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...
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...
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...
Perhaps to many, the topic of issue of domestic violence, could be easily solved by divorce — leading to child custodial battles and alimony for the divorce taken place. However, in reality, this might be tougher with tons of deception and jealousy taking place especially, when the separated spouse decides to find love in another...
Actress Arci Munoz is also a member of the Philippine air force reserves.Internet For millions of young girls living in poverty in the Philippines, becoming a beauty queen is the rags-to-riches fantasy of choice when it comes to plotting a way out of the shanties. They dream of becoming the next Catriona Gray or Pia Wurtzbach, much...
Johnson & Johnson said on Monday (Sept 13) its Ebola vaccine regimen demonstrated antibody immune responses in adults and children, citing data published in the Lancet Infectious Diseases journal. The two-dose regimen was well-tolerated and induced antibody responses to the Zaire ebolavirus species 21 days after the second dose in 98 per cent of all participants,...
Women hold green handkerchiefs during a protest in support of legal and safe abortion in Mexico City, Mexico, on Feb 19, 2020.Reuters Mexico's Supreme Court unanimously ruled on Tuesday (Sept 7) that penalising abortion is unconstitutional, a major victory for advocates of women's health and human rights, just as parts of the United States enact tougher...
