Going virtual: COVID-19 pushes tourism players, visitors to adapt to a new reality

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Tourism has been one of the sectors worst hit by the COVID-19 pandemic. With closed borders and restrictions, many tourist attractions have seen a steep...

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Global warming driving California wildfire trends – study

September 24, 2020September 25, 2020

Climate change is driving the scale and impact of recent wildfires that have raged in California, say scientists. [caption id="attachment_11158" align="alignnone" width="660"] Firefighting resources have...

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Facebook suspends fake Russian accounts, warns of US election hack-and-leak threat

September 24, 2020September 25, 2020

[caption id="attachment_11152" align="alignnone" width="818"] The Facebook logo is displayed on a mobile phone in this picture illustration taken Dec 2, 2019. [/caption] LONDON: Facebook said...

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McConnell, other Republicans split with Trump on peaceful transfer of power

September 24, 2020September 24, 2020

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) speaks to the media after the Republican policy luncheon on Capitol Hill in Washington, US, September 22, 2020. ...

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Trump launches fresh attack on McCain after widow endorses Biden

September 24, 2020September 25, 2020

[caption id="attachment_11111" align="alignnone" width="1013"] US President Donald Trump has repeatedly attacked late Senator John McCain, whose widow Cindy has endorsed Joe Biden in the 2020...

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Climate change: China aims for ‘carbon neutrality by 2060’

September 24, 2020September 25, 2020

China will aim to hit peak emissions before 2030 and for carbon neutrality by 2060, President Xi Jinping has announced. [caption id="attachment_11163" align="alignnone" width="660"] China's...

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HK activist Joshua Wong arrested again, vows to fight on

September 24, 2020September 25, 2020

[caption id="attachment_11117" align="alignnone" width="1000"] Pro-democracy activist Joshua Wong poses for a photo after leaving Central police station in Hong Kong on September 24, 2020, after...

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Nobel winners to get US$110,000 raise as prize money increased

September 24, 2020September 24, 2020

[caption id="attachment_11102" align="alignnone" width="1000"] A bronze bust of Alfred Nobel is pictured before the Nobel Prize ceremony at Stockholm Concert Hall, in Stockholm, Sweden December...

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Thailand takes first legal action against Facebook, Twitter over content

September 24, 2020September 25, 2020

[caption id="attachment_11114" align="alignnone" width="1000"] Thailand's Minister of Digital Economy and Society Puttipong Punnakanta talks to journalists during a news conference in his office in Bangkok,...

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China bans two Australian ‘anti-China’ scholars, reports Global Times

September 24, 2020September 24, 2020

[caption id="attachment_11099" align="alignnone" width="800"] Australian scholar Clive Hamilton [/caption] BEIJING: China has barred entry to two “anti-China” Australian scholars, the Global Times newspaper said today,...