REUTERS: Johnson & Johnson said on Monday (Oct 12) it has temporarily paused its COVID-19 vaccine candidate clinical trials due to an unexplained illness in a study participant. The participant’s illness is being reviewed and evaluated by an independent data and safety monitoring board, as well as the company’s clinical […]
Month: October 2020
Every now and then, Dr Mathieu Bourgarel seeks permission from the village elders to visit the sacred caves, bringing a gift to appease the spirits. Donning mask, overalls, and three layers of gloves, he descends into the darkness, climbing down rope ladders and squeezing through the narrow chambers of caves. […]
Singer Tom Parker said his doctors described the tumour as a “worst-case scenario” and informed him that it was terminal. Singer Tom Parker, best known for being the lead vocalist of the British-Irish boy band The Wanted, on Monday revealed that he has been diagnosed with a grade four glioblastoma […]
MUMBAI: A grid failure caused a widespread power outage in India’s financial capital Mumbai and surrounding areas today, authorities said, a rare occurrence that disrupted train services in the city of 20 million. “Power cut across the Mumbai Metropolitan Region due to grid failure,” the Brihanmumbai Electric Supply and Transport […]
SYDNEY: The premier of Australia’s most populous state told a corruption inquiry today that she had had a secret “close personal relationship” with a politician under investigation for monetising his position through business dealings with China. New South Wales (NSW) Premier Gladys Berejiklian revealed the relationship to the NSW Independent […]
SEOUL: Hyundai Motor is set to triple the number of recalled Kona electric cars over battery cell fire risks with plans to recall around 51,000 vehicles in North America, Europe, China and other markets, Yonhap news agency reported on Sunday (Oct 11). The recalls would come after the South Korean […]
KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia’s industrial production index in August rose 0.3 per cent from a year earlier, the second straight month of positive growth although at a slower pace compared to July, government data showed on Monday (Oct 12). The index measures factory output from the manufacturing, mining and electricity generation […]
Netflix India released a video where Álvaro Morte (The Professor) is trying to convince Nawazuddin Siddiqui (Ayyan Mani) to join his gang. Money Heist’s The Professor is probably the best negotiator we’ve seen on screen in recent times. A master of manipulation, he managed to outwit every cop coming his […]
SHANGHAI: China’s Qingdao city said today it will conduct Covid-19 tests for the entire population of more than 9 million people over five days after new cases appeared linked to a hospital treating imported infections. The city reported six new Covid-19 cases and six asymptomatic cases as of late yesterday. […]
MONTREAL: One of the two Canadians that Ottawa says are held arbitrarily in China was “relieved” to get outside news via a virtual diplomatic visit and remains determined to come home, his wife said yesterday. Canada announced Saturday its first contact since January with Michael Kovrig and Michael Spavor, who […]