Conservation dilemma over saving the giant panda

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Saving the giant panda is one of the big success stories of conservation. [caption id="attachment_8786" align="alignnone" width="973"] Decades of conservation efforts have led to a...

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Healthcare News

Russia aims to produce ‘millions’ of COVID-19 vaccine doses by 2021

August 3, 2020August 3, 2020

[caption id="attachment_8757" align="alignnone" width="967"] FILE PHOTO: A woman holds a small bottle labeled with a "Vaccine COVID-19" sticker and a medical syringe. [/caption] MOSCOW: Russia...

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Business News

Microsoft talks to buy TikTok’s US operations spark ire in China

August 3, 2020August 3, 2020

A potential shotgun wedding to Microsoft Corp for TikTok's U.S. operations provoked an outcry on Chinese social media as well as criticism from a prominent...

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Business News

Google to buy 6.6per cent stake in ADT in home security push

August 3, 2020August 3, 2020

Alphabet Inc's Google is buying a 6.6per cent stake in home security firm ADT Inc for US$450 million in a deal that will allow it...

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Business News

Earnings, Microsoft boost Wall St. as investors await stimulus

August 3, 2020August 3, 2020

Wall Street's main indexes opened higher on Monday as Microsoft's pursuit of TikTok's U.S. operations and a clutch of upbeat quarterly earnings reports lifted sentiment...

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Business News

Ferrari trims full-year outlook after earnings skid in second quarter

August 3, 2020August 3, 2020

Luxury carmaker Ferrari trimmed its full-year earnings forecast on Monday after second-quarter income plunged due to supply chain and production disruptions during the coronavirus pandemic....

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Business News

National Wages Council to reconvene to update guidelines as COVID-19 hits labour market

August 3, 2020August 3, 2020

[caption id="attachment_8677" align="alignnone" width="982"] From left to right: SNEF president Robert Yap, Manpower Minister Josephine Teo and NTUC secretary-general Ng Chee Meng. [/caption] SINGAPORE: The...

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Business News

Singapore factory activity expands slightly in July after 5 months of contraction

August 3, 2020August 3, 2020

[caption id="attachment_8674" align="alignnone" width="978"] File photo of an employee making a final inspection on panels during a tour of an REC solar panel manufacturing plant...

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Breaking News Healthcare News

There may never be a ‘silver bullet’ for COVID-19, WHO warns

August 3, 2020August 3, 2020

[caption id="attachment_8751" align="alignnone" width="962"] File illustration of a woman holding a small bottle labelled Vaccine COVID-19 and a medical syringe. [/caption] GENEVA: The World Health...

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News Sports

Start of Tour de France in Denmark moved to 2022

August 3, 2020August 3, 2020

Denmark's staging of the Tour de France's start, known as the 'Grand Depart', has been pushed back a year to 2022, Danish organisers said in...