[ad_1] A sophisticated attack on Microsoft Corp’s widely used business email software is morphing into a global cybersecurity crisis as hackers rush to infect as many victims as possible before companies can protect their computer systems. The attack, which Microsoft said began with a group of hackers backed by the …
Read More »Austria suspends batch of AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine after death
[ad_1] ZURICH (Reuters) – Austrian authorities suspended inoculations with a batch of AstraZeneca’s COVID-19 vaccine as a precaution while investigating the death of one person and the illness of another after the injections, a health agency said on Sunday. “The Federal Office for Safety in Health Care (BASG) has received …
Read More »Freedom is like heaven, says the Malay who escaped from the gallows
[ad_1] The Penangita said that only those sentenced to death will know what it’s like to count the days until they hang you. (Photo by Bernama) SINGAPORE: “I woke up this morning and my hands were shaking,” said Beh Chew Boo, a Malaysian who was acquitted of five charges of …
Read More »CG’s Malaysian company Lemon Sky denies allegations that staff worked overtime without pay
[ad_1] PETALING JAYA: Local computer graphics company Lemon Sky Studios has denied allegations that it made employees work overtime without pay to complete work for reputable companies based abroad. “The allegations made against Lemon Sky Studios regarding overtime pay are factual and legally inaccurate. This position applies to all Lemon …
Read More »WHO scraps plans for interim report on Wuhan virus mission: WSJ
[ad_1] WASHINGTON, March 5: The World Health Organization has scrapped plans by a team that visited Wuhan, China, to investigate the origins of the coronavirus pandemic and issue an interim report, The Wall Street Journal reported Thursday night. Wuhan is the city where the pandemic is believed to have originated …
Read More »Events after Japan’s worst earthquake and nuclear incident
[ad_1] MARCH 4: On March 11, Japan marks a decade since a major earthquake and tsunami left more than 22,000 people dead or missing and triggered the world’s worst nuclear accident since Chernobyl. Here is a brief timeline of events after the 9.0 magnitude earthquake, the largest on record in …
Read More »Period of isolation ‘just not possible’
[ad_1] Jurgen Klopp has raised the possibility of Liverpool withdrawing players from the World Cup qualifying rounds later this month, saying it is “simply not possible” for team members to spend 10 days isolated in a hotel after returning from countries. on the UK COVID-19 Red List. Direct travel to …
Read More »Afghans in shock at the death of three media workers
[ad_1] JALALABAD: Outrage swept through Afghanistan today as funerals (pix) were carried out by three female media workers shot to death in the eastern city of Jalalabad, the latest killings in the war-weary country. Journalists, activists and judges have recently been ambushed by gunmen or killed by explosives planted in …
Read More »Japan billionaire seeks ‘crew’ for trip to moon
[ad_1] TOKYO: Japanese billionaire Yusaku Maezawa (pix) on Wednesday he launched a search for eight people to join him as the first private passengers on a trip around the moon with Elon Musk’s SpaceX. He had originally planned to invite artists for the week-long trip scheduled for 2023. The redesigned …
Read More »Oil Rises As US Vaccine Progress Raises Demand Expectations By Reuters
[ad_1] © Reuters. Views of the Total Grandpuits Oil Refinery By Shu Zhang SINGAPORE (Reuters) – Oil prices rose on Wednesday as signs of progress in launching the COVID-19 vaccine in the United States, the world’s largest consumer, raised expectations for demand. US West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude futures rose …
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