[ad_1] SINGAPORE – Olympic swimmer Mark Chay, conservation scientist Koh Lian Pin and Security Industry Association Director Joshua Thomas Raj are among the nine New Nominee MPs (NMPs) to be appointed by President Halimah Yacob for a period of two and a half years starting next Thursday (January 21). The …
Read More »Pharmacist accused of spoiling 500 doses of COVID-19 vaccine has suspended license
[ad_1] MILWAUKEE, Wisconsin: A state board on Wednesday (January 13) suspended the license of a Wisconsin pharmacist accused of ruining more than 500 doses of the COVID-19 vaccine because he thought it was unsafe. Steven Brandenburg was working at Advocate Aurora Health in Grafton, about 20 miles north of Milwaukee, …
Read More »Pinduoduo under fire as China ignites its tech titans
[ad_1] Pinduoduo (PDD) – the third largest e-commerce company in the country after Alibaba (SLIME) and JD.com (JD) – became the target of public outrage after two of its employees died unexpectedly during the Christmas season. First, a worker in her twenties collapsed in Urumqi, the capital of the Xinjiang …
Read More »Conservative social network Parler sues Amazon for shutting down the website
[ad_1] NEW YORK: Social platform Parler sued Amazon on Monday (January 11) after the tech giant’s web division forced the conservative network to go offline for failing to monitor incitement to violence. Parler, based in Nevada, applied to a federal court for a restraining order to prevent Amazon Web Services …
Read More »1,050 Home Team Frontline Healthcare Officers to Receive COVID-19 Vaccine in Coming Weeks
[ad_1] SINGAPORE: Approximately 1,050 front-line health care officers from the National Team will be vaccinated against COVID-19 in the coming weeks, the Interior Ministry said on Monday (January 11). Among those who received the vaccines: Singapore Civil Defense Force (SCDF) Emergency Medical Services (EMS) officers, staff from the National Team …
Read More »Nio Launches First Electric Sedan Model As Tesla Delivers China-Built SUV
[ad_1] CHENGDU: Chinese electric vehicle (EV) maker Nio is taking on even more conventional gasoline-powered premium carmakers from BMW to Audi, launching its first sedan model on Saturday (January 9) as it targets a largest share of the world’s largest automobile market. The launch of the ET7, at an event …
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[ad_1] South China morning post Protests in Hong Kong: Inquiry jury cannot decide cause of death of student in parking lot after first day of deliberations An investigative jury could not decide on the cause of the fatal fall of a Hong Kong student in a parking lot near the …
Read More »Jack Ma’s Absence Raises More Questions Than It Answers Amid Ant and Alibaba Investigation, East Asia News & Top Stories
[ad_1] BEIJING – When Alibaba founder Jack Ma criticized the Chinese financial system during a speech at a high-profile forum in October, industry watchers braced themselves. Ant Group, the fintech titan also founded by Ma, was days away from hitting a record $ 37 billion. During the Bund Summit in …
Read More »BioNTech says COVID-19 vaccine ‘neutralizes key mutation’ in UK and South Africa strains
[ad_1] BERLIN: German company BioNTech said on Friday (January 8) that a preliminary study shows that its vaccine works against a key mutation in the coronavirus variants discovered in Britain and South Africa, which experts say is more contagious than normal strains. of coronavirus. Tests have shown that “antibodies from …
Read More »The S’pore government will pass a law to ensure that TraceTogether data can only be used for serious crimes, Singapore News & Top Stories
[ad_1] SINGAPORE – A law will be passed to formalize the assurances previously made that the use of data from the TraceTogether contact tracing program for criminal investigations will be limited to seven categories of serious crimes, including kidnapping, rape and murder. The legislation will be presented at the next …
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