At least 29 people have been killed in an attack on a prison in the eastern Afghan city of Jalalabad which saw more than 1,000 inmates try to flee. The attack, claimed by the Islamic State group (IS), began on Sunday evening when car bombs were detonated at the […]
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Taylor Swift’s surprise eighth album, Folklore, has broken several chart records in its first week on sale. The record was written and recorded during the coronavirus lockdown, and swerves away from the pop sound that’s dominated her last three albums. On Spotify, it achieved 80.6m streams in a single day, […]
Saving the giant panda is one of the big success stories of conservation. Decades of efforts to create protected habitat for the iconic bear has pulled it back from the brink of extinction. But, according to a new study, while many other animals in the same landscape have benefited from […]
MOSCOW: Russia said on Monday (Aug 3) it aims to launch mass production of a coronavirus vaccine next month and turn out “several million” doses per month by next year. The country is pushing ahead with several vaccine prototypes and one trialled by the Gamaleya institute in Moscow has reached […]
A potential shotgun wedding to Microsoft Corp for TikTok’s U.S. operations provoked an outcry on Chinese social media as well as criticism from a prominent Chinese investor in TikTok owner ByteDance. BEIJING/HONG KONG: A potential shotgun wedding to Microsoft Corp for TikTok’s U.S. operations provoked an outcry on Monday on […]
Alphabet Inc’s Google is buying a 6.6per cent stake in home security firm ADT Inc for US$450 million in a deal that will allow it to provide service to customers of its Nest home security devices. REUTERS: Alphabet Inc’s Google is buying a 6.6per cent stake in home security firm […]
Wall Street’s main indexes opened higher on Monday as Microsoft’s pursuit of TikTok’s U.S. operations and a clutch of upbeat quarterly earnings reports lifted sentiment in the absence of a fiscal coronavirus relief deal. REUTERS: Wall Street’s main indexes opened higher on Monday as Microsoft’s pursuit of TikTok’s U.S. operations […]
Luxury carmaker Ferrari trimmed its full-year earnings forecast on Monday after second-quarter income plunged due to supply chain and production disruptions during the coronavirus pandemic. MILAN: Luxury carmaker Ferrari trimmed its full-year earnings forecast on Monday after second-quarter income plunged due to supply chain and production disruptions during the coronavirus […]
SINGAPORE: The National Wages Council (NWC) will meet a second time this year to update the tripartite position on wages, as the COVID-19 pandemic continues to impact the labour market. Manpower Minister Josephine Teo announced this on Monday (Aug 3), after a meeting with National Trades Union Congress (NTUC) secretary-general […]
SINGAPORE: Singapore’s factory activity expanded slightly in July after five months of contractions. The Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI) for July came in at 50.2, up 2.2 points from the previous month, according to data released by the Singapore Institute of Purchasing and Materials Management (SIPMM) on Monday (Aug 3). A […]