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[ad_1] WASHINGTON: The United States reported new record cases of COVID-19 for the third day in a row, as Joe Biden vowed to act against the pandemic on “day one” if he wins the presidential election in the world’s worst-hit nation. More than 127,000 new infections were reported in the …

[ad_1] WASHINGTON – Democratic candidate Joe Biden said Friday night (Nov. 6) that he was confident he would win the presidential election with a clear majority, though he failed to declare victory in a speech that occurred when the race remained undeclared for three nights after the elections. Day. Biden …

[ad_1] SINGAPORE – Attorney Eugene Thuraisingam has rejected allegations that he said the Minister for Home Affairs and Law, K. Shanmugam, told him that the minister “exercises influence over” the Chief Justice of Singapore. In a letter addressed to Mr. Shanmugam and made public in a Facebook post on Friday …

[ad_1] GENEVA: Denmark and the United States are among six countries that have reported new cases of coronavirus related to mink farms, the World Health Organization said. Italy, the Netherlands, Spain and Sweden are the other nations that have discovered SARS-CoV-2 in mink, the WHO said in a statement. Ad …

[ad_1] A health worker performs a rapid antigen test for COVID-19 on a passenger during boarding procedures on the World Dream cruise ship for “cruises to nowhere” at Marina Bay Cruise Center in Singapore. (PHOTO: Roslan Rahman / AFP via Getty Images) SINGAPORE – The Ministry of Health (MINSA) confirmed …

[ad_1] WASHINGTON (BLOOMBERG) – As president of the United States, Donald Trump receives special treatment from Twitter when he violates the company’s rules on offensive or misleading content. That exemption will end in January if he loses the presidency. The social network treats world leaders’ transgressions differently than regular users …

[ad_1] KUALA LUMPUR: 1Malaysia Development Berhad (1MDB), the state fund at the center of a massive corruption scandal, still had an estimated RM32.3 billion (US $ 7.8 billion) in outstanding debt through September, the government said on Friday (November 6). ). Established in 2009 by former Prime Minister Najib Razak, …

[ad_1] SINGAPORE: SIA Group reported a first-half net loss of S $ 3.5 billion on Friday (Nov 6) amid a “sharp drop” in passenger traffic as the COVID-19 pandemic continues . Passenger numbers fell 98.9 percent due to strict global border controls and travel restrictions, it said in a press …

[ad_1] ByteDance It is embarking on a hiring wave in China despite facing a setback in some of its overseas markets as the company accelerates its business expansion. the Tik Tok The owner plans to hire another 10,000 employees in its local China market by the end of 2020 to …

[ad_1] BEIJING: Brucellosis, a bacterial disease with flu-like symptoms, has infected more than 6,000 people in a single outbreak in northwest China. Generally caused by contact with animals, the outbreak in Lanzhou, the capital of Gansu province, was due to a leak at a vaccine plant, according to the Lanzhou …