RIO DE JANEIRO: Brazil topped four million Covid-19 cases yesterday as health ministry officials said infections were beginning to slow in the world’s second worst-hit country. Since the first case came to light on February 26, the South American colossus has registered more than 4.04 million infections and over 124,600 […]
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TOKYO: Japan’s Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga is now the most preferred candidate among the public to become the next prime minister, surging in popularity after he entered his party’s leadership race, an Asahi Shimbun survey showed today. The survey highlights the growing momentum for Suga, the government’s chief spokesman, […]
TOKYO: Amazon Japan has submitted a plan to the country’s fair trade regulator on how it will improve practices suspected of violating anti-trust rules, the Asahi Shimbun reported on Friday (Sep 4). The unit of Amazon.com was raided by the Japan Fair Trade Commission in 2018 on suspicion of demanding […]
Four Republican state attorneys general led by Texas backed President Donald Trump’s push to narrow the ability of social media companies to remove objectionable content and require new transparency rules. WASHINGTON: Four Republican state attorneys general led by Texas backed President Donald Trump’s push to narrow the ability of social […]
NEW YORK: Match Group Inc said on Thursday (Sep 3) the US Department of Justice has closed its investigation relating to a lawsuit filed by the Federal Trade Commission on the dating apps owner’s business practices. The DOJ has also released the owner of Tinder and OkCupid dating apps from […]
MELBOURNE: An Australian state reported a record 59 deaths today, the highest ever daily total for the country, including previously unrecorded fatalities in aged care homes over the past several weeks. The increase fatalities in Victoria state pushed the country’s death toll to 737 as the national cabinet — made […]
WASHINGTON: The Justice Department, which has been conducting an antitrust investigation of Alphabet Inc’s Google, plans to bring a lawsuit against Google as soon as this month, according to two sources familiar with the probe, who said the focus remains on search and advertising. Deputy Attorney General Jeff Rosen told […]
FILE PHOTO: A Star Ferry boat crosses Victoria Harbour in front of a skyline of buildings during sunset. Hong Kong, China June 29, 2020. HONG KONG: Financial firms in Hong Kong are scrambling to fortify their compliance operations following US sanctions and China’s new national security law, even as […]
NEW YORK: Unprecedented quantities of vaccines could be produced by 28 manufacturers in 10 countries over the next two years to tackle the Covid-19 pandemic, the UN children’s agency Unicef said yesterday, as it announced it would help lead efforts to procure and distribute them. Unicef’s role is part of […]
LONDON: Big oil producers are pinning their future growth on the world’s insatiable appetite for plastic, researchers said on Friday (Sep 4), in a “bet” on society’s failure to tackle disposable consumption that risks stranding billions of dollars in petrochemical investments. The industry has faced increasingly urgent questions in recent […]