MOSCOW: Russia, the world’s fourth hardest-hit country in terms of coronavirus infections, on Monday (Jul 20) reported fewer than 6,000 new cases for the first time since the end of April. Health authorities also said 85 people died over the past 24 hours – the lowest daily fatality figure since […]
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HERAT, Afghanistan: In the eastern Afghan city of Herat, 18-year-old high school student Somaya Faruqi adjusts a suction cap as she puts the finishing touches before unveiling a low-cost, lightweight ventilator created by her and six other young women. The all-female Afghan Robotics Team, which has won international awards for […]
PARIS: French authorities have reported 400 to 500 active coronavirus outbreak clusters but there are no signs of an imminent “second wave”, Health Minister Olivier Veran said Monday (Jul 20). Many of the current virus clusters involve abattoirs or other contained professional settings such as old age homes, he said. […]
LONDON: Britain has signed deals to secure 90 million doses of two possible COVID-19 vaccines from the Pfizer and BioNTech alliance and French group Valneva, the business ministry said on Monday (Jul 20). Britain had secured 30 million doses of the experimental BioNTech and Pfizer vaccine, and a deal in […]
TOKYO: A Human Rights Watch report has found child athletes in Japan often suffer physical and verbal abuse and sometimes sexual abuse when training for sport after documenting the experiences of over 800 athletes in 50 sports. The 67-page report released on Monday (Jul 20) titled I Was Hit So […]
SINGAPORE: Mr Yeoh Oon Jin, executive chairman of PwC Singapore, will succeed Mr Lim Sim Seng as board chairman of the Singapore Land Authority (SLA). Together with Mr Yeoh, the Ministry of Law also appointed as SLA’s deputy chairman, Mr Loh Lik Peng, founder and owner of hospitality group Unlisted […]
KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia is losing up to 25 per cent of its potential palm oil yield due to a labour shortage that is expected to worsen in the coming months, the Malaysian Palm Oil Association (MPOA) said on Monday (Jul 20). The group, which represents plantation firms, said the government’s […]
SINGAPORE: Japanese home-goods chain Muji said that its business in Singapore and Malaysia “will be as usual” despite the United States arm filing for bankruptcy protection. A spokeswoman for Muji Singapore said that while the US business suffered “continuous losses” due to factors such as high rents that were a […]
KUALA LUMPUR: Senior executives of Goldman Sachs have flown in to Malaysia for talks with the government on the recovery of 1Malaysia Development Berhad (1MDB) assets, Malaysia’s finance minister said on Monday (Jul 20). Finance Minister Zafrul Abdul Aziz said in a statement that executives from the US investment bank […]
MILAN: Huawei Technologies will continue working with Telecom Italia despite being shut out of a recent tender to supply new generation 5G technology, the chairman of the group’s Italian unit told a newspaper on Monday (Jul 20). Luigi De Vecchis said the decision to exclude Huawei from supplying new generation […]