Chinese scientists have successfully isolated the coronavirus strain that caused the latest Covid-19 outbreak in Beijing, a significant progress that will greatly aid the epidemic control and prevention. The strain was isolated on Monday from samples collected from the respiratory tracts of infected cases in Xinfadi, a major wholesale market for agricultural products in Beijing, the...
A Singaporean company has developed advanced "eyes in the sky" technology to help police social distancing measures and prevent the spread of Covid-19. Like similar emerging technology, it raises privacy concerns. New laws in the city state enacted in March under the infectious diseases act punish people who intentionally stand in a queue less than one...
Facebook announced that its instant messaging application WhatsApp will support the fund transfer between users from Brazil, and it will be carried out using Facebook Pay published by Facebook last year. The users only need to enter a 6-digit payment password or fingerprint sensor to open the payment. Currently, the payment between ordinary users through WhatsApp...
Zoo Negara is finally clearing the air on the recent controversy surrounding a viral photo of a skinny lion. According to AWANI, the lion, named Manja Kani, suffered a significant weight loss due to a change in its diet during the mating season. Source: VOCKET Zoo Negara’s deputy president Rosly Ahmat Lana told the news outlet, “Manja Kani and Manja Ela...
Schools around the world have been closed after being affected by COVID-19. In order to attract students to take online classes, a Bolivian visual arts teacher, Manolo Villarroel, dressed as different superheroes such as Captain America, Spider-Man and others grab the attention of his students. Besides, it is also a method for him to realize his...
Amid COVID-19, the popular fashion brand Zara (which is under Inditex) announced that it suffered a loss of 409 million Euros (approximately RM2 billion) in the first fiscal quarter as of the end of April. It was its first loss since its establishment in 2001, and the amount of losses has more than the analysts' expectations because the...
A study conducted by experts from England, Germany and many other countries shows that the Arctic sea ice in summer is very likely to disappear by 2050 regardless of whether the carbon dioxide emissions are reduced, according to the scientific journal Geophysical Research Letters. The sea ice in summer has decreased by 40% in area and...
Mercer's 26th annual Cost of Living Survey has been released on Tuesday (June 9), showing that Hong Kong tops the list of most expensive cities while Malaysia is ranked at 144. According to Mercer, Mercer’s 26th annual Cost of Living Survey finds that specific factors such as currency fluctuations, cost inflation for goods and services, and instability...
What was once frowned upon has been accepted by many cultures, but some religions still recognise it as punishable by law – pre-marital sex. On Friday (5 June), two Indonesians were whipped 100 times each after they were caught having pre-marital sex in Aceh province, the only region in Indonesia to impose Islamic law. The Islamic law allows whipping for...
Britain's Prince William and his wife Kate have released five new photographs of their younger son, Prince Louis, to mark his second birthday. All were taken this month by Kate, Kensington Palace said. https://twitter.com/KensingtonRoyal/status/1253073892614320130?s=20 Louis, who is fifth in line to the throne, has a six-year-old brother, Prince George, and four-year-old sister, Princess Charlotte.
