US consumer confidence hits one-year high; house prices soar

[caption id="attachment_12533" align="alignnone" width="800"] Shoppers ride escalators at the Beverly Center mall in Los Angeles, California, on Nov 8, 2013. [/caption] WASHINGTON: US consumer confidence...

Facebook, Google unveil Asia-Pacific data cable plans

March 30, 2021

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[caption id="attachment_12530" align="alignnone" width="1000"] Google indicated yesterday it would participate in the Echo cable which would run from Eureka, California to Singapore, ‘with a stop-over...

McLaren say Ricciardo raced with damaged car on team debut

March 30, 2021

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[caption id="attachment_12527" align="alignnone" width="1000"] McLaren’s Daniel Ricciardo in action during testing at the Bahrain International Circuit in Sakhir, Bahrain, March 13, 2021. [/caption] LONDON: Daniel...

China approves radical overhaul of Hong Kong’s political system

March 30, 2021

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[caption id="attachment_12524" align="alignnone" width="1000"] Beijing’s new measures, which bypassed Hong Kong’s legislature, are the latest move aimed at quashing the city’s democracy movement after huge...

Experts to reveal details on Covid origins as leaders urge pandemic treaty

March 30, 2021

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[caption id="attachment_12521" align="alignnone" width="1000"] The report, by experts convened by the WHO, was released more than a year into the pandemic that has killed nearly...