Asia shares jump as China blue chips scale 5-year peak

[caption id="attachment_4326" align="alignnone" width="923"] FILE PHOTO: A man wearing protective face mask, following an outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), walks in front of a...

Asia’s equity valuations hit 10.5-year high in June

July 6, 2020July 6, 2020

Business News

[caption id="attachment_4322" align="alignnone" width="944"] FILE PHOTO: A pedestrian wearing a face mask rides an escalator near an overpass with an electronic board showing stock information,...

Scientists say coronavirus is airborne, ask WHO to revise recommendations

July 6, 2020July 6, 2020

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[caption id="attachment_4191" align="alignnone" width="923"] FILE PHOTO: An illustration, created at the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), depicts the 2019 coronavirus. [/caption] NEW...

Late South Korean triathlete’s team-mates detail abuse allegations

July 6, 2020July 6, 2020

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[caption id="attachment_4273" align="alignnone" width="923"] In a photo taken on Oct 28, 2019, pedestrians cross a road before a South Korean national flag displayed on a...

Tennis: Djokovic’s event taught us to be cautious, says French Open director

July 6, 2020July 6, 2020

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[caption id="attachment_4270" align="alignnone" width="911"] French Open director Guy Forget during a press conference in Paris, France, Nov 3, 2017. [/caption] MUMBAI: French Open organisers are...

Robotic scientists will ‘speed up discovery’

July 6, 2020July 6, 2020

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Scientists at the University of Liverpool have unveiled a robotic colleague that has been working non-stop in their lab throughout lockdown. The £100,000 programmable researcher...

Louvre museum reopens after 16-week virus shutdown

July 6, 2020July 6, 2020

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Crowds thronging the "Mona Lisa" for a selfie will be a thing of the past. PARIS: The Louvre, the world's most visited museum, reopens...

COVID-19: India becomes world’s third worst-hit country

July 5, 2020July 6, 2020

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NEW DELHI: India has overtaken Russia with the world's third-highest number of novel coronavirus cases, at nearly 700,000, according to the latest data, as the...

South Korea court rejects US extradition request for child porn network operator

July 5, 2020July 6, 2020

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[caption id="attachment_4238" align="alignnone" width="947"] A general view shows the city skyline of Seoul, capital of South Korea [/caption] SEOUL: A South Korean court on Monday...

Australia to close internal border after Victoria COVID-19 outbreak

July 5, 2020July 6, 2020

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[caption id="attachment_4194" align="alignnone" width="912"] A woman wearing a face mask crosses the street in Melbourne on Mar 5, 2020. [/caption] MELBOURNE: Australia will effectively seal...