Football: Mission accomplished for Man United and Chelsea, Villa survive

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[caption id="attachment_7638" align="alignnone" width="983"] Bruno Fernandes's penalty put Manchester United into next season's Champions League at Leicester's expense [/caption] MANCHESTER: Manchester United and Chelsea secured...

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Healthcare News

Tropical Storm Hanna flattens COVID-hit Texas coast

July 26, 2020July 26, 2020

[caption id="attachment_7558" align="alignnone" width="967"] Traffic is halted as tow trucks surround an overturned HEB supermarket truck along US Route 77 in the aftermath of high...

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Healthcare News

Britain unveils plans to tackle ‘obesity time bomb’

July 26, 2020July 26, 2020

LONDON: Britain unveiled plans to tackle an "obesity time bomb" on Monday (Jul 27), banning TV and online adverts for junk food before 9pm, ending...

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Business News

Commentary: Who do employers choose to hire if every applicant seems qualified for the job?

July 26, 2020July 26, 2020

Amid a tide of retrenchments, hiring is all the more challenging with the deluge of applications swarming in, says the Financial Times’ Pilita Clark. [caption...

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China expands state jobs for graduates as COVID-19 hits private sector

July 26, 2020July 27, 2020

[caption id="attachment_7597" align="alignnone" width="959"] People wearing face masks worship at the Buddhist Jing-an Temple in Shanghai as it reopens following the COVID-19 outbreak in China....

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Global stocks on defensive as US-China tensions spook investors

July 26, 2020July 27, 2020

U.S. stock futures slipped and Asian shares came under pressure in early Monday trade as tit-for-tat consulate closures in China and the United States fanned...

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Business News

Bitcoin rises above US$10,000 for first time since early June

July 26, 2020July 27, 2020

[caption id="attachment_7622" align="alignnone" width="976"] FILE PHOTO: Representations of virtual currency Bitcoin are seen in this picture illustration taken taken March 13, 2020. [/caption] NEW YORK:...

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Healthcare News

Florida records 9,300 new COVID-19 cases, blows past New York

July 26, 2020July 26, 2020

[caption id="attachment_7542" align="alignnone" width="969"] Emergency Medical Technicians (EMT) leave with a patient at North Shore Medical Center where the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) patients are treated,...

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US doubles spending on potential virus vaccine to nearly US$1 billion

July 26, 2020July 26, 2020

[caption id="attachment_7539" align="alignnone" width="967"] US firm Moderna is developing a COVID-19 vaccine. [/caption] WASHINGTON: The United States has doubled its investment - to nearly US$1...

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Business News

Commentary: What China’s economy needs most is a good old big investment drive

July 26, 2020July 27, 2020

China should be firm in adopting an expansionary fiscal policy aimed at accelerating economic growth, says Yu Yongding. [caption id="attachment_7617" align="alignnone" width="976"] The Chinese national...