SANTIAGO: Chilean police are training sniffer dogs to detect the coronavirus in people’s sweat at an early stage, after a similar trial in the UK showed encouraging results. Four dogs have been selected for the initial training, a mix of labradors and golden retrievers who sport green “biodetector” jackets for […]
New Zealand has to decide how best to open air travel including whether it should be restricted to certain types of travellers like foreign students, say two observers. DUNEDIN, New Zealand: Having successfully eliminated COVID-19, New Zealand now faces the option of sitting tight or exploring various ways of loosening […]
PARIS: Paris St Germain completed a domestic treble as they beat Olympique Lyonnais 6-5 on penalties to lift the French League Cup on Friday with the match ending in a 0-0 stalemate after regular and extra time. Second-half substitute Pablo Sarabia scored PSG’s final penalty in the shootout after goalkeeper […]
Silicon Valley’s value is to be celebrated, but we shouldn’t turn a blind eye to its problems, says an observer. MEDFORD, Massachusetts: Big tech is back in the spotlight. The chief executives of Amazon, Apple, Facebook and Google testified before US Congress on Jul 29 to defend their market dominance […]
PARIS: Pharma giants Sanofi and GSK will receive up to US$2.1 billion from the US government for the development of a COVID-19 vaccine, the companies said on Friday (Jul 31), as the world scrambles for an answer to the pandemic. At the same time, the European Union said it had […]
FILE PHOTO: A closed barber shop is shown during the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Encinitas, California, U.S., July 30, 2020. REUTERS: U.S. states hit hardest by COVID-19 had some of the biggest jumps in small business loan defaults since the onset of the pandemic, and some […]
PARIS: France reported 1,346 new coronavirus infections on Friday (Jul 31), taking the total to 187,919 as the daily tally of new cases remained above 1,300 for the third day running, a level last seen during lockdown. At the end of the first month of school holidays, with millions of […]
LONDON: British Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Friday (Jul 31) postponed a planned easing of the coronavirus lockdown in England after a rise in infections amplified fears of a second deadly surge in COVID-19 cases. Just hours after Britain imposed tougher measures on swathes of northern England, Johnson announced that […]
Facebook Inc raised its settlement offer by US$100 million to US$650 million related to a lawsuit that claimed it illegally collected and stored biometric data for millions of users without their consent, the company said on Friday. REUTERS: Facebook Inc raised its settlement offer by US$100 million to US$650 million […]
Microsoft Corp could re-energize its advertising business with a huge supply of video if it follows through on acquiring TikTok’s U.S. operations from ByteDance. OAKLAND, Calif.: Microsoft Corp could re-energize its advertising business with a huge supply of video if it follows through on acquiring TikTok’s U.S. operations from ByteDance. […]