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[ad_1] SINGAPORE: Health Minister Gan Kim Yong on Monday (December 28) thanked health workers for playing a pivotal role in the national fight against COVID-19 during an “extraordinary” and “exhausting” year. “I want to thank you for taking Singapore so far on our journey,” Gan said in a letter to …

[ad_1] Deal Alibaba Group Holding Ltd said on Sunday its board authorized an increase in the company’s share buyback program to $ 10 billion from $ 6 billion. FILE PHOTO: The Alibaba Group logo is seen during the company’s 11/11 Singles Day global shopping festival at its headquarters in Hangzhou, …

[ad_1] Shares in Alibaba, the e-commerce group founded by Jack Ma, fell sharply on Monday after Beijing publicly accused the company’s payments arm of regulatory flaws in its latest attack on one of China’s richest men. The comments by Pan Gongsheng, deputy governor of the People’s Bank of China, were …

[ad_1] Sport Six-time champion Roger Federer withdrew from the Australian Open as he continues to regain his fitness after two knee surgeries earlier this year, according to a media report on Monday. FILE PHOTO: Roger Federer of Switzerland. REUTERS / Toby Melville Dec 28, 2020 08:15 AM Marker MELBOURNE: Six-time …

[ad_1] BEIJING: A Chinese citizen journalist detained since May for her live broadcast from Wuhan when the COVID-19 outbreak broke out was scheduled for trial on Monday (December 28), nearly a year after details of a “viral pneumonia emerged. unknown “in the central city of China. . Zhang Zhan, a …

[ad_1] SEOUL (BLOOMBERG) – Three years ago, Suh Kyung-bae was the second richest person in South Korea. Today it’s just barely in the Top 10, a sea change from the Korean beauty boom known for minting billionaires, not breaking them. Suh’s $ 3.6 billion (S $ 4.78 billion) fortune, up …

[ad_1] MADRID: Europe launched a massive vaccination campaign against COVID-19 on Sunday (December 27) with retirees and doctors lining up to receive the first vaccines to stop a pandemic that has paralyzed economies and claimed more than 1.7 millions of lives around the world. “Thank God,” said Araceli Hidalgo, 96, …

[ad_1] MADRID / ROME: Europe launched a massive vaccination campaign against COVID-19 on Sunday (December 27) with retirees and doctors lining up to receive the first injections to stop a pandemic that has paralyzed economies and claimed more than 1 , 7 million lives worldwide. “Thank God,” said Araceli Hidalgo, …

[ad_1] ROME (REUTERS) – Archaeologists in Pompeii, the city buried in a volcanic eruption in AD 79, have made the extraordinary find of a hot food and fresh drink shop that served the ancient equivalent of street food to Roman passersby. Known as thermopolium, Latin for hot drinks counter, the …

[ad_1] LONDON: The head of pharmaceutical company AstraZeneca, which is developing a coronavirus vaccine that is expected to be approved by UK authorities this week, said on Sunday (December 27) that researchers believe the injection will be effective against a new variant of the virus that is driving a rapid …