IBM will pay US$24.25 million to resolve FCC probes
WASHINGTON: IBM has agreed to pay US$24.25 million to resolve a pair of investigations by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC)...
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China launches probe into Alibaba for suspected monopolistic behaviour
BEIJING: China has launched an investigation into Alibaba Group for suspected monopolistic behaviour and will summon its Ant Group to...
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Defying Congress, Trump vetoes defence Bill, threatens government shutdown
WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump vetoed a bipartisan defence policy Bill on Wednesday (Dec 24) and raised the prospect that...
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1 million Americans vaccinated against Covid-19: Official
In a call with reporters, Moncef Slaoui, chief advisor of the government’s Operation Warp Speed, said that the objective of...
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Donald Trump vetoes sweeping US defence bill
The bipartisan bill was passed by high enough margins in both chambers of Congress for lawmakers to -- in theory...
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‘Good riddance,’ China says as Germany leaves UN Security Council
Germany finishes a two-year term on the 15-member council at the end of this month and Ambassador Christoph Heusgen plans...
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Trump warns Iran over rocket strike on embassy in Iraq
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo had already pointed the finger at Tehran, while the US military command that covers the...
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Britain, Swiss firm Roche say Covid-19 tests can detect mutant virus
Public Health England said that rapid lateral flow tests being deployed in the country’s mass-testing programme can identify the variant....
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Singapore detects one case of more contagious Covid-19 strain
The presence of a more contagious Covid-19 strain could pose a challenge to Singapore, which has been lauded for its...
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Donald Trump vetoes defence bill that also slams Chinese aggression along India’s border
The US president’s position sets up a confrontation with US congress that he is set to lose. The bill was...
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Families of Italian Covid-19 victims seek $122 million from government
The civil lawsuit, which the plaintiffs presented to a Rome court, is against Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte, Health Minister Roberto...
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Donald Trump pardons a relative and more Russia probe convicts
The US President pardoned aides Paul Manafort and Roger Stone. For the first time, he extended the pardon powers of...
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Moderna anticipates its Covid-19 vaccine to safeguard against new mutated virus
Based on the data to date, Moderna expects that the vaccine-induced immunity from the Moderna Covid-19 vaccine would be protective...
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Dubai prepares to offer free Pfizer-BioNTech coronavirus vaccine shots
Dubai, the Middle East’s business hub, locked down the city for about a month earlier this year to halt the...
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Joe Biden calls cyber attack grave risk to national security
This cannot be let go unanswered, Biden said, adding that means making clear and publicly who was responsible for the...
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Germany plans nearly 180 billion euros in new debt for 2021
Germany’s parliamentary budget committee of lawmakers agreed after 17 hours of talks, saying it is the second largest amount of...
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China gives explanation for pummeling Australia on trade
In a sign some senior members of Prime Minister Scott Morrison’s government want to find a circuit-breaker to ease the...
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Twitter launches disappearing tweets called Fleets that vanish in a day
Twitter tested the ‘Fleets’ feature in Brazil, Italy, India, and South Korea, before rolling it out globally. Twitter is launching...
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US government announces troop withdrawal from Afghanistan, Iraq
By January 15, five days before the inauguration of Joe Biden as the 46th president of the US, the number...
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US approves first self-testing kit for detecting Covid-19
The Food and Drug Administration issued an emergency use authorization to Lucira Health Inc.’s rapid-result All-In-One Test Kit, according to...
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