[ad_1] Photographer: Kiyoshi Ota / Bloomberg Photographer: Kiyoshi Ota / Bloomberg US futures fell in Asian trading on Friday after a clash between Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin and the Federal Reserve over their emergency loan facilities. Asian stocks looked poised for a quiet opening. The S&P 500 contracts were withdrawn …
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[ad_1] SINGAPORE: Last week, Pfizer announced the first results of its COVID-19 mRNA vaccine, which suggested it could reduce the risk of COVID-19 by 90 percent. This was followed earlier this week by a similar announcement from the US-based Moderna about its own vaccine, also based on mRNA technology. Ad …
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[ad_1] Former Liverpool striker John Barnes has insisted that midfielder Thiago Alcantara must work to gain playing time when he is back in shape. Thiago suffered a knee injury in October’s 2-2 draw with Everton and has not played since. But with several other Reds stars, including Virgil van Dijk …
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[ad_1] MILAN: The authors of a study showing that the new coronavirus was circulating in Italy earlier than experts had previously believed said on Thursday (November 19) that their data did not question the origins of COVID-19, as they defended accuracy. of their findings. The Italian researchers’ findings showed that …
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[ad_1] WASHINGTON: Georgia was expected to release the results of a manual vote recount on Thursday (Nov. 19) reaffirming President-elect Joe Biden as the state winner, as Donald Trump and his legal team reiterated their allegations of widespread fraud. If expectations hold up, Biden would be confirmed as the first …
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[ad_1] South China morning post Coronavirus: Pfizer and BioNtech to Seek Emergency US Approval ‘Within Days’ Following Better Than Expected Test Results Pfizer and BioNtech announced Wednesday that their Covid-19 vaccine had achieved 95 percent efficacy in their final clinical trials. The two companies said there was sufficient data to …
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[ad_1] WASHINGTON (AFP) – Joe Biden, the oldest person to win the US presidency, will celebrate his 78th birthday on Friday (November 20). If he ran and was re-elected in 2024, he would be 86 at the end of a second term in 2029. With two months to go before …
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[ad_1] The state government says strict measures are needed to control contact tracing and testing. South Australia on Wednesday announced a six-day “circuit breaker” lockout for the state’s nearly two million residents as it moved to contain a surge in coronavirus cases that ended months with hardly any infections. A …
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[ad_1] BANGKOK: On a giant yellow inflatable duck, a rebellious Buddhist monk in saffron robes showed a defiant three-finger salute at a protest in central Bangkok. Dozens of pool toys swung through a crowd of about 20,000 on Wednesday (November 18) as activists descended on the Thai national police headquarters …
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[ad_1] MUMBAI / BENGALURU / SINGAPORE – DBS Group’s decision to take over the struggling Lakshmi Vilas Bank will give Southeast Asia’s largest lender in India the boost it has always wanted, but aligning the business cultures of the two banks could prove difficult. LVB, facing increasing numbers of bad …
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