LONDON: After Britain ordered the phased removal of Huawei from its 5G network, attention has now switched to China’s role in other areas of the UK, particularly its involvement in key nuclear power projects. Diplomatic relations between the two countries are already fraught as a result of Beijing’s introduction of […]
Year: 2020
REUTERS: Delta Air Lines on Friday (Aug 21) said it plans to resume 50 flights on the international route this winter and in 2021 that were suspended due to the COVID-19 pandemic. “While significant hurdles remain in the global fight against the pandemic, we are ready to connect customers to […]
REUTERS: Apple Inc on Friday asked a federal judge in California to deny a request by Fortnite maker Epic Games to be kept in the iPhone maker’s App Store as a dispute between the two over Apple’s in-app payment rules plays out. In a filing before US District Judge Yvonne […]
TOKYO: Singapore’s Wuthelam Group will take majority control of Nippon Paint Holdings, spending1.19 trillion yen (S$15.6 billion) to raise its stake to just under 60 per cent from 39 per cent now, the Japanese company said in a statement on Friday (Aug 21). Wuthelam will become a majority shareholder through […]
SINGAPORE: Singapore Airlines (SIA) and Changi Airport Group (CAG) have welcomed the Government’s decision on Friday (Aug 21) to ease restrictions on inbound travel from Brunei and New Zealand. From Sep 1, some travellers coming to Singapore from those two countries will not be required to serve a stay-home notice […]
SEOUL: South Korea warned today of tighter novel coronavirus restrictions as new outbreaks appeared, including one linked to a church where more than 300 members of the congregation have been infected but hundreds more are reluctant to get tested. The outbreak linked to the Sarang Jeil Church in Seoul is […]
STOCKHOLM: Sweden said today it had temporarily withdrawn all its diplomats from North Korea, where its embassy also represents the interests of the United States and several other nations, partly due to issues linked to the coronavirus pandemic. Most other Western nations which have diplomatic relations with Pyongyang, including Germany, […]
BRASILIA: Brazil’s health regulator Anvisa today said it had approved stage 3 clinical trials for a potential Covid-19 vaccine developed by Johnson & Johnson’s pharmaceutical subsidiary Janssen. Brazil is the second-worst hit country for coronavirus cases and deaths after the United States, leading many companies to seek out clinical trials […]
MANILA: Coronavirus cases in Asia-Pacific countries are now being driven by people under the age of 50 who may not know they are infected, the World Health Organisation said today, warning of a “new phase” in the pandemic. Many have mild or no Covid-19 symptoms and risk infecting the elderly […]
Prime Minister Scott Morrison said Australia had reached a deal with Swedish-British pharmaceutical company AstraZeneca to receive the Covid-19 vaccine it is developing with Oxford University. Australia has secured access to a “promising” coronavirus vaccine, the prime minister announced Tuesday, saying the country would manufacture it and offer free doses […]