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5.9 magnitude quake strikes off Indonesia's Papua
AFP, Published on 02/08/2021
» A 5.9 magnitude earthquake struck off the coast of Indonesia's easternmost Papua region Monday, the United States Geological Survey said, but there was no tsunami warning or immediate reports of damage.
Australia name Wade captain for Bangladesh T20s
AFP, Published on 02/08/2021
» DHAKA - Australia on Monday named wicketkeeper-batsman Matthew Wade captain for the five-match Twenty20 series against Bangladesh in the absence of the injured Aaron Finch.
HSBC first-half profits more than double, resumes dividends
AFP, Published on 02/08/2021
» HONG KONG: HSBC on Monday said it would resume paying dividends to shareholders after first-half profits more than doubled as an ongoing restructuring and pivot to Asia continues to pay off.
Dorsey's Square to buy Australia fintech Afterpay for $29 billion
AFP, Published on 02/08/2021
» SYDNEY - Jack Dorsey's Square unveiled a record $29 billion deal to snap up Australia's fast-growing buy-now, pay-later firm Afterpay, in a major bet on the burgeoning sector, sending its share price soaring Monday.
Puerto Rico win first Olympics athletics gold, Belarusian sprinter 'safe'
AFP, Published on 02/08/2021
» TOKYO - Hurdler Jasmine Camacho-Quinn claimed Puerto Rico's first Olympics athletics gold on Monday but Belarusian sprinter Kristina Timanovskaya was absent from the women's 200m after claiming her country had forced her to leave the Games.
'Powerless and angry': Japan's anti-Olympic activists fight on
AFP, Published on 02/08/2021
» TOKYO: Kai Koyama was standing outside Tokyo's Olympic Stadium as fireworks burst overhead during the opening ceremony but unlike many of those around him he wasn't cheering, but protesting.
Former southern MP Decha dies from Covid-19
Nujaree Rakrun, Published on 02/08/2021
» NAKHON SI THAMMARAT: Decha Samart, a former MP for this southern province, died from Covid-19 at Songklanagarind Hospital in Songkhla's Hat Yai district on Sunday.
Are inhaled Covid-19 vaccines the future? A Chinese firm thinks so
Published on 02/08/2021
» Every Covid-19 vaccine that has been cleared for use so far is meant to be injected into the upper arm, but scientists are exploring a different method of delivery - through the nose and mouth.
Warning against buying favipiravir online
Published on 02/08/2021
» People should not buy the antiviral medication favipiravir online because it may be fake, and should use only that prescribed by doctors, a government spokeswoman said on Monday.
US lawmakers finish $1 trillion infrastructure proposal
AFP, Published on 02/08/2021
» WASHINGTON - US senators on Sunday finalized a historic, trillion-dollar infrastructure proposal that is expected to be approved within days, Democratic Senate leader Chuck Schumer said.