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[ad_1] Photographer: Michael Nagle / Bloomberg Photographer: Michael Nagle / Bloomberg China’s state telecommunications companies declined in Hong Kong after the The New York Stock Exchange said it is delisting them to comply with a U.S. executive order that sanctioned companies identified as affiliated with the Chinese military. Actions of …

[ad_1] WASHINGTON: President-elect Joe Biden’s inauguration will include a “virtual parade across the United States” consistent with crowd limits during the COVID-19 pandemic, organizers announced Sunday (January 3). Following the swearing-in ceremony on Inauguration Day on January 20 on the West Front of the US Capitol, Biden and his wife, …

[ad_1] SEOUL: When Ryu Han-na, a 20-year-old college student, underwent cosmetic surgery on her nose in mid-December, she had a simple reason: It might be the last chance to do it covertly before people start. to take off the masks. this year while vaccines are distributed. Ryu, who has been …

[ad_1] SINGAPORE – It was the 1970s. As night fell in prisons and drug rehab centers across Singapore, inmates got to work beating carefully stored razor blades against smuggled pieces of flint to light fires in their cells. . In the two-hour window between 7:00 p.m. M. And the lights …

[ad_1] SINGAPORE: Monday (January 4) marks the beginning of a new school year, at least for the children in Primary 1 and Kindergarten 1. With a new school environment and fresh faces, most students undoubtedly feel a certain level of excitement, even nervousness, and so will their parents, seeing now …

[ad_1] VATICAN CITY: Pope Francis on Sunday (January 3) condemned people who had gone abroad on vacation to escape the COVID-19 shutdowns, saying they needed to show greater awareness of the suffering of others. Speaking after his weekly noon blessing, Pope Francis said he had read newspaper reports of people …

[ad_1] NEW DELHI: India will not allow the export of the Oxford University-AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine for several months, said on Sunday the director of the Serum Institute of India, which has been hired to produce 1 billion doses of the vaccine for developing nations (Jan. 3). Given that wealthy nations …

[ad_1] LONDON (REUTERS) – Britain reactivated emergency hospitals built at the start of the pandemic and closed primary schools in London on Friday (January 1) to counter the rapid spread of a much more infectious variant of the coronavirus. With more than 50,000 new cases of Covid-19 daily over the …

[ad_1] REUTERS: Digital currency Bitcoin extended its record rally on Saturday, starting the year with a surge of more than $ 30,000 for the first time, with more and more traders and investors betting that it is on its way to becoming a mainstream payment method. . The price of …

[ad_1] TOKYO: Badminton number one Kento Momota tested positive for coronavirus on Sunday (Jan.3), prompting the withdrawal of all Japan players from this month’s Thailand Open, the Japan Badminton Association said. “Momota has tested positive for the coronavirus and the association has decided not to send any players, including Momota, …