Telework in metaverse precursors already a reality
SAN FRANCISCO: Depending on his mood, Jeff Weiser settles down to work in a Parisian cafe, a mysterious cave or...
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Hong Kong reports 1,347 COVID-19 cases as healthcare system overwhelmed
HONG KONG: Hong Kong reported 1,347 new daily COVID-19 infections on Sunday (Feb 13), down from the previous day's record,...
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Takeaway.com CEO: US delisting does not indicate plan to sell Grubhub
AMSTERDAM : Just Eat Takeaway.com CEO Jitse Groen said on Sunday the company's decision to de-list its shares from the...
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US envoy to UN cancels Liberia trip to focus on Russia
UNITED NATIONS: US Ambassador to the United Nations, Linda Thomas-Greenfield, cancelled a planned visit to Liberia this week to focus...
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Favouring continuity, Germany reelects Frank-Walter Steinmeier as president
FRANKFURT: Frank-Walter Steinmeier was elected to a second term as Germany's president on Sunday (Feb 13) after a special...
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Ligue 1: Defending champ Lille snaps 2-game losing streak, Lyon win
Back from the African Cup of Nations, Cameroon striker Karl Toko Ekambi helped Lyon beat third-placed Nice 2-0. Defending champion...
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Winter Olympics: Arif Khan finishes 45th in giant slalom
The 31-year-old from Baramulla district in Jammu and Kashmir clocked a combined time of 2 minute 47.24 seconds from two...
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Moon Knight: Kevin Feige says Oscar Isaac’s Marvel superhero is ‘brutal, marks a tonal shift in MCU’
Marvel Studios boss Kevin Feige described Moon Knight, both the hero and the series as "brutal." The Oscar Isaac-starrer series...
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Twitter back online after software glitch disrupts services
SAN FRANCISCO: Twitter Inc said on Friday it had fixed a software glitch in its micro-blogging website that had disrupted...
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US to evacuate Ukraine embassy amid Russian invasion fears
The new move comes as Washington has ratcheted up its warnings about a possible Russian invasion of Ukraine. The United...
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India faces ‘very significant challenges’, especially from China, says White House
A new strategic report outlines US President Joe Biden's vision to firmly anchor the United States' position in the Indo-Pacific....
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UK police send questionnaire on lockdown parties to PM Boris Johnson
Police are investigating 12 gatherings held at No. 10 Downing Street after an internal inquiry. British Prime Minister Boris...
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Crypto exchange Binance to take $200m stake in Forbes
Binance, one of the world's biggest cryptocurrency firms, will take a $200m (£147.6m) stake in Forbes in the latest twist...
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Apple moves to stop AirTag tracking misuse
Apple plans to introduce a number of changes to make it harder to misuse AirTags to track someone. The button-sized...
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Disney park trips surge after Covid measures eased
Disney says trips to its US theme parks have surged, while subscriptions to its streaming service beat expectations. The company...
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Activist investor Quarz opposes terms of US$3 billion Singapore REIT merger
SINGAPORE: Activist investor Quarz Capital Management said it is opposed to the terms of a proposed S$4.2 billion (US$3.1 billion)...
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BOJ’s Kuroda says not debating exit from easy policy -Mainichi
TOKYO : Japan's central bank is not debating an exit from ultra-loose monetary policy, Governor Haruhiko Kuroda has said, and...
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Japan’s Covid-19 surge shows signs of peaking as curbs extended
TOKYO: Japan's biggest wave of Covid-19 cases to date is showing signs of peaking though authorities are extending virus curbs...
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Sweden declares Covid-19 pandemic over, despite warnings from scientists
STOCKHOLM: Sweden scrapped almost all of its few pandemic restrictions yesterday and stopped most testing for Covid-19, even as the...
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Hong Kong vaccine rates spike as outbreak shatters Covid-free dreams
HONG KONG: Vaccination rates are rising sharply among the elderly in Hong Kong, lifting from a relatively low base as...
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