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China reports first Covid-19 death in eight months
[BEIJING] China reported a death from Covid-19 on Thursday - its first in eight months - as the country battles to...
Indonesia finds body parts, debris, detects emergency signal of crashed jet
[JAKARTA] Indonesia detected signals on Sunday that could come from a flight recorder of a Sriwijaya Air jet that...
NTUC leader and prominent unionist Mahmud Awang dies, aged 93
[SINGAPORE] Mahmud Awang, one of the founders of the National Trades Union Congress (NTUC), and its first caretaker...
Thailand reports first Covid-19 death since Nov
THAILAND reported its first coronavirus death in almost two months as a resurgence in the outbreak tied to migrant...
Adios Maradona and the best ever Bond: Notable deaths in 2020
[PARIS] From legendary actors Kirk Douglas and Sean Connery to matriarch of the US Supreme Court Ruth Bader Ginsberg...
Yoozoo Games CEO Lin dies at 39 amid poisoning probe
[NEW YORK] Lin Qi, the chief executive officer of Chinese video-game publisher Yoozoo Games, has died after being...
Ray Dalio says son killed in car accident in Connecticut
[SINGAPORE] Billionaire hedge fund investor Ray Dalio said in a post on Twitter that his 42-year-old son was killed...
Lockdown on Malaysia's Top Glove facilities lifted
[KUALA LUMPUR] Malaysian authorities lifted a month-long lockdown on dormitories housing Top Glove Corp workers on...
Top Glove reports worker death due to Covid-19, first since outbreak at firm
[KUALA LUMPUR] Malaysia's Top Glove reported on Monday that one its workers died after contracting Covid-19, the...
Zappos founder Tony Hsieh dies at 46; Bezos mourns untimely loss
[SEATTLE] Tony Hsieh, the retired chief executive of Zappos.com who revolutionised the online shoe industry and...
Sport pays tribute to Maradona with tears, applause, silence, banners and song
[PARIS] On the first weekend of sporting action since the death of Diego Maradona, sports, leagues and teams round...
BREAKING NEWS
Yellen says aid to jobless, small firms 'biggest bang' for buck
[WASHINGTON] Janet Yellen told lawmakers Tuesday that help for the unemployed and small businesses would provide...
China defends early actions on Covid-19 after panel report
[GENEVA] China on Tuesday defended its early actions taken to fight the Covid-19 outbreak, saying that it...
GM, Microsoft lead US$2b round for self-driving startup
[DETRIOT] General Motors and Microsoft are leading a US$2 billion investment round in self-driving car startup...
FedEx to cut up to 6,300 jobs in Europe on TNT integration
[MEMPHIS] FedEx is planning to cut as many as 6,300 jobs in Europe as the courier completes the process of...
US: Wall St opens higher ahead of Yellen speech, spotlight on earnings
[NEW YORK] Wall Street's main indexes rose on Tuesday after upbeat earnings from big US banks and Halliburton, while...
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