ExxonMobil to cut 14,000 jobs as COVID-19 pandemic hits oil demand
NEW YORK: ExxonMobil said on Thursday (Oct 29) it could cut its global workforce by about 15 per cent, including...
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US tops 90,000 Covid-19 cases in 24 hours for first time
WASHINGTON: The United States notched a record number of new coronavirus cases yesterday, for the first time topping 90,000 diagnoses...
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White House advisers warn of ‘unrelenting’ Covid-19 spread, ‘whole lot of pain’
WASHINGTON: The White House coronavirus task force has warned that much of the country is in the grips of an...
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France, Germany head towards lockdown as virus surges in Europe
PARIS: France and Germany moved yesterday toward shutting down sectors of their economies as part of accelerating efforts worldwide to...
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Carrie Hope Fletcher on how Cinderella went ‘bad’
Over the last seven months, many of us have become used to the existential horror of Zoom calls with our...
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New York, northeast US try to hold off second virus wave
NEW YORK: New York and other parts of the northeastern United States, which have kept the coronavirus outbreak under control...
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Rugby: Barbarians cancellation made game a laughing stock, says Jones
LONDON: The cancellation of England's game against the Barbarians because of COVID protocol breaches made rugby a laughing stock and...
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Boxing: Exhibition will be real thing, say Tyson and Jones Jr
LAS VEGAS: A charity bout between former champions Mike Tyson and Roy Jones Jr next month is being billed as...
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Football: Antwerp upset Spurs to go top of Europa League group, Milan win again
ANTWERP, Belgium: Belgian league leaders Antwerp secured a shock 1-0 win over Tottenham Hotspur and AC Milan extended their unbeaten...
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Biden, Trump duel for Florida as White House touts GDP figures
TAMPA: Donald Trump and Joe Biden dueled over the crucial state of Florida yesterday, painting radically different visions of the...
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Church attack in Nice: What we know so far
NICE: A knife attacker killed three people, cutting the throat of at least one woman, inside a church in Nice...
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N. Korea blames Seoul’s ‘improper control’ for death of fisheries official
SEOUL: North Korea today placed blame for its killing last month of a South Korean fisheries official on Seoul’s “improper...
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US economy posts spectacular growth in third quarter; COVID-19 scarring to last
WASHINGTON: The US economy grew at a record pace in the third quarter as the government injected more than US$3...
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Facebook warns of tough 2021 as pandemic boosts ad revenue
NEW YORK: Facebook on Thursday (Oct 29) warned of a tougher 2021 despite beating analysts' estimates for quarterly revenue as...
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Footballer Luqman Hakim says working hard to make Malaysians proud
KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia’s young football sensation Luqman Hakim Shamsudin is continuing his hard work in Belgium in the hope of...
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Hafizh Syahrin to stay in Moto2 for 2021 season
KUALA LUMPUR: National Moto2 racer, Hafizh Syahrin Abdullah is confirmed continuing his motoring career in the World Motorcycle Grand Prix...
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Bledisloe or bust for Wallabies in Tri-Nations opener
SYDNEY: The Tri-Nations kicks off on Saturday when an inexperienced Australia host New Zealand in front of a 40,000 crowd...
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Pfizer says Covid-19 vaccine may yet be possible in 2020
Pfizer estimated a revenue hit of $500 million connected to Covid-19 due to lower pharma demand in China and fewer...
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US Elections 2020: It’s going to take lot of hard work to end Covid-19, says Joe Biden
However, campaigning in Wimington, Delaware, Biden did promise “we will start on day one doing the right things.” President Donald...
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Hurricane Zeta hits Louisiana with flooding, power outages
Roads were flooded near the coast, where forecasters said Zeta made landfall around Terrebone Bay near Cocodrie, an unincorporated fishing...
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