[ad_1] KASUKABE, Japan: It has been called Japan’s underground “Parthenon,” a cavernous complex tasked with protecting Tokyo and surrounding areas from catastrophic flooding, a risk experts warn is growing as climate change advances. Above the ground, there is little to reveal the feat of cathedral-like engineering that forms the main …
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[ad_1] [HONG KONG] Hong Kong’s local investment bankers are rapidly losing their status as city negotiators, supplanted by rivals from mainland China who now hold most of the high-level positions in Asia’s largest financial center. While change has long seemed inevitable given the growing pool of talent from mainland China …
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[ad_1] SINGAPORE: A batch of 233 swab samples for COVID-19 testing was “accidentally discarded” before the samples were tested, in an incident dating back to “compliance failures,” a private laboratory said Monday (12 October). Quest Laboratories had collected the samples from clinics across Singapore under the Swab-and-Send-Home program, the lab …
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[ad_1] (Image: Apple) The long-awaited iPhone 12 can be presented tomorrow Newsletters Subscribe to our newsletters to receive all our top news. Newsletters You have successfully subscribed Apple is expected to unveil a highly anticipated iPhone 12 lineup Tuesday featuring models tuned to new super-fast 5G telecommunications networks in an …
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[ad_1] Editor’s note: Tom Fowdy is a British international relations and political analyst and graduated from Durham and Oxford Universities. He writes on topics related to China, the DPRK, Britain, and the United States. The article reflects the views of the author and not necessarily the views of CGTN. Ant …
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[ad_1] SHANGHAI / BEIJING (Reuters) – The Chinese city of Qingdao said on Monday that it will screen its entire population of more than 9 million people for the coronavirus, after discovering 12 new infections that appeared to be related to a hospital treating imported infections. . Daily COVID-19 infections …
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[ad_1] LIVERPOOL: The city of Liverpool will enter the strictest “third tier” of new anti-coronavirus restrictions to be announced imminently by Britain, its leaders said late on Sunday (October 12) after talks with the British government. The government has decided that more measures and closures will be applied to Liverpool, …
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[ad_1] The coronavirus that causes Covid-19 can survive on items like banknotes and phones for up to 28 days in cool, dark conditions, according to a study by Australia’s national scientific agency. Researchers from the CSIRO Center for Disease Preparedness tested the longevity of SARS-CoV-2 in the dark at three …
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[ad_1] ORLANDO (AFP, REUTERS) – The Los Angeles Lakers dominated the Miami Heat 106-93 on Sunday (October 11) to win a 17th National Basketball Association championship, which equals a record, but is the first since 2010. Superstar LeBron James powered the Lakers with a triple-double of 28 points, 14 rebounds …
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[ad_1] SINGAPORE – A 64-year-old man, who had a history of hypertension, died of complications due to Covid-19, the Ministry of Health (MINSA) reported on Monday (October 12). The permanent resident is the 28th patient to die from the virus here. He had been working in India since December 2019 …
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