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[ad_1] ZURICH: A special COVID-19 envoy from the World Health Organization (WHO) predicted a third wave of the pandemic in Europe in early 2021, if governments repeat what he said they did not do what was necessary to prevent the second. wave of infections. “They missed building the necessary infrastructure …

[ad_1] NEW YORK: Patrick Quinn, whose personal battle with ALS helped fuel the Ice Bucket Challenge fundraising campaign, died on Sunday (November 22) at age 37, seven years after his diagnosis, his supporters announced on Facebook. Quinn, who was born and raised in Yonkers, New York, co-founded the campaign that …

[ad_1] WASHINGTON: The United States expects to begin a comprehensive COVID-19 vaccination program in early December, the head of the government’s coronavirus vaccination effort said Sunday (Nov. 22) as cases rise in the worst-affected nation. . The start of vaccinations could be a crucial turning point in the battle against …

[ad_1] MSZCZONOW, Poland: A 45.5-meter-deep dive pool with artificial underwater caves and Mayan ruins, the deepest structure in the world, opened near Warsaw this weekend. The complex, called Deepspot, even includes a small wreck for divers and free divers to explore. Ad Ad It has 8,000 cubic meters of water, …

[ad_1] Photographer: Johannes Eisele / AFP / Getty Images Photographer: Johannes Eisele / AFP / Getty Images Earlier this month, Royal Dutch Shell Plc disconnected its Convent refinery in Louisiana. Unlike many oil refineries closed in recent years, Convent was far from outdated: it is quite large by American standards …

[ad_1] Investors are reviewing their record holdings of mainland internet companies after Beijing proposed sweeping new antitrust rules for China’s tech industry. Leading groups such as Tencent, Alibaba and Meituan-Dianping have attracted record investments during the Covid-19 pandemic, according to data from Copley Fund Research, which tracks the investment activities …

[ad_1] TOKYO – Nikon plans to cut 2,000 jobs, or 10% of its workforce, mainly due to a recession in its core camera business and structural changes in the global semiconductor industry, highlighted by the sluggish performance of leading US chipmaker Intel. The Japanese multinational is conducting a price-cutting offensive …

[ad_1] WASHINGTON (BLOOMBERG) – Leaders of the world’s richest countries vow to ensure a fair race to vaccinate people against the coronavirus, even as US President Donald Trump is silent about sharing US-made vaccines. United with other nations. Trump told his counterparts on Saturday (November 21) at a virtual summit …

[ad_1] PARIS: China’s Ant Group may have suffered a setback with the filing of its IPO, but European banks remain suspicious that Chinese tech giants will soon be their main competitors. In recent years, the European financial sector has seen the rise of a large number of startups, called fintech, …

[ad_1] WASHINGTON (REUTERS) – US President Donald Trump suffered another setback in his desperate bid to overturn the US election when a federal judge dismissed a lawsuit brought by his campaign that sought to eliminate millions of votes by mail in Pennsylvania. United States District Court Judge Matthew Brann last …