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[ad_1] MANILA (AFP): A Filipino journalist who survived an earlier attempt on his life by pretending to be dead was killed in front of his home on Tuesday (November 10), authorities said, in the latest such murder. Virgilio Maganes, 62, who was a commentator for the DWPR radio station in …

[ad_1] TOKYO: With tropical heat, remote island communities and a shortage of ultra-cold freezers, many Asian countries are not betting that Pfizer’s experimental vaccine will solve their Covid-19 crisis anytime soon. The world applauded on Monday when Pfizer Inc announced that its injection, developed in conjunction with BioNTech SE, was …

[ad_1] (Nov 10): Eric Yuan is, in many ways, the model of the coronavirus economy. Its Zoom Video Communications Inc. has hosted school lessons, family reunions, and business meetings for more than 300 million participants a day during the pandemic. Shares of the video conferencing site have soared more than …

[ad_1] It was probably the sight that everyone associated with Liverpool feared, but seeing Trent Alexander-Arnold limping against Manchester City hurt more than a loss would have. Not only because of his individual injury, but because of the fact that he adds to the growing list of players already on …

[ad_1] MOSCOW (Reuters) – Bars, clubs and restaurants in Moscow face two months of late-night closings to reduce the spread of COVID-19, Mayor Sergei Sobyanin said on Tuesday, as Russia’s daily case count surpassed 20,000. Authorities have been adamant that no severe lockdown restrictions, such as those seen in the …

[ad_1] LONDON (Reuters): Many Covid-19 survivors are likely to be at increased risk of developing mental illness, psychiatrists said Monday, after a large study found that 20% of those infected with the coronavirus are diagnosed with a psychiatric disorder within 90 days. Anxiety, depression and insomnia were more common among …

[ad_1] * The candidate vaccine was found to be more than 90% effective in preventing COVID-19 in participants with no evidence of prior SARS-CoV-2 infection in the first interim efficacy analysis * Analysis evaluated 94 confirmed cases of COVID-19 in trial participants * The study recruited 43,538 participants, of whom …

[ad_1] Washington imposes sanctions on four more Hong Kong officials over a national security law imposed by China. The United States imposed sanctions on four more officials on the mainland and Hong Kong, accusing them of threatening the peace and security of the semi-autonomous city for their role in enacting …

[ad_1] KUALA LUMPUR (Nov 10): While the world is celebrating Pfizer’s overnight announcement of a viable Covid-19 vaccine candidate, rubber glove stocks may not be part of the party. Glove counters top the losers list after the morning bell today. At 10:20 a.m., rubber glove counter stocks were among Bursa …

[ad_1] KUALA LUMPUR: Investors may rush to divest their glove stock holdings following news that trials of Pfizer’s Covid-19 vaccine have shown evidence of safe and effective inoculation against the virus. “We have already lowered the glove sector rating to ‘neutral from’ overweight ‘on August 25, 2020 due to positive …