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China certified malaria-free after 70-year fight
AFP, Published on 30/06/2021
» GENEVA: China was certified as malaria-free on Wednesday by the World Health Organization, following a 70-year effort to eradicate the mosquito-borne disease.
NZ-Australia travel bubble popped
Published on 26/06/2021
» New Zealand announced a three-day suspension of its quarantine-free travel arrangement with Australia on Saturday, with Wellington citing “multiple” outbreaks of Covid-19 in the neighbouring country.
Lifting off? Sudden travel surge tests US airlines
AFP, Published on 23/06/2021
» NEW YORK - US airlines are scrambling to ramp back up to meet soaring travel demand that has transformed America's airports from cavernous to crowded almost overnight.
South Korean MP apologises over BTS tattoo pictures
Published on 10/06/2021
» SEOUL: South Korea's youngest MP apologised Thursday after she provoked fury among BTS fans by using pictures of tattooed singer Jungkook to promote her campaign to liberalise the country's restrictive laws on inking.
Collectors of digital NFTs see a 'Wild West' market worth the risk
AFP, Published on 06/06/2021
» NEW YORK - They are technology enthusiasts on the hunt for opportunities in the Wild West market surrounding NFTs: the popular certified digital objects that have spawned a new generation of collectors convinced of their huge potential.
Activist fund poised to take 3 seats on ExxonMobil board
AFP, Published on 03/06/2021
» NEW YORK - Activist investor fund Engine No. 1 stands poised to fill three board seats at ExxonMobil following a hotly-contested shareholder vote, the company said Wednesday.
SpaceX aims to launch 'all-civilian' trip into orbit
AFP, Published on 02/02/2021
» WASHINGTON: SpaceX announced Monday it's aiming to launch this year the first all-civilian mission into Earth's orbit, led by a tech billionaire who plans to raffle off one of the spots aboard the craft.
'Fact-checkers' proposed for Nobel peace prize
AFP, Published on 22/01/2021
» OSLO - With truth famously known as the "first casualty of war," a Norwegian parliamentarian announced Thursday that she is nominating "fact-checkers" for this year's Nobel Peace Prize.
Defying humanitarian warnings, Pompeo brands Yemen's Huthis as terrorists
AFP, Published on 11/01/2021
» WASHINGTON: US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has moved to brand Yemen's Iranian-linked Huthi rebels as terrorists, a last-minute move in defiance of aid groups who fear it will worsen a humanitarian crisis.
'Post-9/11 era is over': Mob attack to haunt Biden on world stage
AFP, Published on 09/01/2021
» WASHINGTON - President-elect Joe Biden has vowed to restore a global leadership role for the United States, but he will be haunted by a final act of his predecessor -- inciting a mob to trash the US Capitol.