[ad_1] REUTERS: Semiconductor designer Advanced Micro Devices Inc (AMD) said on Tuesday it would buy Xilinx Inc in a $ 35 billion share deal, escalating its battle with Intel Corp in the data center chip market. The deal, which AMD expects to close by the end of 2021, will create …
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[ad_1] ATLANTA, Georgia: Donald Trump’s aggressive approach to China has helped create a trade war more virulent than any seen in decades. Donald Trump has long criticized the deep-seated trade deficit between the two countries, which in 2017 amounted to more than $ 375 billion in goods. For Trump and …
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[ad_1] Deaths after flu vaccination continue to rise in South Korea. But as local health authorities work to calm concerned citizens by disproving a connection between the two, one Asian country has taken the precautionary measure of suspending two injections given to people who later died. Singapore has temporarily withdrawn …
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[ad_1] Some users are allegedly opening their TraceTogether tokens, removing the battery, and even exchanging the QR code with that of another device. But doing so is not only a crime, it also puts Singapore at risk. In response to inquiries from The New Paper, a spokesperson for the Smart …
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[ad_1] DUBAI (Reuters) – Insulting Muslims is an “opportunistic” abuse of freedom of expression, Iran’s foreign minister said on Monday, in an apparent reference to comments by French President Emmanuel Macron, perceived as critical of the Islam. “Muslims are the main victims of the ‘cult of hatred’,” the minister, Mohammad …
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[ad_1] BERLIN: Chancellor Angela Merkel in planning a “closing light” that will focus on closing bars, restaurants and public events to curb a second wave of COVID-19 infections in Germany, the Bild newspaper reported on Monday ( October 26th). The stores will remain open, with some restrictions, according to the …
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[ad_1] GENEVA: Europe needs a “serious acceleration” in the fight against the coronavirus and a lack of contact tracing capacity could drive the disease into obscurity, said a senior official at the World Health Organization on Monday (October 26) . In Europe, the outlook is relentlessly bleak as a number …
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[ad_1] The opening of Singapore International Energy Week 2020 yesterday took place the first Covid-19 swab prior to the event. Last Tuesday, the multi-ministerial task force dealing with the pandemic announced a pilot run of pre-event tests using rapid antigen tests. At the time, Health Minister Gan Kim Yong said …
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[ad_1] SINGAPORE – On the second day of the criminal defamation trial of The Online Citizen (TOC) editor Terry Xu and TOC contributor Daniel De Costa saw the latter’s attorney, Mr. M. Ravi, trying to cast doubt on the credibility of the witness for the prosecution. In his cross-examination on …
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[ad_1] Traveling amid the pandemic is already difficult and scary, but passengers who need special assistance experience twice the anxiety. All Nippon Airways (ANA) and Japan Airlines (JAL), under the direct supervision of The Nippon Care-Fit Education Institute, today announced a new accessibility guide for customers requesting special assistance at …
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