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[ad_1] AUCKLAND (REUTERS) – New Zealand health officials said on Sunday (January 24) that they were investigating what they said was likely the country’s first community coronavirus case in months, in a woman who recently returned from abroad. The 56-year-old, who returned to New Zealand on December 30, tested positive …

[ad_1] SYDNEY: The alleged head of Asia’s largest criminal syndicate and one of the world’s most wanted men has been arrested in the Netherlands, and Australian authorities are pushing for his extradition to be prosecuted. Police had been pursuing alleged drug lord Tse Chi Lop, 57, for years until he …

[ad_1] WUHAN: A year ago, an advisory sent to smartphones in Wuhan at 2 a.m. announced the world’s first coronavirus lockdown, bringing China’s bustling industrial and transportation hub to a virtual standoff almost overnight to the morning. It would last 76 days. However, in the early morning of Saturday (January …

[ad_1] LOS ANGELES (AP) – Larry King, the common man in suspenders whose broadcast interviews with world leaders, movie stars and ordinary people helped define the American conversation for half a century, died Saturday. He was 87 years old. King died at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles, Ora Media, …

[ad_1] WASHINGTON (BLOOMBERG, AFP) – Larry King, the television interviewer whose non-confrontational style attracted celebrities and newsmakers as guests and made him the star of a premier American cable talk show, has died. He was 87 years old. King died on Saturday morning (January 23) at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in …

[ad_1] PARIS: The emergence of several more infectious strains of the novel SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus has concerned governments and scientists, who are investigating how and why the virus became more transmittable. Like all viruses, SARS-CoV-2 mutates to maximize its chances of survival. Ad Ad When it replicates, small errors are introduced …

[ad_1] SINGAPORE – Relief. That was all Brian Suresh Charles felt when Joe Biden, uttering the words “My God, help me,” was sworn in as the 46th President of the United States earlier this week. “At last, after four painful years of watching an absurd political charade unfold in America,” …

[ad_1] SINGAPORE: The Johor Bahru-Singapore Rapid Transit System (RTS) link moved one step closer to reality when work began on the rail link’s Singapore station on Friday (January 22). The RTS Link Woodlands North station would be built underground to a maximum depth of 28m, with an underground link to …

[ad_1] Singapore Face masks should be worn while yusheng is being thrown and the usual auspicious phrases should not be spoken, authorities said when announcing measures ahead of Chinese New Year. People wearing masks walk down a street in Chinatown, Singapore, on January 5, 2021 (Photo: AFP / Roslan Rahman). …

[ad_1] SINGAPORE: Bitcoin faltered on Friday (Jan 22) and was heading towards its steepest weekly drop since September as regulatory concerns and its sparkling rally fueled a pullback from recent all-time highs. The world’s most popular cryptocurrency fell more than 5 percent to a nearly three-week low of $ 28,800 …