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[ad_1] Issued on: 09/28/2020 – 06:26Modified: 09/28/2020 – 06:24 New Delhi (AFP) India reported on Monday that the number of coronavirus cases in the country had surpassed six million, as the pandemic spread across the vast South Asian nation. With 6.1 million infections according to the Ministry of Health, India …

[ad_1] NEW DELHI (THE STATESMAN / ASIA NEWS NETWORK) – Washington and his friends around the world will be delighted with the return to the American fold of Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte, who in the years after his election in 2016 was believed to have embraced Beijing to the point …

[ad_1] This combination of file photos shows retired Supreme Court Justice Antonio Carpio and President Rodrigo Duterte. ARCHIVE PHOTOS OF INVESTIGATOR AND PRESIDENTIAL MANILA, Philippines – Will President Rodrigo Duterte lead by example? Retired Supreme Court Justice Antonio Carpio posed this question on Monday after Duterte affirmed before the United …

[ad_1] People wearing masks cross a street in Seoul on September 11, 2020. South Korea’s initial success in containing the pandemic was thwarted by a mid-August demonstration that sparked another massive outbreak in the country. AFP via The Straits Times / Asia News Network SINGAPORE – When they caught the …

[ad_1] He fears that 10 other crew members aboard a ship anchored off Australia may have coronavirus, as infected Filipinos are quarantined at a hotel, but authorities insist there will be no outbreak in vulnerable indigenous communities. International freighter Patricia Oldendorff remains anchored off Port Hedland Nine crew members have …

[ad_1] Love, comfort and positivity are the inspiring messages from dozens of young Chinese and American musicians who held a virtual concert on Saturday amid the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. The two-hour event, streamed live on YouTube on Saturday night, is part of the week-long online celebration hosted by the Chinese …

[ad_1] (CNN) – Tesla CEO Elon Musk does not appear to approve of Microsoft’s deal with OpenAI, the research company he co-founded in 2015. The founder of Tesla and Space X criticized Microsoft in a tweet following news that the company acquired an exclusive license for GPT-3, a language model …

[ad_1] PayMongo, a Filipino-owned online payment platform, recently raised $ 12 million in a Series A funding round led by Stripe with participation from the company’s other existing investors: Y Combinator, Global Founders Capital and a new investor, Bedrock Capital. The new investment brings PayMongo’s total funding to nearly $ …

[ad_1] More than a million deaths from the new coronavirus have been recorded worldwide. Paris France: The global death toll from the new coronavirus, which emerged less than a year ago in China and has spread across the world, surpassed 1 million on Sunday. The pandemic has devastated the global …

[ad_1] (CNN) – Since taking office in 2012, Chinese President Xi Jinping has helped solidify China’s position as a global superpower and pushed for aggressive foreign policy, making bolder moves in several key spots in Asia. From the South China Sea to the China-India border of the Himalayas, and even …