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[ad_1] By Katie Paul SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Facebook and Twitter question a New York Post story that made claims about the son of Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden, taking proactive steps to restrict the story’s spread in the hours after it was posted Wednesday. . The story contained alleged …

[ad_1] SINGAPORE – About two-thirds of Singaporeans want Joe Biden to be elected as the next US president, a new poll showed, and the Democratic presidential candidate is seen as more popular in the city-state than among his Asian peers and the Pacific. But Biden fared pretty badly among the …

[ad_1] SINGAPORE – A group of researchers in Singapore will leverage its artificial intelligence (AI) platform to evaluate 12 locally available drugs for a combination of drugs that can be used to treat Covid-19. The interactive digital platform, known as IDentif.AI, takes advantage of artificial intelligence to calculate the most …

[ad_1] SINGAPORE – Opposition leader Pritam Singh and fellow Workers’ Party (WP) fellow Associate Professor Jamus Lim engaged in strong exchanges with the Minister of State (SMS) for Health, Dr. Koh Poh Koon, in between of a parliamentary debate on the merits of a minimum wage versus the government’s preferred …

[ad_1] SINGAPORE – An annual reorganization of principals will see 43 schools next year with new leaders, including nine from the Ministry of Education (MOE) headquarters. It is the highest number of officers who moved from headquarters to main schools in recent years, according to The Straits Times controls. The …

[ad_1] SINGAPORE – One of the biggest disputes in local sport ended in a ceasefire, with marathon runner Soh Rui Yong suspending his lawsuit against Singapore Athletics (SA). In a statement posted on SA’s website on Friday (Oct 16), the national track and field body said that two-time SEA Games …

[ad_1] By Deena Beasley and Vishwadha Chander (Reuters) – Gilead Sciences Inc has disputed the findings of a World Health Organization (WHO) study that concluded that its COVID-19 drug, remdesivir, does not help patients who have been admitted to hospital. . The US company told Reuters the data appeared inconsistent, …

[ad_1] The Ant Group mascot at the company’s headquarters in Hangzhou, China, on September 28. Photographer: Qilai Shen / Bloomberg Photographer: Qilai Shen / Bloomberg Ant Group plans to raise the valuation target for its initial public offering to at least $ 280 billion due to strong demand, and is …

[ad_1] HONG KONG: Rare pink dolphins are returning to the waters between Hong Kong and Macau after the coronavirus pandemic halted ferries, but scientists remain deeply concerned about their long-term survival on one of the busiest shipping lanes of the world. The telltale flash of rose leaping out of the …

[ad_1] BEIJING: An experimental $ 60 double-dose COVID-19 vaccine is being made available to some residents in an eastern Chinese city, health officials said, the first details of a mass deployment of a yet untested vaccine. Jiaxing city officials said Thursday that residents between the ages of 18 and 59 …