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Europe tried a scalpel on the second wave. Now it’s going back to the sledgehammer

When the second wave of Covid-19 pandemic started to emerge over the summer, Europe’s leaders pulled out out the scalpel, launching local lockdowns in an attempt to squash the outbreak before it gets out of countrol. It didn’t work. Now they’re bringing back the sledgehammer.

Comba’s Open Radio Solutions Driving Open RAN Evolution

Frontrunning Open RAN Radio Units in preparation for TIP-incubated global trials   HONG KONG, CHINA – Media OutReach – 29 October 2020 – Comba Telecom Systems Holdings Limited (“Comba Telecom” or “the Group”, SEHK stock code: 2342), a global leading solutions and services provider of wireless and information communications systems, announced that it has started numerous Open RAN technology validation and trials with leading operators in Europe, MENA, APAC, Australia and […]

Third Quarter 2020 Citi Residential Property Ownership Survey

Property market sentiment remains volatile due to the pandemic, yet around 10% of respondents consider it a good time to purchase a property for the third consecutive quarter   HONG KONG, CHINA – Media OutReach – 29 October 2020 – Citi Hong Kong conducted a survey in September this year polling residents’ attitudes towards residential property ownership as COVID-19 continues. According to the latest quarterly survey: 10% […]

Prudential provides SMEs access to Stash’s tailored incentive payment platform for employees

PRUWorks offers solutions enabling businesses to build a more engaged workforce, as well as attract and retain talent   HONG KONG, CHINA / SINGAPORE – Media OutReach – 29 October 2020 – Prudential Corporation Asia (Prudential) is providing its small and medium-sized enterprises (SME) customers in Asia and Africa access to Stash’s highly-customisable digital incentive payment platform. The offering is available through PRUWorks, Prudential’s one-stop digital platform for SMEs […]

Singapore Medical Benefit Trend Growth to Drop in 2021: Aon Survey

SINGAPORE – Media OutReach – 29 October, 2020 –  Aon plc (NYSE: AON), a leading global professional services firm providing a broad range of risk, retirement and health solutions, today announced that a nationwide decrease in medical plan utilisations due to the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic is likely to decrease medical trend rates in Singapore next year. Growth in employer-provided medical benefit costs are expected to drop […]

Scientists used a 3D printer to create the world’s smallest boat

Researchers have created the world’s smallest boat, measuring just 30 micrometers in length, so small it could sail down a human hair.

Police officer killed by rooster while breaking up cockfight

A police officer has been killed by a rooster while attempting to break up an illegal cockfight in the Philippines, authorities have said.

Doctors and nurses face abuse as UK coronavirus cases soar but social distancing wanes

As a matron in a hectic ICU, Linda Gregson felt the coronavirus pandemic had stretched her idea of what was possible to its limits. Then came the video call.

China Dongxiang Announces Operational Results for 2Q and 1H FY2020/21

Diversified Channels and Improved Product Management Brings Growth Momentum   HONG KONG, CHINA – Media OutReach – 27 October 2020 – The leading international sportswear brand enterprise in the PRC, China Dongxiang (Group) Co., Ltd. (“China Dongxiang” or “the Company”, together with its subsidiaries, “the Group”, HKEx stock code: 3818) announces its operational results for the three months ended 30 September 2020 (2Q FY2020/21) and the six months ended 30 […]

Microsoft to Establish Its First Datacenter Region in Taiwan as A Part of Its “Reimagine Taiwan” Initiative

Microsoft will accelerate digital transformation and innovation in Taiwan through access to secure enterprise cloud services, expansion of Taiwan’s Azure engineering group and local talent development for over 200,000 people   TAIPEI, TAIWAN – Media OutReach – 27 October 2020 – Microsoft Corp. today announced another major milestone in its “Reimagine Taiwan” initiative, including plans to establish its first cloud datacenter region in Taiwan and a significant investment in […]

Udemy is now Silicon Valley’s top e-learning platform

Udemy has beaten Coursera to emerge as the most spectacular continuous growth e-learning/teaching platform franchise in Silicon Valley and its projected IPO in early 2021 on NASDAQ will be a milestone event, given its global brand resonance among the millennial/Gen-Z denizens of the Digital Age. After all, Udemy now boasts 55 million students in 190 countries, 150,000+ courses, 57,000 instructors teaching in 75 languages. In essence, Udemy’s […]

Calls to boycott French products grow in Muslim world after Macron backs Mohammed cartoons

Calls are growing in parts of the Muslim world to boycott French goods in protest after President Emmanuel Macron publicly defended cartoons of the Prophet Mohammed, which are considered blasphemous in Islam.

Chile’s president hails ‘triumph’ as voters back scrapping dictatorship-era constitution

Chile’s President Sebastian Piñera hailed the results of a national referendum held to scrap a dictatorship-era constitution as a “triumph” for democracy.

AmLife rolled out its World Mental Health Day showcase themed “Sleep Well For Mental Health” covering six key countries

KUALA LUMPUR, MALAYSIA – Media OutReach – 26 October 2020 – In conjunction with World Mental Health Day (WMHD), sleep health specialist AmLife International Sdn. Bhd rolled out its WMHD showcase themed “Sleep Well For Mental Health” covering six key countries — Malaysia, Indonesia, Singapore, Brunei, Hong Kong and Taiwan.  The showcase comes in the forms of workshops- both online and offline – to educate the mass public on current […]

IMF praises GCC countries for pandemic response

Arabian Post Staff IMF Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva has praised GCC countries for what the have done on the digital front. Speaking at the Meeting of the Ministers of Finance and Central Bank Governors of GCC, she said full standalone 5G wireless in the region will enable remote work, education, telemedicine, and e-government. “You can pursue with even more imagination the application of technologies to be even […]

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Fukushima water release could change human DNA, Greenpeace warns

Contaminated water that could soon be released into the sea from the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant contains radioactive carbon with the potential to damage human DNA, environmental rights organization Greenpeace has warned.

Hundreds demonstrate in Warsaw after Poland’s highest court imposes near total ban on abortion

Police in Poland used pepper spray against demonstrators after hundreds gathered in the capital of Warsaw to protest a near-total on abortion.

Europe suffers record case numbers as France’s Macron warns crisis may last until summer

European countries are reporting record numbers of Covid-19 cases as the continent prepares for the pandemic to intensify through winter.

Kremlin says it hopes to resolve differences on nuclear arms control

MOSCOW: Russia said on Wednesday it hoped to resolve its differences with the United States over a nuclear arms control treaty that expires in February next year. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said

Prison set on fire in Nigeria as protest death toll rises to at least 56

At least 56 people have died across Nigeria since the #EndSARS protests began on October 8, with 38 killed across the country on Tuesday alone, according to human rights group Amnesty International.

Endangered Loa water frogs rescued from desert have 200 offspring

A clutch of critically-endangered water frogs rescued from a muddy puddle in Chile’s driest desert has birthed 200 offspring at the country’s national zoo, the Chilean government announced on Wednesday.

Egypt adds restaurant at ancient pyramid site

Egypt has unveiled new visitor facilities on the plateau outside Cairo where the Great Pyramid of Giza and the Great Sphinx are situated, the country’s most visited heritage site and the sole remaining wonder of the ancient world.

Lianhe upgrades CIFI’s global scale long-term issuer credit rating to ‘BBB-‘ Issuer rating outlook stable

High-quality land bank and strong execution, stable profitability and financial leverage   HONG KONG, CHINA – Media OutReach – 22 October 2020 – CIFI Holdings (Group) Co. Ltd. (“CIFI” or the “Group”, HKEx stock code: 884), a leading real estate developer and investor in first-, second- and robust third-tier cities in China, is pleased that Lianhe Ratings Global Limited (“Lianhe”), an international credit rating company, has upgraded CIFI’s global scale […]