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[ad_1] Photographer: Kiyoshi Ota / Bloomberg Photographer: Kiyoshi Ota / Bloomberg Hyundai Motor Group agreed to purchase a controlling stake in Boston Dynamics Inc. in a deal that values ​​the mobile robot firm at $ 1.1 billion. Hyundai Motor Group, together with some associated companies and President Euisun Chung, will …

[ad_1] HONG KONG: Hong Kong ordered 15 million doses of the COVID-19 vaccine, split between China’s Sinovac Biotech and Pfizer-BioNTech, twice as many residents, city leader Carrie Lam said on Friday (December 11). . The first batch of 1 million will arrive from China in January, while another million from …

[ad_1] UnXpected is an original series by AsiaOne in which we speak with people with unconventional interests to find out what keeps them going despite sometimes negative perceptions from others. For hours she sits in front of the mirror, drawing the planes of her face with different colored foundation sticks, …

[ad_1] SINGAPORE: Authorities are rolling out tests for new standalone devices that allow people to communicate with the police remotely. Two prototypes, known as police beacons, will be tested for a year starting this month, the Singapore Police Force (SPF) and the National Team Science and Technology Agency (HTX) said …

[ad_1] JAKARTA (THE JAKARTA POST / ASIA NEWS NETWORK) – The world-renowned resort island of Bali is ready to receive international tourists before Christmas, according to the United Nations World Tourism Organization. The UN’s WTO Director for Asia and the Pacific, Harry Hwang, who led a delegation to Bali for …

[ad_1] SINGAPORE – With the specter of Disease X looming, Singapore is ensuring that diagnoses, treatments and vaccines are ready quickly when another crisis strikes, with a new battle plan against future outbreaks. Under the new Prepare program, the Republic will work closely with other researchers in the region to …

[ad_1] SINGAPORE: Singapore will invest S $ 25 billion, or 1% of its gross domestic product (GDP), in research, innovation and business over the next five years. The Research, Innovation and Enterprise Plan 2025 (RIE2025), announced by Finance Minister Heng Swee Keat at a press conference on Friday (December 11), …

[ad_1] NEW YORK: Airbnb shares more than doubled in a US market debut on Thursday (December 10) that made the shared housing platform an elite group of high-value companies. The shares opened at $ 146, a dizzying rise after the San Francisco-based firm traded them at $ 68 for its …

[ad_1] SINGAPORE – A $ 25 billion plan was launched on Friday (December 11) charting the country’s research landscape, a critical investment that will help the economy emerge stronger from the shadow of Covid-19, while simultaneously ensures that the country strengthens its defenses against future threats. Among the plans is …

[ad_1] CSL staff work in the laboratory in Melbourne, Australia, on November 8. Photographer: Darrian Traynor / Getty Images Photographer: Darrian Traynor / Getty Images Australia canceled an order for 51 million doses of a Covid-19 vaccine it was developing CSL Ltd. and the University of Queensland after the trials …