China’s Sinopharm to test potential COVID-19 vaccine in Brazil

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[caption id="attachment_8091" align="alignnone" width="975"] File photo of the COVID-19 outbreak in Brazil. [/caption] RIO DE JANEIRO: Chinese drug company Sinopharm and Parana state have agreed...

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Facebook, Google absorb US lawmakers’ jabs in rare Big Tech hearing

July 29, 2020July 30, 2020

[caption id="attachment_8081" align="alignnone" width="960"] Hearing of the House Judiciary Subcommittee on Antitrust, Commercial and Administrative Law on "Online Platforms and Market Power", on Capitol Hill...

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Healthcare News

Argentina starts trials on hyperimmune equine serum to treat COVID-19

July 29, 2020July 30, 2020

[caption id="attachment_8078" align="alignnone" width="959"] Argentina has started clinical trials on treating COVID-19 using hyperimmune serum developed with antibodies from horses. [/caption] BUENOS AIRES: Argentina has...

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Business News

Samsung Electronics Q2 operating profit up 23% on strong chip sales

July 29, 2020July 30, 2020

[caption id="attachment_8153" align="alignnone" width="982"] FILE PHOTO: A woman wearing a protective face mask uses her mobile phone as she walks past a Samsung brand store...

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News Sports

Football: Brighton sign Ajax defender Veltman

July 29, 2020July 30, 2020

[caption id="attachment_8186" align="alignnone" width="962"] Ajax's Dutch defender Joel Veltman has joined Brighton [/caption] LONDON: Brighton signed Netherlands defender Joel Veltman from Ajax for an undisclosed...

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News Sports

Ibrahimovic double, Donnarumma saves penalty in Milan win

July 29, 2020July 30, 2020

[caption id="attachment_8183" align="alignnone" width="969"] FILE PHOTO: Soccer Football - Serie A - AC Milan v Atalanta - San Siro, Milan, Italy - July 24, 2020...

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Business News

German ministers in hot seat over Wirecard collapse

July 29, 2020July 30, 2020

[caption id="attachment_8122" align="alignnone" width="957"] Finance Minister and Vice-Chancellor Olaf Scholz and German Econ were attending a meeting of the German parliamentary finance committee [/caption] FRANKFURT...

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NASA poised to launch new rover to seek evidence of past Martian life

July 29, 2020July 30, 2020

[caption id="attachment_8126" align="alignnone" width="957"] A replica of the Mars 2020 Perseverance Rover is shown during a press conference ahead of the launch of a United...

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Florida reports record increase in COVID-19 deaths for second day in a row

July 29, 2020July 30, 2020

[caption id="attachment_8063" align="alignnone" width="967"] FILE PHOTO: Emergency Medical Technicians (EMT) arrive with a correctional patient at North Shore Medical Center where the coronavirus disease (COVID-19)...

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US warns of ‘consequences’ if Brazil picks Huawei 5G

July 29, 2020July 30, 2020

[caption id="attachment_8095" align="alignnone" width="971"] The United States has been actively lobbying countries worldwide to boycott Huawei [/caption] SAO PAULO: The US ambassador in Brasilia warned...