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[ad_1] LONDON: Novak Djokovic, Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal have been absent from the ATP Finals title match for the past two years, replaced by younger rivals looking to break their monopoly. Instead of the “Big Three”, it was Dominic Thiem and Daniil Medvedev who took center stage at London’s …

[ad_1] WASHINGTON: When US President Donald Trump leaves the Oval Office on January 20, don’t expect him to disappear from your Twitter account. Trump is likely to become even less restricted on social media, putting intense pressure on Twitter and Facebook to handle his most explosive and rule-breaking claims. Under …

[ad_1] KUALA LUMPUR (Bernama): It has been a little over a year since the first case of Covid-19 was reported in China, but the world is still puzzled about the true origins of the coronavirus. Even after 56 million cases and 1.3 million deaths, scientists have yet to focus on …

[ad_1] YAKUTSK, RUSSIA (ANN): Seven people died of methanol (wood alcohol) poisoning after drinking hand sanitizer at a party in Russia. Nine people, ranging in age from 27 to 69, were partying when they opted to drink hand sanitizer after running out of alcoholic beverages, according to local Russian reports …

[ad_1] SHANGHAI / BEIJING (Reuters) – The first of the latest coronavirus infections in Shanghai emerged from airport cargo handlers cleaning up a container that arrived on a flight from North America, city officials said on Monday, as it struggled. against a wave of cases among airport workers. The news …

[ad_1] Wong, who faces up to three years in prison according to his lawyer, was charged along with two other activists, Agnes Chow and Ivan Lam, for what prosecutors said was his role in knowingly inciting, organizing and participating in the unauthorized assembly, which took place on June 21 of …

[ad_1] KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia will close some of Top Glove’s factories in stages as it moves forward to screen employees for COVID-19 following a large spike in infections, a senior minister said on Monday (Nov 23). The world’s largest manufacturer of latex gloves has racked up record profits this year …

[ad_1] KUALA LUMPUR: Top Glove Corp Bhd It said it has temporarily closed 16 facilities in Klang since Nov. 18, while the remaining 12 plants at the location are operating at reduced capacities. “With the guidance of Kementerian Kesihatan Malaysia (KKM), we have completed the full screening of some 5,700 …

[ad_1] YONKERS, New York: A co-founder of the ALS ice cube challenge on social media, which has raised more than US $ 200k (RM818.10k) worldwide for Lou Gehrig’s disease research, died Sunday at the age of 37 years old, according to the ALS Association. Pat Quinn was diagnosed with Lou …

[ad_1] KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia reported a record 1,884 new COVID-19 cases on Monday (Nov 23), following an increase in infections linked to workplace clusters in the Klang Valley. This is the highest daily number of new cases since the COVID-19 outbreak in the country, said Health Director-General Noor Hisham Abdullah. …