Coral surrounds two small islands on the Great Barrier Reef, located off the coast of Queensland, near the town of Rockhampton, in Australia, on Nov 15, 2018.Reuters AsiaOne has launched EarthOne, a new section dedicated to environmental issues — because we love the planet and we believe science. Find articles like this there. SYDNEY - A study released on Friday...
Amid sweeping funeral reforms to phase out ground burials, authorities in a remote town in southern China have dug up the body of an elderly woman for cremation after her son gave her a traditional burial, the Chuncheng Evening News reported on Tuesday (Nov 2). A villager surnamed Yang from Datang township of Pingtang county, Guizhou province, southern...
Apple was ordered to pay 12 million yuan (S$2.5 million) to a Chinese online publisher in an initial ruling handed down by the Tianjin Binhai People's Court on Monday (Nov 1), months after the country's highest court decided against the US technology giant in another lawsuit. That ruling in favour of the Tianjin subsidiary of COL...
Moderna Inc on Thursday (Nov 4) slashed the 2021 sales forecast for its Covid-19 vaccine by as much as $5 billion (S$6.7 billion), grappling to fill vials and distribute them to meet unprecedented world demand, sending its shares tumbling 16 per cent. Moderna executives said production challenges now lie with bottling up doses, also known as...
Former President Donald Trump sowed doubt in Virginia's gubernatorial election ahead of voters going to the polls, but celebrated his candidate's victory without questioning if he was the rightful winner. On Monday, Trump said he wasn't a "believer" in the integrity of Virginia's elections, foreshadowing his potential excuse if Republican Glenn Youngkin didn't win. Trump encouraged voters to "flood" the...
The first major test of Vice President Kamala Harris' clout among Democratic voters outside her home state ended with a loss for the party when Democrat Terry McAuliffe was defeated in his bid to become Virginia's next governor. Harris, along with several other high-profile Democrats, campaigned alongside McAuliffe in the weeks leading up to the competitive election and also visited...
Pope Francis arrives for a meeting at the Paul VI Audience Hall in the Vatican, on Oct 25, 2021.Reuters Pope Francis on Sunday (Oct 31) urged world leaders attending the COP26 UN climate change summit to hear "the cry of the earth and the cry of the poor". Francis, who has made protection of the environment a cornerstone...
US President Joe Biden speaks during a press conference at the G20 leaders' summit in Rome, Italy on Oct 31, 2021. Reuters US President Joe Biden said on Sunday (Oct 31) it was "not inconsistent" for him to push energy-producing nations to increase the output of fossil fuels while also urging countries to commit to an...
The P4 laboratory of Wuhan Institute of Virology is seen behind a fence during the visit by the World Health Organisation (WHO) team tasked with investigating the origins of the coronavirus disease (Covid-19), in Wuhan, Hubei province, China on Feb 3, 2021.Reuters file A declassified US intelligence report saying it was plausible that the Covid-19 pandemic...
People react outside Insein prison as Myanmar's Junta releases prisoners including people that protested against the military coup, in Yangon, Myanmar on Oct 18, 2021.Reuters Myanmar's military government has freed hundreds of political prisoners from the notorious Insein prison, including Aung San Suu Kyi's party spokesman and a famous comedian Zarganar, local media reported. Minutes after military...
