[ad_1] Yahoo Groups, one of the last vestiges of the old Yahoo web properties, will close the December 15, 2020, when Verizon plans to take the groups.yahoo.com website offline forever. Verizon, which bought Yahoo in 2017, announced the decision today in emails sent to Yahoo Groups users and a message …
Read More »J&J pauses COVID-19 vaccine trials due to unexplained illness in participant
[ad_1] (Reuters) – Johnson & Johnson said it had temporarily halted its COVID-19 vaccine candidate clinical trials due to an unexplained illness in a study participant, delaying one of the most high-profile efforts to contain the global pandemic. The participant’s illness is being reviewed and evaluated by an independent safety …
Read More »The COVID-19 virus can survive on phone screens for 28 days. This is what we can do
[ad_1] Australia’s national scientific agency, CSIRO, found that SARS-Cov-2, the virus responsible for COVID-19, can survive much longer than we thought. The virus can remain infectious on surfaces such as banknotes, phone screens, and stainless steel for 28 days. Previously, laboratory tests had found that SARS-Cov-2 can survive 2-3 days …
Read More »Authorities cleaning up oil spill in Port Dickson
[ad_1] PETALING JAYA: Several agencies have committed to clean up a 2 km long oil spill in waters off Pantai Cermin in Port Dickson, Negri Sembilan and the Melaka enclave of Tanjung Tuan. Minister of Environment and Water Datuk Seri Tuan Ibrahim Tuan Man (Photo) said drones have also been …
Read More »Indonesia aims to start administering Covid-19 vaccines next month
[ad_1] JAKARTA, Oct. 13 (The Straits Times / ANN): Indonesia aims to start administering coronavirus vaccines early next month relying on supply from Chinese pharmaceutical companies as the world’s fourth-most populous country battles a health crisis that may result in your first recession in more than two decades. The Coordinating …
Read More »Chinese fans annoyed by BTS’s comment on the Korean war: report
[ad_1] The successful K-pop act BTS has come under fire in China for a comment on the Korean War, according to a Chinese media outlet. BTS recently received the General James A. Van Fleet Award from the Korea Society, a US-based non-profit organization.The award, named after an American commander who …
Read More »Conditional MCO: Only Medical Emergencies, Deaths, or Air Travel Can Cross State Lines, Police Say
[ad_1] PETALING JAYA: Only three reasons will be accepted to allow interstate travel involving the areas where the conditional motion control order (MCO) will go into effect on Wednesday (Oct. 14), police say. The reasons are medical emergencies, fatalities and for those who have to use KL International Airport (KLIA), …
Read More »New Microsoft Surface Pro X Now Available in Malaysia; Retail sales from RM6999
[ad_1] Microsoft’s refurbished Surface Pro X laptops are now available in Malaysia. First announced in October of last year, the updated version of the laptop comes with updated features and hardware, including a second-generation SQ2 processor. AD Specs-wise, the Surface Pro X is powered by the custom Qualcomm Snapdragon SQ2 …
Read More »Singapore: ‘selfless father’ who killed mentally ill daughter released from jail after sentence was retroactive
[ad_1] SINGAPORE, Oct. 13 (The Straits Times / ANN): A 66-year-old man, who killed his mentally ill adult daughter in 2018 after she pointed a knife at him, was released from prison on Monday (Oct. 12) , the day he was sentenced to two years and nine months in jail. …
Read More »High Court allows Ahmad Zahid’s request to remove stubborn and conclusive statements from witness testimony
[ad_1] KUALA LUMPUR: The High Court accepted a request from Datuk Seri Dr. Ahmad Zahid Hamidi (Photo), who faces charges of corruption, abuse of power and money laundering, to remove statements that are stubborn and conclusive in written testimony. The statements involved were from the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) investigating …
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