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The Manpower Ministry may issue a stop-work order and a decision would have to be taken on whether to close schools and childcare centres if the haze situation worsens severely, said Environment and Water Resources Minister Vivian Balakrishnan in response to questions from reporters.
11:04 PM
SINGAPORE'S air is now "hazardous" as the Pollutant Standards Index soared to 321 at 10pm, the worst reading in its history.
6:44 PM
JAKARTA (AFP) - Indonesia plans to use weather changing technology to try to unleash torrents of rain and extinguish raging fires on Sumatra island that have cloaked neighbouring Singapore in thick haze, an official said on Wednesday.
2:00 PM
A three-man team from The Straits Times is headed for the Indonesian coastal city of Dumai, Riau, where haze conditions have reached "critical" proportions.
2:14 AM
WASHINGTON (AFP) - The Federal Reserve on Wednesday kept its stimulus programme for the US economy locked in place, saying that unemployment remains high and growth is still being held back by government spending cuts.
5:56 AM
(REUTERS) - United States (US) talks with the Taleban are likely to be held within the "next few days" in Qatar, a senior US official said on Wednesday, after delays caused by tensions over the naming of a new Taleban office in the capital, Doha.
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