South African regulator approves Sinopharm Covid vaccine
South Africa’s health regulator said on Monday it had approved a COVID-19 vaccine from China’s Sinopharm, although a senior health official said the government was not planning to ...
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Wust becomes first Winter Olympian to win gold at five Games
Speed skater Ireen Wust of the Netherlands made history at the Beijing Olympics on Monday when she claimed her sixth career gold medal, making her the first Olympian to win ...
Unreal demand? Irregular sales worth billions fire up wild NFT market
On Jan. 12, an image of a computer-generated pixelated person was sold for about $50.6 million worth of cryptocurrency on a new online marketplace that caters for non-fungible tokens.
It gets stranger.
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Toshiba’s lurch from crisis to crisis
Toshiba said on Monday it now aims to split into two companies instead of three, while boosting planned shareholder returns to appease angry investors.
The once-storied conglomerate has been battered ...
DP World posts 9.4 per cent rise in 2021 container volumes
Ports giant DP World on Monday reported a 9.4 per cent rise in 2021 container volumes, though growth rates moderated in the fourth quarter which the Dubai state company said was expected ...
NATO considers bolstering allies if Russian troops stay in Belarus
NATO is looking to increase its military presence in the Baltic states and Poland in case Russia keeps its troops in Belarus after a planned military exercise, the head of ...
Collingwood named England interim coach for West Indies tour
England assistant coach Paul Collingwood has been named interim head coach for next month’s three-test tour of the West Indies, the country’s cricket board (ECB) said on Monday.
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UK housing boom starts to fade as cost-of-living squeeze tightens – Halifax
British house prices in January rose at their slowest monthly pace since June last year as a post-lockdown boom in the housing market started to fade and a growing cost-of-living ...
Turkey’s ritual corpse washers say faith overcame Covid fears
Eda Elal has prepared corpses for burial in accordance with Islamic rituals nearly half her life, but says her job as a “ghassal” in Turkey has never been harder than ...
Mane takes Senegal to success at end of troubled tournament
Sadio Mane showed bravery and mental strength in putting behind him an early squandered penalty to power Senegal to their first African title and bring to an exciting close a ...
Alpine skiing-Swiss Feuz wins downhill gold ahead of Frenchman Clarey
Switzerland’s Beat Feuz won gold in the men’s downhill at the Beijing Olympics on Monday with 41-year-old Frenchman Johan Clarey taking silver.
Feuz, winner at Kitzbuehel last month, ...
Facebook owner Meta adds tool to guard against harassment in metaverse
Facebook’s parent Meta Platforms said on Friday it is launching a tool for people using its virtual reality social platforms to maintain personal space boundaries, as concerns have mounted ...
Ottawa mayor declares state of emergency to deal with trucking blockade
Ottawa Mayor Jim Watson a state of emergency to help deal with an unprecedented 10-day occupation by protesting truckers that has shut down much of the core of the Canadian ...
Apple plans to debut low cost 5G iPhone in March
Apple Inc (AAPL.O) is targeting a date on or near March 8 to unveil a low-cost 5G iPhone and an updated iPad, Bloomberg News reported on Friday, citing people with ...
BoE governor wrong to call for wage restraint – Tesco chairman
Staff at Tesco (TSCO.L) deserve to be protected from inflation and it was wrong for the governor of the Bank of England to tell workers to restrain their demands ...
Russia invasion of Ukraine could be soon but talks still an option, U.S. official says
Russia could invade Ukraine within days or weeks but could still opt for a diplomatic path, White House national security adviser Jake Sullivan said on Sunday.
“We are in the ...
Premier League heavyweights avoid each other in FA Cup fifth-round draw
Premier League leaders Manchester City will travel to second-tier Championship side Peterborough United while Chelsea are away at Luton Town in the fifth round of the FA Cup after most ...
U.S. troops arrive in Poland to reinforce Eastern Europe allies
A plane carrying U.S. troops landed in Poland on Sunday, a Reuters witness said, as Washington reinforces its NATO allies in Eastern Europe amid a Russian military build-up on ...
Moroccan boy trapped in well dies before rescue
A small boy trapped in a well in northern Moroccan for five days died before rescuers were able to reach him late on Saturday and retrieve his body, two government ...
Prince Charles praises Elizabeth’s blessing for ‘Queen Camilla’ (Updated)
Prince Charles on Sunday thanked his mother Queen Elizabeth for publicly stating her desire that his wife Camilla becomes Queen Consort when he becomes king, acknowledging the honour on the 70...
Not inevitable that Johnson will go, UK business minister says
British Business Minister Kwasi Kwarteng said on Sunday it was not at all inevitable that Boris Johnson would have to stand down, as he gave the prime minister his backing ...
Thousands protest vaccine mandates in Canada, further fraying nerves
Thousands of people demonstrated in Canadian cities, including the financial hub Toronto, on Saturday as mostly peaceful but noisy protests against vaccine mandates spread from Ottawa, the capital.
The “Freedom ...
Special Report: Inside J&J’s secret plan to cap litigation payouts to cancer victims
Johnson & Johnson created a plan last year to limit the financial bleeding from billions of dollars in jury awards to plaintiffs who alleged the company’s Baby Powder and ...
Australian PM signals reopening borders to tourists ‘not far away’
Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison said on Sunday that the reopening of the country’s borders to international tourists may not be far away, adding that the parliament will debate ...