FILE PHOTO: AirAsia planes are seen parked at Kuala Lumpur International Airport 2, during the movement control order due to the outbreak of COVID-19, in Sepang, Malaysia on Apr 14, 2020. KUALA LUMPUR: AirAsia is gearing up for the resumption of flights between Malaysia and Singapore, including the Kuala […]
Month: August 2020
NEW YORK: Alphabet Inc borrowed US$10 billion in the investment-grade corporate debt market on Monday (Aug 3), the Google parent’s largest bond issue, which it secured at its lowest-ever cost of financing. Of the US$10 billion on offer, the US$1 billion five-year tranche was issued at a coupon of 0.45 […]
SEOUL: Samsung Electronics on Tuesday (Aug 4) denied a media report that it is considering buying a small stake in SoftBank Group’s chip company Arm Holdings. The Korea Times newspaper reported Samsung’s interest in buying a minority stake of between 3 per cent and 5 per cent in the British […]
INDIANAPOLIS: Eli Lilly and Co said on Monday (Aug 3) it started a late-stage trial testing whether one of its experimental COVID-19 antibody treatments can prevent the spread of infections in residents and staff at US nursing homes. The Indianapolis-based drugmaker said it dosed the first participant in the placebo-controlled […]
Tens of millions of people in the Philippines are back in lockdown, after doctors warned a surge in new coronavirus cases could push the healthcare system to collapse. Stay-at-home orders are now in place in Manila and four surrounding provinces on the island of Luzon for two weeks. The country […]
WASHINGTON: As the world awaits a COVID-19 vaccine, the next big advance in battling the pandemic could come from a class of biotech therapies widely used against cancer and other disorders: antibodies designed specifically to attack this new virus. Development of monoclonal antibodies to target the virus has been endorsed […]
SYDNEY: Australia’s second-most populous state Victoria said on Tuesday (Aug 4) military personnel will be deployed to enforce COVID-19 isolation orders, with anyone caught in breach of those rules facing tough new fines. Five hundred military personnel will be deployed to the state to bolster enforcement of self-isolation orders, with […]
The vehicle spewed burning carbon from its exhaust system, igniting several fires Friday on Oak Glen Road in Cherry Valley, and authorities were asking anyone who may have seen such a vehicle at the time to contact investigators, according to a statement from the California Department of Forestry and Fire […]
The Catholic leader of the moderate Social Democratic and Labour Party, Hume was seen as the principal architect of Northern Ireland’s 1998 peace agreement. John Hume, the visionary politician who won a Nobel Peace Prize for fashioning the agreement that ended violence in his native Northern Ireland, has died at […]
“In light of the latest developments, France will not proceed as it stands with the ratification of the extradition agreement signed on May 4, 2017 between France and the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region,” the French foreign ministry said in a statement. France on Monday said it was halting ratification […]