 'You should ask the front one'. Then I told him. 'In front all don't want to pick up'. He replied, 'Then you ask behind'.» «I know times are tough, but this is not like other counties. Can you just choose and pick customers?» Lamenting that it's not the first time taxi drivers had refused to pick him up, Leo urged the Land Transport Authority (LTA) to look into the matter. «One kind uncle previously said that all of them are waiting to go to the airport,» he said. «So they are waiting to find [a customer] who is going near that location.» Leo's post has since garnered more than 140 reactions. In the comments, several netizens advised Leo to report the incident to the relevant authorities.

He thought the job was genuine since it was made through the Lalamove app. But one man, who does deliveries part-time to earn extra cash, ended up $180 poorer after apparently getting swindled by a 'customer'. The delivery rider, who wanted to be known only as Han, told AsiaOne on Friday (May 31) he was initially thrilled with the «buy for me» job request since it came with a «generous» $130 payout. «I felt something amiss, but I just brushed it off as the job came from the Lalamove app, which is a reputable company,» the 30-year-old full-time IT executive said. After getting in touch with the customer, Han later bought groceries at a 7-Eleven outlet in Bukit Timah and a meal at McDonald's as requested. He also helped the customer top up $158 into their mobile wallet. «After sending the receipts as proof of purchase, he replied to me to keep them nicely and don't fold them,» Han said. «He also told me not to press the doorbell outside his home.»

Preşedintele SUA, Joe Biden, a declarat vineri că Israelul a propus un nou plan de încetare a focului în Gaza şi a cerut Hamas să accepte noua ofertă, afirmând că este cea mai bună modalitate de a pune capăt conflictului, scrie Reuters.

Trei tineri au fost luați de ape la recentele inundații din Italia. Imaginile surprinse la fața locului îi arată ținându-se în brațe, înainte de a dispărea în puhoiului de ape. Mașina cu care au ajuns în zonă are numere românești.

Pe scurt, în noul format, pentru sezonul 2024-2025, vor fi sume mai mari și meciuri mai multe.

Echipa de campanie a lui Donald Trump a anunţat vineri că a strâns peste 50 de milioane de dolari din donaţii online în 24 de ore, după condamnarea penală a fostului preşedinte, subliniind că verdictul i-a amplificat sprijinul «ca niciodată», relatează AFP.

Preşedintele ucrainean Volodimir Zelenski a salutat vineri „un pas înainte” după unda verde, sub anumite condiţii, dată de Statele Unite pentru utilizarea armelor sale împotriva unor ţinte de pe teritoriul Rusiei, relatează AFP, citată de Agerpres.

中國昨公告6月15日起，將針對台灣134項進口產品中止適用「海峽兩岸經濟合作框架協議」（ECFA）協定稅率。雲林縣長張麗善今天表示，此舉對台整體產業造成衝擊，希望兩岸促成對話，...…

A second twinning agreement has been signed between Seychelles' western Mahe district of Port Glaud with Savanne, a district from the south of Mauritius. The agreement was signed on Friday morning by Seychelles' acting Mayor of Victoria, Lydia Charlie, and the Savanne District Council President, Shubhowantee Seenavassen. «This is another great occasion, after the first signing earlier this week,» said Charlie who added that she hopes with the renewed partnership, all the programmes can be successful. «With the previous agreement, not all the plans materialised, due to various issues including the COVID-19 pandemic, but the hope is that now it all can be done,» said Charlie. The twinning agreement was first signed between the two districts in 2014, and the two districts have mainly collaborated in sports, but will now look to enhance that cooperation in other areas, such as craft, culture, and agriculture. «I am honoured to have renewed this agreement today, where this will consolidate our multi-faceted ties, as we have similar languages and culture,» said Seenavassen. He added that they will continue to promote exchanges and experiences in terms of strategy, policy and project development, in fields such as education, ecology and biodiversity. This is the second twinning agreement renewed this week with the first signed district of Anse Boileau and Mauritius' Black River signing their agreement on Tuesday. 

The Treaty of Nice prepared the European Union only partially for the important enlargements to the east and south on 1 May 2004 and 1 January 2007. Therefore, following up on the questions raised in the Laeken Declaration, the European Convention made an effort to produce a new legal basis for the Union in the form of the Treaty establishing a Constitution for Europe. Following ‘no’ votes in referendums in two Member States, that treaty was not ratified. Source : © European Union, 2024 - EP

The European Union is committed to supporting democracy and human rights in its external relations, in accordance with its founding principles of liberty, democracy and respect for human rights, fundamental freedoms and the rule of law. The EU seeks to mainstream human rights concerns into all its policies and programmes, and has different human rights policy instruments for specific actions — including financing specific projects through its financing instruments. Source : © European Union, 2024 - EP

The economic and monetary union (EMU) is the result of economic integration in the EU. A common currency, the euro, has been introduced in the euro area, which currently comprises 20 EU Member States. All EU Member States – with the exception of Denmark – must adopt the euro once they fulfil the convergence criteria. A single monetary policy is set by the Eurosystem, comprising the European Central Bank’s Executive Board and the governors of the central banks of the euro area. Source : © European Union, 2024 - EP

On 1 July 2013, Croatia became the 28th (now 27th) Member State of the European Union. Since then, no other countries have joined the EU, and the UK left the EU on 31 January 2020. Accession negotiations and chapters have been opened with Montenegro, Serbia and Türkiye. Albania and North Macedonia opened accession negotiations in July 2022, and Bosnia and Herzegovina in March 2024. Kosovo submitted its application for EU membership in December 2022. In December 2023, the EU decided to open accession negotiations with Moldova and Ukraine and to grant candidate country status to Georgia. (5.5.6 and 5.5.7). Source : © European Union, 2024 - EP

The European System of Financial Supervision is a multi-layered system of micro- and macro-prudential authorities that aims to ensure consistent and coherent financial supervision in the EU. It includes the European Systemic Risk Board, the three European supervisory authorities (EBA, ESMA and EIOPA) and the national supervisors. The European Central Bank, as part of the Single Supervisory Mechanism (SSM), is the banking supervisor for the largest banks. Source : © European Union, 2024 - EP

En cinco meses ya se superó la capacidad de los ecosistemas de regenerar sus recursos renovables y absorber los desechos de la población, alertó la plataforma Earth Overshoot Day. «(Es) muy preocupante la situación que estamos viviendo como nación», dijo la geógrafa Silvana Espinosa.

El asalto al Capitolio «parecerá un juego de niños» comparado con lo que podría ocurrir, dijeron. La sentencia se conocerá el próximo 11 de julio.

«Cuando nosotros llegamos al Gobierno había mucho abandono por parte del Estado en materia de seguridad», dijo la jefa de la Segegob. «Los hechos desmienten a la ministra», retrucaron Rodrigo Delgado, Gonzalo Blumel, Víctor Pérez y cuatro exsubsecretarios.

La tradición data desde 1833.

Muškarac sa srpskim i crnogorskim državljanstvom, Filip Korać (44), važi za najbližeg saradnika i prijatelja Luke Bojovića, a uhapšen je u Mađarskoj početkom oktobra prošle godine po nalogu Francuske. Ubrzo je isporučen Parizu gde se već pet meseci nalazi u istražnom zatvoru zbog sumnje da je počinio pet krivičnih dela, od kojih mu za jedno preti kazna doživotnog zatvora, saznaje «Blic».

Knjige u kafiću, bicikl na zidu, slike na plafonu - kreativnosti beogradskim ugostiteljima ne manjka, ali jedan lokal ipak nema konkurenciju i to ne samo u glavnom gradu, već u celoj Srbiji. To je prvi i jedini kafić gde glavnu reč vode – mačke!

Pre nešto više od pola veka dogodila se jedna od najvećih avionskih nesreća na Balkanu.

Miljana Kecmanović, majke dečaka koji je 3. maja prošle godine u OŠ «Vladislav Ribnikar» ubio devet učenika i čuvara te škole, nije se pojavila na poslednjem suđenju u parničnom postupku, a njena advokatica poručila je da ona ne želi da svedoči! «Blic» je istraživao kako će njeno odbijanje da da iskaz uticati na dalji tok postupka i šta to znači za sam proces.

U Srbiji se ovog vikenda očekuju temperatura do 30 stepeni u hladu, što znači da će subjektivni osećaj biti mnogo veći, a uz to biće i visok i vrlo visok stepen UV zračenja. Osim toga, po biometeorološkoj prognozi, vreme će povoljno uticati na većinu hroničnih bolesnika osim za srčane bolesnike, a kardiolog profesor Predrag Mitrović kaže za «Blic» da može usled skoka temperatura da dođe do varijacija krvnog pritiska.

Эстонская общественная телерадиовещательная корпорация (ERR) отмечает 1 июня свой 17-й день рождения. В преддверии дня рождения ERR отметил выдающуюся работу лучших коллег.

Ti personer omkom i trafikken i mai. Seks av disse døde på MC, ifølge Statens vegvesens foreløpige ulykkestall.

林浥樺／核稿編輯 〔財經頻道／綜合報導〕輝達（NVIDIA）黃仁勳今年在COMPUTEX前，搶先於5月26日與妻子Lori Huang搭機抵達台灣，兩人成為這次台灣行的亮點之一。據了解，黃仁勳1...…

中國昨宣布對台中止ECFA部分商品關稅減讓，民進黨立委劉建國今出席濁幹線通水儀式受訪時痛斥，「ECFA就是包著糖衣的毒藥」，甚至還剽竊台灣技術，台灣跟中國基有良善的互動，且要在...…