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[ad_1] BEIJING: China and the United States must act together with “goodwill” to improve relations, the Chinese ambassador to Washington said on Saturday (December 5), as ties remain strained between the world’s two biggest economic powers. Relations between China and the United States have fallen to their lowest point in …

[ad_1] BOSTON, Massachusetts: On January 1 of this year, the Korean Workers’ Party released a report on its goals for the year, emphasizing simultaneous economic construction and nuclear development. But with the coronavirus pandemic, a struggling economy and natural disasters, the country has faced a triple blow. Ad Ad Unexpected …

[ad_1] China’s Chang’e-5 ascendant successfully reunited and docked with the orbiter-returner combination in lunar orbit at 5:42 BJT on Sunday, the China National Space Administration (CNSA) announced. This is the first time that a Chinese spacecraft has met and docked in lunar orbit. The samples collected on the moon weigh …

[ad_1] LONDON: Britain is preparing to become the first country to roll out the Pfizer / BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine this week, initially making the injection available in hospitals before distributing stocks to doctors’ clinics, said the government on Sunday (December 6). The first doses will be given on Tuesday, and …

[ad_1] SINGAPORE – For some families celebrating Christmas, having a real tree under which to put gifts is at the top of their wish list. But those who long for festive foliage to spruce up their homes this year may be disappointed. With Covid-19 slowing down leisure travel and causing …

[ad_1] Meat grown from animal cells without slaughter has been approved for sale for the first time. The approval, granted by the Singapore Food Agency to US food company Eat Just for its cultured “chicken bites”, is a watershed moment for the future of meat. Unlike existing products, which mimic …

[ad_1] WURZBURG, Germany: At first glance, they look like normal containers. But the rectangular boxes made by the German company Va-Q-Tec will, in fact, play a key role in keeping life-saving COVID-19 vaccines ultra-fast as they are shipped around the world. After Britain this week became the first country to …

[ad_1] Ole Gunnar Solskjaer has denied the notion that Manchester United are inconsistent and says that reaching the top four this season would be a “great achievement”. United enters their next game, against West Ham on Saturday, after a 3-1 loss to PSG in the Champions League. After four wins …

[ad_1] South China morning post Hong Kong stocks end the week lower after SMIC and CNOOC crash following US blacklist. Hong Kong shares ended the week lower after the Trump administration added four more Chinese companies, including SMIC and CNOOC, to a blacklist on Thursday. China stocks, on the other …

[ad_1] Singapore FROM early 2022, four digital banks will appear on the Singapore banking scene. The headlines are already raising the battle cry, as the Covid-19 crisis marks digital finance as the way forward. They will also start a new chapter in Singapore’s history of banking liberalization as regulators inject …