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Bon Jovi pays $43M for oceanfront Palm Beach estate

 Foreign Property News | Posted by Zarni Kyaw
Bon Jovi pays $43M for oceanfront Palm Beach estate

Rock star Jon Bon Jovi closed on an oceanfront mansion in Palm Beach for $43 million, after selling his home down the street for less than half of that. The “Livin’ On A Prayer” artist acquired the seven-bedroom, 10,232-square-foot mansion at 1075 North Ocean Boulevard on the same day he sold the oceanfront home at 230 North Ocean Boulevard for $19.8 million, records show. Bon Jovi used the same LLC that sold the smaller home to purchase the larger one. Christian Angle of Christian Angle Real Estate represented Bon Jovi in both deals, as well as the seller of 1075 North Ocean Boulevard, according to Realtor.com. The seller of the larger estate is Jeffrey A....

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Coronavirus: Week of July 19 to July 25, South Korea's 113 cases, most since March

 Foreign Property News | Posted by Aye Myat Thu
Coronavirus: Week of July 19 to July 25, South Korea's 113 cases, most since March

Global cases have reached 15,667,461, according to Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore. The worldwide death toll has hit 638,238. Saturday, July 25 12:59 a.m. Human trials of Russia's second potential coronavirus vaccine, developed by the Siberian Vector institute, will begin on July 27, reports Reuters, citing the TASS news agency. An early-stage human trial of a separate vaccine, developed by the Gamaleya institute in Moscow, was completed this month, with scientists hailing the results and authorities planning to move to mass production in the autumn. 12:40 a.m. Gold futures have topped $1,900 per troy ounce, a psychologically important price threshold, amid rising...

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Three young Aussie investors taking advantage of the COVID-19 market

 Foreign Property News | Posted by Hnin Ei Khin
Three young Aussie investors taking advantage of the COVID-19 market

It’s hard enough to buy a first home, but these three Australian investors have a combined total of 273 properties in their portfolios and continue to add to this number during COVID-19. Nathan Birch, Eddie Dilleen and Oscar Ledlin started buying at a young age and have managed to grow their net worth into the millions. Now, they see the market conditions during COVID-19 as one of great opportunity and are taking every advantage of the situation. Nathan Birch has added seven properties to his 200 during COVID-19. Leading the charge is Nathan Birch – a 35-year-old investor and founder of Binvested, which is a property investment firm. Birch had 200 properties in his...

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Amazon’s Jeff Bezos net worth increases by $13B in one day

 Foreign Property News | Posted by Si Thu Aung
Amazon’s Jeff Bezos net worth increases by $13B in one day

Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos added a record $13 billion to his fortune on Monday amid a coronavirus-fueled boom for his e-commerce empire. A 7.9 percent jump in Amazon’s stock price helped the world’s richest man notch the largest one-day increase to any individual’s net worth in the history of Bloomberg’s Billionaires Index, which tracks the fortunes of the wealthiest people on Earth. Bezos, 56, is now worth $189.3 billion — making him more valuable than major corporations such as McDonald’s, Exxon Mobile and Nike, according to Bloomberg. The tech tycoon has added $74.4 billion to his wealth so far this year amid a 73 percent surge in Amazon’s stock...

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Teachers union sues to halt Florida classroom restart during pandemic

 Foreign Property News | Posted by Hnin Ei Khin
Teachers union sues to halt Florida classroom restart during pandemic

A Florida teachers union sued the state on Monday in an effort to halt next month’s planned restart of classroom instruction, which it says poses an “imminent threat to the public health, safety and welfare” of its members, students and parents. Citing the state’s position as a leading U.S. coronavirus hot spot, the Florida Education Association (FEA) argued in its lawsuit that in-class instruction violates the state constitution’s guarantee of a “safe” education for children. The union’s complaint against Republican Florida Governor Ron DeSantis and other officials asks the state Circuit Court in Miami-Dade County for an emergency order...

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Hundreds of virus-infected bodies recovered from Bolivian streets, homes

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Hundreds of virus-infected bodies recovered from Bolivian streets, homes

Bolivian police said on Tuesday (July 21) they recovered more than 400 bodies from streets and homes over a five-day period, with 85 per cent of the dead believed to have had coronavirus. A total of 191 bodies were recovered in the Cochabamba metropolitan area alone from July 15-20, with another 141 collected in La Paz, national police director Colonel Ivan Rojas told journalists. In the country's biggest city, Santa Cruz, authorities recovered 68 bodies. The Santa Cruz metropolitan area is the worst affected by coronavirus in Bolivia and accounts for almost half of the country's more than 60,000 cases. Some 85 per cent of the bodies were "positive cases for Covid-19 and...

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Health Dep’t rejects use of gasoline to disinfect masks after Duterte wrongly suggests it

 Foreign Property News | Posted by Aye Myat Thu
Health Dep’t rejects use of gasoline to disinfect masks after Duterte wrongly suggests it

Ah, comedy. Where would we—and the president—be without you? President Rodrigo Duterte was probably joking when he said facemasks should be disinfected by drenching them in diesel or gasoline, the Department of Health (DOH) said today, adding that Filipinos should not heed the chief executive’s suggestion. “You know how the president speaks. It’s probably one of his jokes, especially [about cleaning them with] gasoline,” DOH Undersecretary Maria Rosario Vergeire told reporters in an online briefing in English and Filipino. Instead, she said that “cloth masks should be washed every day, after every use. It should be washed, and [should be] dried...

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You Can Buy a House for Just €1 in This Covid-Free Italian Town

 Foreign Property News | Posted by Shwe Zin Win
You Can Buy a House for Just €1 in This Covid-Free Italian Town

If you are looking to scoop up a quaint house in a postcard-perfect Italian town, you can commit to making your dream a reality for just €1. Yes, you read that right! Cinquefrondi, overlooking picturesque coasts in the southern area of Calabria, is selling homes for just €1 (roughly SG$1.60). This under-the-radar Italian town is a stunning alternative to tourist hot spots like Rome and Tuscany. It is surrounded by the ruggedly beautiful Aspromonte National Park that rises majestically from sea level. Its coastline spools out a staggering 500 miles encompassing the Ionian sea. Long stretches of white sands and warm, turquoise water are easily accessible. Aside from its...

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Kerala man builds a shrine for 'Corona Devi' to ward off COVID-19 pandemic

 Foreign Property News | Posted by Aye Myat Thu
Kerala man builds a shrine for 'Corona Devi' to ward off COVID-19 pandemic

Anilan, a native of Kadakkal has installed an idol which looks similar to the coronavirus at a makeshift shrine next to his house. At a time the world is fighting the COVID-19 pandemic, a man in Kerala's Kollam district has started worshipping ‘Corona Devi’ to "ward off the virus". Anilan, a native of Kadakkal has installed an idol which looks similar to the coronavirus at a makeshift shrine next to his house. "I have assumed the dreaded virus that kept the world leaders at the tender hook, as a deity. The Hindu mythology explains that God is omnipresent, even in a virus,” said Anilan, a trustee of Muhurtham Charitable Trust. According to him, the shrine is a mark of...

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Inside The David Beckham Temple in Bangkok

 Foreign Property News | Posted by Hnin Ei Khin
Inside The David Beckham Temple in Bangkok

Bangkok is a splendid mix of traditional and modern juxtapositions and influences, a bustling hub of surprises. Not even the revered Buddhist temples, or wats, escape the thin line of contrasts and contradictions. Here, we take you inside the famous Beckham Temple. Wat Pariwat, also known as "the David Beckham Temple", is decorated with statues of superheroes and comic characters as well as mythical and imaginary creatures. A golden-plated sculpture of the English football player holding the base of a Buddha statue in one of the buildings gives the temple its nickname. The head monk at the temple is a Manchester United supporter, so he thought it would be a great idea to have the...

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