HONG KONG: Hong Kong Commerce Secretary Edward Yau told CNBC on Monday (Aug 17) that rising US-China tensions are ‘unhelpful’ and that he will take up with the US government the matter of Hong Kong goods for export to the United States to be labelled made in China. Goods made […]
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JOHANNESBURG: US drug developer Novavax said on Monday (Aug 17) that it is starting a mid-stage study of its experimental COVID-19 vaccine in South Africa, as the country experiences a surge in coronavirus cases. The Phase 2b trial study of NVX-CoV2373 will be conducted on about 2,665 healthy adults and […]
Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden scripted history last week when he selected 55-year-old Kamala Harris, also an African-American, as his running mate in the presidential election on November 3. Washington: Indian-origin Senator Kamala Harris’ vice presidential bid as a Democratic Party candidate is a historic moment for immigrants in the […]
Vivo Y20 is expected to come with Android 10, 4GB of RAM and a 1.8GHz Qualcomm processor. Here’s what we know about the Vivo Y19 successor. Vivo is working on a new budget smartphone. Ahead of an official release, it has been spotted on Indonesian certification website. Dubbed as Vivo […]
MINSK: Belarusian opposition politician Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya said today she was ready to lead Belarus and called for the creation of a legal mechanism to ensure that a new fair presidential election could be held. Speaking in a video address from Lithuania, she also urged security and law enforcement officers to […]
Sabrina Singh, 32, previously headed the press shop of two Democratic presidential candidates — New Jersey Senator Cory Booker and former New York mayor Mike Bloomberg. Washington: Senator Kamala Harris has roped in Indian-American Sabrina Singh, who previously was the spokeswoman of two Democratic presidential candidates, as press secretary for […]
LONDON: English Premier League club Newcastle United has held talks with the Bellagraph Nova Group (BNG) group over a possible takeover bid, the Singapore-backed company said in a statement. BNG, co-founded by Singapore-based investors Evangeline Shen, Nelson Loh and Terence Loh, and headquartered in Paris, said that negotiations were at […]
PITTSBURGH: Pittsburgh Mayor Bill Peduto said he had “serious concerns” over the tactics used in the arrest of a 25-year-old protester on Saturday, after the detention led a crowd of demonstrators showing up at the mayor’s home yesterday. Matthew Cartier, 25, was arrested on Saturday at a Black Lives Matter […]
SEOUL: South Korea warned today of tighter novel coronavirus restrictions as new outbreaks appeared, including one linked to a church where more than 300 members of the congregation have been infected but hundreds more are reluctant to get tested. The outbreak linked to the Sarang Jeil Church in Seoul is […]
Community health volunteers check the temperature of a baby during a check up campaign for Covid-19 at a slum in Mumbai, India August 16, 2020. NEW DELHI: India’s death toll from the coronavirus hit 50,000 today, with more than 900 new fatalities reported in 24 hours, health ministry data showed. […]