An experimental Covid-19 treatment pill called molnupiravir being developed by Merck & Co Inc and Ridgeback Biotherapeutics LP.Reuters file As Merck & Co and Pfizer Inc prepare to report clinical trial results for experimental Covid-19 antiviral pills, rivals are lining up with what they hope will prove to be more potent and convenient oral treatments of their...
A view of ruins of destroyed ancestral home of Nangarhar provincial official Ajmal Omar in Kodi Khel, Nangarhar, Afghanistan, on Sept 23, 2021Reuters When the Taliban won back control of the eastern Afghan province of Nangarhar last month, they set out to settle a score with an old foe. As they searched for prominent local politician Ajmal...
Marcus Ng with his mother Wenus Chan before the operation on Monday.Handout A 10-year-old Hong Kong boy born with a rare and incurable genetic disorder has successfully undergone high-risk spinal surgery intended to slow the deterioration of his health. Marcus Ng Pak-lam has spinal muscular atrophy (SMA), which causes his muscles to gradually weaken and waste away. He...
Lim Tian Yi (above) was handed a $7,000 fine. In promoting the event, he and a friend invited 11 influencers on board a pleasure craft, including Ms Audrey Chen, who won Miss Mermaid Singapore in 2016.Instagram To help promote his friend's business involved in organising events such as retreats, a Singaporean man co-organised a marketing event...
Reuters A man in China says Tesla is suing him for defamation after the company paid him more than 1 million yuan (S$210,000) in a separate consumer fraud lawsuit. Han Chao posted documents of legal paperwork from Tesla informing him that the company was suing him for 5.05 million yuan (US$650,000) for defamation and demanded an apology. Pictures...
An autonomous delivery vehicle by Meituan is displayed at the World Artificial Intelligence Conference (WAIC) in Shanghai, China on July 8, 2021.Reuters file More than a thousand robots are set to join the delivery personnel ranks of Chinese behemoths Alibaba, Meituan and JD.com over the next year as the pandemic fuels demand for contactless services. The firms expect...
Those who are positive for Covid-19 or on stay-home notice are still not allowed to sit exams this year.The Straits Times file Quarantined pupils who wish to take the Primary School Leaving Examination (PSLE) this year will need to inform the school by 12pm on the day they receive a quarantine order. They will also need to complete...
Screengrab from Instagram/ sg incidents A man wearing a cap was filmed confronting a woman who called him out for not wearing his mask properly in an unidentified supermarket. In a video uploaded on Instagram on Sunday (Sept 26), the man was seen squaring up to a woman dressed in black, while yelling, “I got my mask up. What’s your...
Posters are pictured before a vote on same sex marriage in Geneva, Switzerland, on Sept 23, 2021. Poster reads : "Love without privilege, yes to marriage for all".Reuters ZURICH - Switzerland agreed to legalise civil marriage and the right to adopt children for same-sex couples by a nearly two-thirds majority in a referendum on Sunday, making it...
Japan's Minister for Administrative Reform Taro Kono speaks during a joint news conference by the contenders for the presidential election of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), as Japan's former Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida listens, at the party's headquarters in Tokyo, Japan on Sept 17, 2021.Reuters file TOKYO - Japan's ruling party votes on Wednesday (Sept...
