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Jeremy Hunt: softly-spoken survivor takes on hardest role
AFP, Published on 14/10/2022
» LONDON: Newly appointed UK finance minister Jeremy Hunt is a mild-mannered political survivor who will require all of his considerable experience to calm an economy and government beset by chaos.
Germany agrees 65bn-euro inflation relief package
AFP, Published on 04/09/2022
» BERLIN:The German government on Sunday unveiled a new multi-billion euro plan to help housesholds cope with soaring prices, and said it was eyeing windfall profits from energy companies to help fund the relief.
Amazon to start delivering by drone in California town
AFP, Published on 14/06/2022
» SAN FRANCISCO: Amazon plans to start flying some purchases to customers later this year, the e-commerce giant said Monday, announcing drone delivery that will debut in a California town.
Reddit says it has filed with SEC to go public
AFP, Published on 16/12/2021
» NEW YORK: Social media platform Reddit said Wednesday it has confidentially submitted a draft registration with the US Securities and Exchange Commission to go public on Wall Street.
Japan to bar new foreign arrivals over virus variant
AFP, Published on 29/11/2021
» TOKYO: Japan will reinstate tough border measures, barring all new foreign arrivals over the Omicron Covid variant, Prime Minister Fumio Kishida announced on Monday, just weeks after a softening of strict entry rules.
To encourage vaccinations, more US firms turn to incentives -- and threats
AFP, Published on 27/08/2021
» NEW YORK: In the wake of full US approval for the Pfizer/BioNTech anti-Covid vaccine this week, more and more American companies are looking at mandatory vaccinations for employees -- and customers.
OnlyFans: doomed by its own porn ban?
AFP, Published on 25/08/2021
» PARIS: When the website OnlyFans announced plans to ban sexually explicit content, the internet was awash with comparisons to another site that famously went down the "family-friendly" route -- and promptly lost many of its users.
Asia markets rally on virus hopes, Trump's Hong Kong action
AFP, Published on 01/06/2020
» Hong Kong led an Asia-wide market rally Monday as investors breathed a sigh of relief after Donald Trump fell short of imposing strict measures against China, while a further easing of virus lockdowns continued to provide support.
China 'compressing' technology gains: US intel official
AFP, Published on 23/01/2019
» WASHINGTON: China is making technological advances in a far shorter timeframe than it took the United States, rapidly narrowing the gap between the two countries, a senior US intelligence official said Tuesday.
Google looking to future after 20 years of search
AFP, Published on 24/09/2018
» SAN FRANCISCO: Google celebrated its 20th birthday Monday, marking two decades in which it has grown from simply a better way to explore the internet to a search engine so woven into daily life its name has become a verb.