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Southeast Asia heat breaches records, prompts gas buying
Bloomberg News, Published on 30/04/2024
» Southeast Asia's severe heat wave is pushing temperatures and power demand to new records, straining grids and prompting traders in the region to bulk up on natural gas cargoes.
Musk spends years silencing critics, wants free speech on Twitter
Bloomberg News, Published on 21/04/2022
» If Elon Musk can take over Twitter Inc, his biggest promise is to transform it into a platform for free speech with few restrictions — something he calls “essential to a functioning democracy.” But Musk, who is famously sensitive to criticism, has a mixed record on championing the cause.
Antarctica heat wave brings enormous temperature jump
Bloomberg News, Published on 30/03/2022
» A heat wave in Antarctica earlier this month was so extreme that it may be the largest temperature increase above normal ever recorded, according to Robert Rohde, lead scientist at the non-profit Berkeley Earth, who analysed global records.
India cases surge; CDC's J&J talk ends without vote: Virus update
Bloomberg News, Published on 15/04/2021
» India reported more than 200,000 new infections on Thursday, its highest one-day surge since the pandemic broke out. A Centers for Disease Control and Prevention panel ended discussion of the Johnson & Johnson vaccine without taking a vote, while J&J itself said it continues to believe in the positive benefit-risk profile of its Covid-19 shot.
Why Covid may be more life-threatening for some patients
Bloomberg News, Published on 25/09/2020
» NEW YORK: When two brothers fell critically ill with Covid-19 around the same time in March, their doctors were baffled. Both were young -- 29 and 31 years old -- and healthy. Yet within days they could not breathe on their own and, tragically, one of them died.
Top AirAsia officials suspended as pilot alleges safety lapses
Bloomberg News, Published on 11/08/2020
» India’s aviation regulator suspended two senior executives at the local affiliate of AirAsia Group Bhd after a pilot alleged there were safety lapses at the airline and subsequently was fired.
Doctor’s death shows risk of fake news crackdown
Bloomberg News, Published on 07/02/2020
» HONG KONG: Governments across Asia are stepping up arrests over a growing scourge of misinformation related to the coronavirus outbreak, even as outrage grows in China over how early virus whistleblowers were punished for spreading falsehoods after one of the doctors passed away.
Bushfires hit Sydney as crews battle to save homes
Bloomberg News, Published on 12/11/2019
» SYDNEY: Isolated bushfires broke out in Sydney on Tuesday, fanned by strong winds and soaring temperatures as Australia’s largest city faced its first ever “catastrophic” fire danger.
China opens ‘Pandora’s Box’ of human genetic engineering
Bloomberg News, Published on 27/11/2018
» SINGAPORE: A Chinese researcher’s claim that he successfully modified the genes of human embryos may force the country to make a stark choice about the future of its burgeoning biotechnology industry — one with significant implications for an emerging technology arms race with the West.
Tesla without Musk? SEC raises once unthinkable prospect
Bloomberg News, Published on 28/09/2018
» SAN FRANCISCO: It is nearly impossible to imagine Tesla Inc without Elon Musk -- its chairman, CEO, largest shareholder and public face.