[ad_1] MUMBAI: India said on Sunday (September 13) that it was considering granting an emergency authorization for a COVID-19 vaccine, particularly for older people and people in high-risk workplaces, as the number of reported infections in the country exceeded 4.75 million. India, which has consistently reported more than 1,000 COVID-19 …
Read More »Aging and emptiness: Japan’s next prime minister’s hometown highlights future challenges
[ad_1] YUZAWA, Japan: It’s noon on a hot day in the Japanese city where Yoshihide Suga, Japan’s next prime minister, grew up, but more than half of the stores in a downtown shopping arcade are closed and the sidewalks are empty except by the few older passersby. A building that …
Read More »ByteDance Abandons US TikTok Sale To Partner With Oracle: Sources
[ad_1] NEW YORK: ByteDance dropped the sale of TikTok in the United States on Sunday (September 13) in pursuit of a partnership with Oracle that hopes to avoid a US ban while appeasing the Chinese government, people familiar with the matter told Reuters. The Beijing-based company had been in talks …
Read More »Search teams scour the charred Oregon landscape, residents return to rubble as wildfires burn
[ad_1] TALENT, Oregon: Search and rescue teams, with dogs in tow, deployed to the blackened ruins of southern Oregon cities on Sunday (Sept. 13) as wildfires continue to ravage the western United States. authorities warn of massive casualties. A wildfire barrage in Oregon, California and Washington has destroyed thousands of …
Read More »Actions to watch: MIT, Keppel Reit, ST Engg, Singapore Airlines, CapitaLand, Oxley, Stocks
[ad_1] Mon, September 14, 2020 – 8:59 am THE following companies saw new developments that may affect their securities trading on Monday: Mapletree Industrial Trust (MIT): Its manager proposed on Monday to acquire a data center and office in the United States for between $ 200.6 million and $ 262.1 …
Read More »Suga of Japan, ready to win party race, heading for the presidency
[ad_1] TOKYO: Japanese Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga, a longtime loyal aide to outgoing Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, was set to win the ruling party’s leadership elections on Monday (September 14), virtually ensuring that he will replace Abe this week ranked highest in the nation. Suga, 71, who has said …
Read More »ByteDance Chooses Oracle as Winning Bidder for US TikTok Operations: Source
[ad_1] NEW YORK (AP) – China’s ByteDance has selected a consortium led by Oracle Corp for a deal for the US operations of short video app TikTok, beating rival bidder Microsoft Corp, a person familiar with it said on Sunday (Sept. 13). the case. ByteDance has been in talks to …
Read More »49 new cases of coronavirus; 40 of Singapore’s bedrooms, news and stories highlights
[ad_1] SINGAPORE – 49 new coronavirus cases were confirmed as of noon on Sunday (September 13), most of them migrant workers in dormitories. Those outside the dormitories comprised one community and eight imported cases, the Health Ministry said in its daily update. The only community case is a 42-year-old work …
Read More »Disney’s Mulan remake raises $ 23.2 million at Chinese box offices
[ad_1] LOS ANGELES: Walt Disney’s remake of Mulan grossed $ 23.2 million over the weekend at the China box office, a slow start to the big-budget epic about a Chinese folk hero in its biggest theatrical market. Mulan’s debut missed director Christopher Nolan’s Tenet, which grossed $ 29.8 million in …
Read More »WHO reports a record one-day increase in global COVID-19 cases, over 307,000
[ad_1] LONDON: The World Health Organization reported a record one-day increase in coronavirus cases globally on Sunday (September 13), with a total increase of 307,930 in 24 hours. The largest increases were from India, the United States and Brazil, according to the agency’s website. Deaths increased by 5,537 to a …
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