Tue, 21-Oct-2025

Suu Kyi’s corruption trial

myanmar

YANGON: A Myanmar military court will rule on Aung San Suu Kyi’s corruption case on Wednesday, according to a source familiar with the situation, in a case that may see the Nobel laureate imprisoned for 15 years. Suu Kyi, 76, has been imprisoned since a military coup deposed her civilian administration in February of last … Read more

Malaria: Killer of African children set for vaccine zap

Malaria

Every year, hundreds of thousands of people, especially children, die from malaria, a long-standing mosquito-borne disease that exacerbated during the Covid-19 pandemic. The World Health Organization (WHO) predicts that 627,000 individuals died of malaria in 2020, the most recent year for which data is available, up 12% from 2019. The World Health Organization (WHO) estimates … Read more

Malaria: Killer of African children set for vaccine zap

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Every year, hundreds of thousands of people, especially children, die from malaria, a long-standing mosquito-borne disease that exacerbated during the Covid-19 pandemic. The World Health Organization (WHO) predicts that 627,000 individuals died of malaria in 2020, the most recent year for which data is available, up 12% from 2019. Ahead of World Malaria Day on … Read more

LA company reportedly faked COVID test results; agrees to pay $22.5 m

A Los Angeles, California based totally COVID-19 checking out organization has agreed to fork over a $22 million agreement after being accused of forging check effects and tasty in fake advertising. A criticism alleged that the agency, which did business under the name “Sameday Health,” falsely advertised that it is able to supply check outcomes … Read more

10 dead, 16 missing in Japan sightseeing boat accident

Japan

At least 10 people were confirmed dead Sunday after a sightseeing boat sank in frigid waters off Japan’s northeast, the coast guard said, with the search persevering for sixteen others nonetheless lacking. “We have shown the deaths of all 10 people” who have up to now been retrieved, a coastguard spokesman told AFP. In an … Read more

Italy announces more than 70,000 coronavirus infections, 143 fatalities

Italy registered 70,520 COVID-19 linked complaints on Saturday, versus 73,212 the day before, the health ministry said, but the daily number of fatalities reduced to 143 from 2022. Italy has documented 162,609 fatalities due to COVID-19 since its outbreak surfaced in February 2020, the second-highest toll in Europe after Britain and the ninth worst in … Read more

IPL 2022: DC Coach Ricky Ponting to be in quarantine

Ponting

Ricky Ponting, coach of Delhi Capitals, will miss his side’s crucial match against Rajasthan Royals after one of his family members, who was sleeping with him at the team hotel, tested positive for Covid-19. On Thursday and Friday, the entire DC camp, including players, support personnel, and family members, underwent the Rapid Antigen Test, with … Read more

SCMP says Hong Kong to ease Covid-19 flight ban rules ‘very soon’

Hong Kong is set to raise the threshold for how many Covid-19 cases can be found on an incoming flight before the route is suspended to five from three, according to the South China Morning Post. The government is set to make the announcement on easing the mechanism “very soon,” the Post reported, citing an … Read more

Hytera Takes Social Responsibility as Core Driving Force for Business Success

Hytera

Hytera, the world’s largest provider of professional communications technologies and solutions, recently published its annual Corporate Responsibility Report, which summarizes the company’s environmental, social, and governance (ESG) performance in 2021. Hytera has a long history of providing stakeholders with clear information on its annual sales and ESG performance as a major participant in the Professional … Read more

Ramos-Horta wins East Timor presidential election: officials

Ramos

Nobel laureate Jose Ramos-Horta scored a landslide victory in East Timor’s presidential election, according to initial outcomes posted Wednesday with the aid of the election secretariat. The 22 -yr-old secured 397,145 votes, or 62.09 percent, against incumbent Francisco “Lu-Olo” Guterres’ 242,440, or 37.91 percent, the secretariat’s internet site confirmed in spite of everything ballots have … Read more

Shanghai’s Covid Death toll hits 25

shanghai

Shanghai reported eight Covid-19 deaths on Thursday, despite a drop in daily instances and some residents being allowed to go outside under a loosening of the lockdown. After weeks of restrictions that kept most of its 25 million residents indoors, China’s largest city is slowly reopening. Faced with the country’s biggest viral outbreak in two … Read more

Pakistan to tour Netherlands for three ODIs

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Pakistan is set to visit the Netherlands to play three one-day internationals in August. The series was postponed in 2020 amid the Covid-19 outbreak. The three ODIs will be a part of the ICC Cricket World Cup Super League. This will also be the first bilateral series between the two countries with three matches scheduled … Read more

A day without a mask mandate for Milwaukee Public Schools

Students enjoyed just one day without a masking requirement before Milwaukee Public Schools reimpose mandatory mask-wearing. The district’s mask optional policy for students and staff had been slated to take effect on Monday, April 18 — students had the day off on Monday and when they returned to school on Tuesday, they were no longer … Read more

Poland breaches contracts for coronavirus vaccines

Poland

Poland has unilaterally withdrawn its contractual obligations to purchase the BioNTech/Pfizer coronavirus vaccine, Health Minister Adam Niedzielski announced Tuesday, citing overstock and financial pressures created by the flood of millions of migrants fleeing Ukraine’s war. Niedzielski told TVN24’s all-news channel that the Warsaw administration informed the European Commission and vaccine suppliers late last week that … Read more

Illinois, Vermont cities have taken over New York’s as COVID hotbeds

A rapid jump in COVID-19 cases in Illinois’ and Vermont’s metropolitan areas has led the regions to overtake New York’s top cities and suburbs as hot spots for the new BA.2 variant. Topping the list for where the virus is most heavily concentrated in Champaign, Illinois, hoisting a seven-day rolling average of 62.6 cases per … Read more

Masks off on US public places as COVID-19 cases rise

A number of companies are dropping requirements for facial coverings in the wake of yesterday’s ruling by a federal judge in Florida that overturned the federal COVID-19 mask mandate on public transportation. Facial coverings are no longer required on airplanes, trains, buses, and other public transit in the United States. The mandate had recently been … Read more

Johnson & Johnson suspends sales forecast for Covid vaccine

Johnson & Johnson

During Johnson & Johnson’s quarterly results call on Tuesday, the company halted sales predictions for its Covid-19 vaccine, citing a lack of demand compared to injections from Moderna and Pfizer. “Given global supply surplus and demand uncertainty, the Company is suspending COVID-19 Vaccine sales guidance,” J&J said in a statement, adding that the move will … Read more

Hepatitis of unknown origin in kids recorded in more countries

Cases of hepatitis of unknown beginning, first detected in UK children, have now been recorded in four greater European countries and in America, the EU fitness business enterprise stated on Tuesday. It becomes tracking 84 cases of extreme acute hepatitis that have been pronounced in Britain in view that April five and said it anticipated … Read more

China’s largest metropolis reported first COVID-19 deaths since lockdown

COVID-19

Shanghai said Monday that three individuals have died from COVID-19, the first official death toll from an epidemic that has paralyzed the megacity for weeks, eliciting widespread outrage and rare demonstrations. Since March, a patchwork of restrictions has restricted the majority of the city’s 25 million citizens to their homes or complexes, with daily caseloads … Read more

Netflix and the Arab Fund for Arts and Culture have teamed up to offer a $250,000 grant to Arab female filmmakers

Netflix

Five tasks from across the district have been shortlisted for the award, which comes through the Netflix Fund for Creative Equity. Netflix is tossing its weight behind female Arab movie producers, collaborating with the Lebanon-based Arab Fund for Arts and Culture on another award. The oddball award of $250,000 – which comes by means of … Read more

High debt could slow countries’ recoveries: IMF

IMF

Debt accumulated by means of corporations and people worldwide could gradual economic recoveries from the pandemic disaster, the IMF warned Monday. Governments took great measures to assist their economies as Covid-19 unfold two years ago, consisting of rolling out debt repayment suspensions or offering large-scale loans. But those programs led to higher debt stages for … Read more

IPL 2022: Delhi Capitals under quarantine amid Covid crisis

IPL

Delhi Capitals have canceled today’s scheduled flight to Pune ahead of their second IPL 2022 game due to a Covid outbreak risk. The squad will be quarantined in their rooms today and tomorrow, with door-to-door Covid-19 tests scheduled. Patrick Farhart, the team’s physiotherapist, had already been quarantined after testing positive. A player and a team … Read more

Italy’s Draghi scraps Africa trip after positive Covid test

Mario Draghi

Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi has scrapped a go-to oil-rich Angola and the Republic of Congo after testing effective for Covid-19, his office said on Monday. Draghi, 74, who is “asymptomatic,” was to fly to Luanda on Wednesday and Brazzaville on Thursday for talks on switching energy supplies from Russia, it said. Italian Prime Minister … Read more

Suit chases to downturn renewed Philadelphia mask mandate

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Several businesses and residents have filed suit in state court in Pennsylvania seeking to overturn Philadelphia’s renewed indoor mask mandate scheduled to be enforced beginning Monday to halt a surge in COVID-19 infections. The lawsuit, filed in Commonwealth Court on Saturday, said Philadelphia lacks the authority to impose such a mandate. Philadelphia earlier this week … Read more

The MHRA has given Valneva vaccine regulatory approval

Valneva

According to the MHRA, the UK’s independent medicines regulator is the first in the world to approve the Valneva medication. It’s the sixth coronavirus vaccination to be approved by the MHRA “Our approval of the COVID-19 vaccine developed by Valneva today follows a comprehensive evaluation of the vaccine’s safety, quality, and effectiveness, as well as expert … Read more

Vietnam’s deputy FM arrested over pandemic flight bribe scandal

Vietnamese police

Vietnamese police arrested the country’s deputy overseas minister on Thursday for allegedly receiving bribes linked to a repatriation flight program for the duration of the pandemic, officers stated. In recent months the communist country has ramped up an anti-corruption pressure, concentrated on government officers and business humans. On Thursday, the Ministry of Public Security issued a announcement … Read more