SINGAPORE: DBS customers will not be able to use their physical tokens to access the bank’s online services from April. DBS said on Wednesday (Jan 20) that it will fully transition to digital tokens after three years of progressively replacing its physical tokens. The bank will stop issuing physical tokens […]
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NEW DELHI: India’s technology ministry has asked WhatsApp to withdraw changes to its privacy policy the messenger announced this month, saying the new terms take away choice from Indian users. The demand creates a new headache for WhatsApp and its US parent Facebook, which have placed big bets on the […]
WASHINGTON: NASA’s deep space exploration rocket built by Boeing briefly ignited all four engines of its behemoth core stage for the first time on Saturday, cutting short a crucial test to advance a years-delayed US government programme to return humans to the moon in the next few years. Mounted in […]
NEW YORK: Facebook said on Saturday (Jan 16) it will ban advertisements for weapon accessories and protective equipment in the United States with immediate effect until at least two days after US President-elect Joe Biden’s inauguration on Jan 20. Following the attack by supporters of President Donald Trump against the […]
PETALING JAYA: A woman in the United Kingdom has been penalised for driving 160km for a McDonald’s meal during the nationwide lockdown to contain Covid-19. British newspaper Evening Standard reported that the driver in her 30s was slapped with a fine of £200 (RM1,104) after she travelled from Lincolnshire to […]
DETROIT: The leader of Delta Air Lines is telling workers that he expects some recovery from the coronavirus travel downturn by the spring. CEO Ed Bastian wrote in a New Year’s Day memo to employees that he expects 2021 to start with travel deeply depressed like it was last year. […]
WASHINGTON: President Donald Trump vetoed a Bill on Friday (Jan 1) that would have gradually ended the use of large-mesh drift gillnets deployed exclusively in federal waters off the coast of California, saying such legislation would increase reliance on imported seafood and worsen a multibillion-dollar seafood trade deficit. Trump also […]
WASHINGTON: President Donald Trump’s fellow Republicans in the US Senate on Friday (Jan 1) overrode his veto for the first time in his nearly four years in office, pushing through a Bill on defense spending against his strong objections 20 days before he leaves office. Meeting in a rare New […]
ADEN: Saudi-led coalition warplanes struck targets in Yemen’s Houthi-held capital Sanaa today in retaliation for attacks in the southern port city of Aden the previous day that took place as officials in a government backed by Riyadh arrived there. The coalition accused the Houthi movement, which it has been fighting […]
WEST PALM BEACH: Unemployment benefits for millions of Americans struggling to make ends meet lapsed overnight as President Donald Trump refused to signed an end-of-year COVID-19 relief and spending Bill that had been considered a done deal before his sudden objections. The fate of the bipartisan package remained in limbo […]