BERLIN: Volkswagen is bringing forward the development of a small electric car for the mass market in anticipation of tougher climate regulations, according to plans seen by Reuters, as it seeks to boost sales in a new green era. Under the project dubbed “Small BEV (Battery Electric Vehicle)”, engineers are […]
Month: November 2020
Sau Paulo governor Joao Doria in an interview on Thursday said Sinovac could be rolled out without approval from the national health regulator, in comments described by health experts as ‘empty threat.’ Sao Paulo could roll out a COVID-19 vaccine developed by China’s Sinovac without approval from the national health […]
BEIJING: China is considering drawing up a blacklist of “diehard” supporters of Taiwan’s independence, the government said today, which may see Beijing try to take legal steps against democratically-elected President Tsai Ing-wen. Taiwan condemned the plan after the pro-Beijing Hong Kong-based newspaper Ta Kung Pao first reported on it this […]
JAKARTA: Anti-graft officials arrested Indonesia’s minister for maritime affairs and fisheries, Edhy Prabowo, early today, an agency spokesman said, without giving a reason for the detention. The minister was among several people held and could be detained and questioned for up to 24 hours, added Ali Fikri of the Corruption […]
Hong Kong Chief Executive Carrie Lam is seen on a screen as she delivers her annual policy address at the Legislative Council in Hong Kong November 25, 2020. HONG KONG: Hong Kong Chief Executive Carrie Lam said today the government’s urgent priority was to restore the Chinese-ruled city’s constitutional […]
SAO PAULO: Brazil has gathered enough infection data from a late-stage trial of an experimental Covid-19 vaccine developed by China’s Sinovac Biotech and expects to have interim results on its efficiency in early December, trial organisers said yesterday. Dimas Covas, director of Butantan biomedical research institute that is running the […]
LONDON: Liverpool forward Mohamed Salah, who missed Sunday’s (Nov 22) 3-0 Premier League win over Leicester City after contracting COVID-19, has now tested negative and can return to training, manager Jurgen Klopp has said. Salah tested positive for the coronavirus while on international duty with Egypt last week. “That’s what […]
HONG KONG: Prominent democracy dissident Joshua Wong announced he and two other leading activists will plead guilty today at the opening of a trial over their involvement in last year’s protests, adding he expects to be jailed. Hong Kong was convulsed by seven straight months of huge and often violent […]
SEOUL: South Korea reported another daily rise of more than 200 new coronavirus cases today, a day after it tightened social distancing rules as it battles a third wave of infection. The daily tally of 271 new cases fell from 330 reported yesterday after hovering above 300 for five straight […]
WASHINGTON: US President-elect Joe Biden will name his first cabinet picks tomorrow, his chief of staff said, even as Donald Trump continues to evoke unsubstantiated fraud despite growing dissent from within his own party. Biden has continued his preparations to assume the presidency on January 20 regardless of Trump’s moves […]