Cheers, fireworks as thousands cross Singapore-Malaysia land border after full reopening

Thousands of people travelled between Malaysia and Singapore in cars, motorcycles and by foot on Friday after the land border separating the two nations reopened fully for the first time in two years. The causeway links, one of the world’s busiest land crossings, opened at midnight last night, allowing vaccinated people to cross over without having to test or quarantine. People began gathering at the border checkpoint as early as 7.30pm (local time) in Singapore, according to Straits Times and…