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[ad_1] PARIS: French officials called for self-control on Friday (May 15) as the country prepares for its first weekend since the COVID-19 blockade was eased, warning that the police would disrupt any large gathering of people who take too much liberties newly discovered. The scenes of crowded squares and riversides …

[ad_1] WASHINGTON: The Trump administration said on Friday (May 15) that it would restrict the ability of Chinese telecommunications giant Huawei, which it considers a national security risk, to develop semiconductors abroad with American technology. “This announcement cuts Huawei’s efforts to undermine US export controls,” the Commerce Department said in …

[ad_1] BEIJING: China’s industrial production grew again for the first time this year in April, official data showed on Friday (May 15), as the country continued its gradual recovery after the coronavirus halted activity. Industrial production grew more than expected 3.9 percent year-on-year last month in a sign that China, …

[ad_1] HONG KONG: Crushed within the 4.6-square-meter living space she shares with her son, Wong Mei-ying knows that social distancing during the COVID-19 pandemic is almost impossible. Hong Konger, 70, lives in one of the city’s famous “flat cubicles,” subdivided apartments that make up some of the world’s most densely …

[ad_1] BEIJING (AFP) – China on Friday (May 15) urged the United States to meet halfway and strengthen cooperation in the fight against the coronavirus pandemic after President Donald Trump threatened to cut bilateral relations. Relations between the world’s two largest economies have deteriorated in recent weeks, with both sides …

[ad_1] TAIPEI (REUTERS) – Taiwan’s health minister on Friday (May 15) rejected China’s main condition for the island to participate in the World Health Organization (WHO), which accepts that it is part of China, before of a key meeting of the body during a pandemic. At a press conference in …

[ad_1] TAIPEI / PALO ALTO, USA USA – Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., the world’s largest contract chip maker, has announced that it will build a state-of-the-art $ 12 billion chip factory in the US state of Arizona in a move aimed at addressing Washington’s concerns about supply chains and national …

[ad_1] SINGAPORE: COVID-19 will change the ways of the jet set world, with health and sanitation concerns likely to remain on travelers’ minds even in a post-pandemic world. Fulfilling these changes will be among the goals of a new task force established within Singapore Airlines (SIA), its chief executive officer …

[ad_1] SINGAPORE – Passengers will have to adapt to a different travel experience when air travel increases again as regulators and airlines discuss how to make the flight safer, Singapore Airlines (SIA) said. While the details of how the aviation sector will evolve after Covid-19 are still unclear, SIA has …

[ad_1] SINGAPORE: Singapore reported 793 new cases of COVID-19 as of noon on Friday (May 15), bringing the country’s total to 26,891. The vast majority of these cases are work permit holders residing in dormitories of foreign workers, the Ministry of Health (MS) said in its preliminary daily update. Ad …