Trump loses another election court challenge
WASHINGTON: The US state of Pennsylvania’s supreme court dismissed another legal challenge to the election by supporters of President Donald...
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Indonesia reports record daily rise in coronavirus infections
JAKARTA: Indonesia reported its record daily rise in coronavirus infections today with 6,267 cases, bringing the total to 534,266, data...
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Facebook’s AI Mistakenly Bans Ads for Struggling Businesses
Facebook’s human moderators have focused on election and Covid-19 misinformation this year, so the company has leaned more on artificial...
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New UK regulator to rein in Google, Facebook, other tech giants
Officials said online platforms bring huge benefits for businesses and society, but there is growing consensus in the UK and...
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India to allow Uber and rivals to charge 20% commission
MUMBAI: India will allow app-based taxi aggregators such as Uber Technologies and Ola to charge up to 20 per cent...
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Tesla recalls 870 cars in China over defective roofs
BEIJING: US electric car maker Tesla is recalling 870 vehicles in China over defective roofs, part of which could fall...
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China slaps 200% tax on Australia wine amid tensions
The Ministry of Commerce imposed import taxes of up to 212.1%, effective Saturday, which Australia’s trade minister said make Australian...
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Thailand signs supply deals for AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine
The doses would cover 13 million out of Thailand’s 69 million population. Thailand on Friday signed a deal to procure...
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UK to launch new watchdog next year to police tech giants
The UK government said that it’s setting up a “Digital Markets Unit”, scheduled to launch in April, will oversee a...
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Trump wants Section 230 ‘terminated’: All about the law which protects social media platforms
The law was passed in 1996 as a part of the Communications Decency Act, which encouraged the emergence of a...
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Volkswagen plans small electric car for mass market
BERLIN: Volkswagen is bringing forward the development of a small electric car for the mass market in anticipation of tougher...
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Brazil’s Sau Paulo could roll out China’s Covid-19 vaccine without approval
Sau Paulo governor Joao Doria in an interview on Thursday said Sinovac could be rolled out without approval from the...
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China weighs legal steps against ‘diehard’ supporters of Taiwan independence
BEIJING: China is considering drawing up a blacklist of “diehard” supporters of Taiwan's independence, the government said today, which may...
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Indonesian fisheries minister arrested by anti-graft agency
JAKARTA: Anti-graft officials arrested Indonesia's minister for maritime affairs and fisheries, Edhy Prabowo, early today, an agency spokesman said, without...
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Hong Kong’s Lam says restoring ‘political system from chaos’ is priority
Hong Kong Chief Executive Carrie Lam is seen on a screen as she delivers her annual policy address at the...
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Brazil has enough infection data to analyse Sinovac’s Covid-19 vaccine, say officials
SAO PAULO: Brazil has gathered enough infection data from a late-stage trial of an experimental Covid-19 vaccine developed by China's...
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Football: Liverpool’s Salah to train after negative COVID-19 test, says Klopp
LONDON: Liverpool forward Mohamed Salah, who missed Sunday's (Nov 22) 3-0 Premier League win over Leicester City after contracting COVID-19,...
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Joshua Wong says will plead guilty at Hong Kong protest trial
HONG KONG: Prominent democracy dissident Joshua Wong announced he and two other leading activists will plead guilty today at the...
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S. Korea reports 271 new Covid-19 cases as tighter curbs to take effect
SEOUL: South Korea reported another daily rise of more than 200 new coronavirus cases today, a day after it tightened...
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Biden to start naming cabinet picks tomorrow as Trump resists
WASHINGTON: US President-elect Joe Biden will name his first cabinet picks tomorrow, his chief of staff said, even as Donald...
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