Myanmar COVID-19 outbreak hits health system shattered after coup
Breathless, fevered and without the extra oxygen that could help keep them alive, the new coronavirus patients at a hospital near Myanmar’s border with India highlight the threat to a health system near collapse since February’s coup.
End of Netanyahu era could be in the cards in Israeli political drama
Israel was gripped by political drama on Sunday over the possibly imminent end of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s record run as the country’s leader.
‘My soul has left me’: family grieves after El Salvador mass grave discovered
In his wrinkled hands, Jose de la Cruz held a tangled gold-colored necklace adorned with hearts and a pendant spelling out the word “love.”
THE BEST COMMERCIAL BANK KENYA AWARD BY THE WORLD ECONOMIC MAGAZINE inc.
World Economic Magazine Inc., a prestigious business publication with web and print editions, has announced KCB Group as Best Commercial Bank Kenya 2021 in the 2nd Annual Ceremony of World Economic Magazine Awards.
EU watchdog signals long journey for banks to become “green”
A sense of urgency is needed to plug data gaps in how banks in the European Union disclose their green credentials, the bloc’s banking watchdog said on Friday. The European Banking Authority in March set out how banks would have to publish a groundbreaking “green asset ratio” or GAR as a core measure of how […]
IBM to acquire Salesforce partner Waeg
IBM (IBM.N) said on Tuesday it would buy Waeg, a consulting partner for Salesforce (CRM.N), in a deal that will extend its range of services and support its hybrid cloud and artificial intelligence strategy.
India’s COVID tally passes 25 mln; cyclone complicates efforts in Modi’s state
India total COVID-19 caseload surged past 25 million on Tuesday as a powerful cyclone complicated the health crisis in one of the states where the disease is spreading most quickly. COVID-19 tests were administered to 200,000 people evacuated from coastal districts of the western state of Gujarat before the cyclone struck late on Monday and […]
Australia sticks by plan to re-open border in mid-2022
Australia is sticking to plans to start re-opening to the rest of the world only from the middle of next year, officials said on Sunday, resisting mounting pressure to end the closure of international borders. In March 2020, Australia closed its borders to non-nationals and non-residents and has since been allowing only limited international arrivals, […]
Tesla crash victim lauded ‘full self-driving’ in videos on Tiktok
A Tesla car driver killed in a recent accident in California praised the automaker’s “full self-driving” features, and posted videos on his apparent Tiktok account, in which he appeared to drive with his hands off the wheel. On May 5, a Tesla Model 3 crashed into an overturned truck on a highway in Fontana, killing […]
Taiwan proposes $7.5 bln in spending as domestic COVID-19 cases rise
Taiwan’s government proposed on Thursday an extraT$210 billion ($7.52 billion) in spending to help the economy deal with the COVID-19 pandemic, as it reported 13 new domestic cases amid a rare spike in infections that has spooked the stock market.
