[ad_1] South China morning post Coronavirus: Even vaccines for all the world’s vulnerable are no guarantee of a ‘silver bullet’, says WHO The World Health Organization said that high-risk populations in all countries could receive the Covid-19 vaccine by the end of 2021, but the vaccine is “not a silver …
Read More »US accuses China-based Zoom executive of disrupting Tiananmen video commemorations
[ad_1] NEW YORK: US prosecutors on Friday (December 18) accused a China-based Zoom executive of being involved in a plan to disrupt video conferences marking the 31st anniversary of China’s Tiananmen Square crackdown. Xinjiang Jin, the company’s main liaison with Chinese intelligence and police services, conspired since January 2019 to …
Read More »More than 1.1 million ballots cast in early voting for the second round of the United States Senate in Georgia
[ad_1] WASHINGTON: More than 1.1 million Georgians have voted in the second round elections of the US Senate, which will determine which party controls that chamber of Congress and, with it, the fate of much of the president-elect’s agenda Democrat Joe Biden, state data showed on Friday (Dec. 18). ). …
Read More »StarHub Appoints Deputy CEO of Parent Company as its Director of Business and Markets
[ad_1] Fri, December 18, 2020 – 6:09 pm STARHUB has appointed Nikhil Eapen, current Deputy CEO of parent company ST Telemedia, as its new CEO. Eapen, 48, will start on StarHub on January 1 of next year. He replaces Peter Kaliaropoulos, 61, who resigned on October 31 this year due …
Read More »Thiago Alcântara’s increase in injuries sends a message to Liverpool, and all players will be affected
[ad_1] Is this real? Can be this Yes, Thiago Alcântara was photographed participating in what the club described as a “fitness session” on the field of Liverpool’s AXA Training Center. It was a sight for sore eyes, but there will still be a cold reality to remember. Everyone connected to …
Read More »Jeremy Bulloch, Boba Fett in the first Star Wars trilogy, dies
[ad_1] LOS ANGELES: Jeremy Bulloch, the English actor who first donned a helmet, cape and jetpack to play Boba Fett in the original Star Wars trilogy, died Thursday (December 18). Bulloch died in a London hospital from health complications after years of living with Parkinson’s disease, his agents at Brown, …
Read More »Irritated by the loss, Trump ducks in the White House and avoids talking about the future
[ad_1] South China morning post The United States blacklists about 60 more Chinese companies, including major chipmaker SMIC and drone maker DJI The United States added China’s top chipmaker Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corp, among dozens of other Chinese companies, to a trade blacklist on Friday, preventing US firms from selling …
Read More »Frenchman Macron blames his COVID-19 for negligence and bad luck
[ad_1] PARIS: French President Emmanuel Macron on Friday blamed his COVID-19 on a combination of negligence and bad luck, and urged his compatriots to stay safe as critics denounced errors in their behavior to prevent infections, from a squeeze from short-distance hands to repeated large group meals over the past …
Read More »Asia Beats US In Health Efficiency Index Amid Covid-19 Pandemic, Asia News & Top Stories
[ad_1] HONG KONG (BLOOMBERG) – As a pandemic raged across the world, Asian economies led by Singapore, Hong Kong and Taiwan topped the ranking of the most efficient health care systems. The Bloomberg Health Efficiency Index, first conducted in 2013, tracks life expectancy and medical spending to determine which health …
Read More »Gojek buys part of Indonesian bank in largest fintech deal
[ad_1] Gojek aims to allow users to open bank accounts with Jago and then manage their finances through its app. Photographer: Adriana Adie / NurPhoto / Getty Images Photographer: Adriana Adie / NurPhoto / Getty Images Indonesian Internet Giant Gojek paid around $ 160 million to increase its stake in …
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