Masks on as German children start new schoolyear under virus cloud

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[caption id="attachment_8810" align="alignnone" width="939"] With children in Hamburg to also return to school later this week and Berlin to follow next week, a debate is...

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Islamic State group claims deadly attack on Afghanistan prison

August 3, 2020August 3, 2020

At least 29 people have been killed in an attack on a prison in the eastern Afghan city of Jalalabad which saw more than 1,000...

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Entertainment News

Here are just some of the records Taylor Swift’s Folklore has broken

August 3, 2020August 4, 2020

Taylor Swift's surprise eighth album, Folklore, has broken several chart records in its first week on sale. [caption id="attachment_8952" align="alignnone" width="966"] Folklore is the best-reviewed...

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Conservation dilemma over saving the giant panda

August 3, 2020August 3, 2020

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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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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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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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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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...