Coronavirus: 91 more people test positiveThe health ministry on Monday announced 91 new coronavirus cases after 2,285 tests, the majority of which at the Republic's two airports. Health authorities said 12 passengers tested positive for the Coronavirus. The remaining 79 cases, or one in 13 people tested, were community infections. Out of t....
EMA: Singapore to begin trial electricity imports from Peninsular Malaysia by end-2021SINGAPORE: Singapore will be embarking on a two-year trial for electricity imports from Peninsular Malaysia to the republic, according to the Energy Market Authority (EMA)."To meet our climate change commitments, there is a need to change the way Singapore produces and uses energy. Tapping on region....
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2020 nominations announced for The Drum Awards for Digital IndustriesThe Drum Awards for Digital Industries (formerly DADIs) reward the best and most effective work in the digital industries. Advertisers have more data at their disposal, more channels available and more tools to utilise, so it takes a exceptional team, campaign or platform to stand out from the crowd....
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Trump's America gets caught with its pants down in 'Borat Subsequent Moviefilm'We'll zip up the matter of Rudy Giuliani's pants in a minute. First, though, let's pretend the new "Borat" movie has people talking about anything else.It goes by the droll, broken-English title of "Borat Subsequent Moviefilm." Sacha Baron Cohen's most useful satiric creation — the exuberantly big....
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Iran blacklists US amb. in Iraq over role in acts of terrorism against Iranian interestsIran announced on Friday that it has sanctioned the United States’ Ambassador to Iraq Matthew Tueller and two other diplomats over their key role in carrying out acts of terror, violating the fundamental principles of human rights and imposing ‘cruel and illegal sanctions’ against the Islamic ....
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HKSAR gov't suspends agreement on surrender of fugitive offenders with FinlandThe Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) government Friday issued a notice to the Consulate General of Finland in Hong Kong to suspend the implementation of the Agreement between the Government of the HKSAR of the People's Republic of China (PRC) and the Government of the Republic of Finl....
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Google Pay adds support for 24 new banks in 23 countriesForget your wallet, grab your phone — you've got Google Pay
Google Pay continues to expand its support to additional international banks. To help you keep track of which financial institutions have added their credit and debit cards to the service, we've compiled a list of recent additions. ....
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Latest R number for Cyprus between 1.5 and 2The reproductive number (R number) of the coronavirus in the Republic was between 1.5 and two as of Tuesday, October 20, the health ministry said on Friday as authorities struggled to contain the spread of the disease which has recorded a huge spike in the past 10 days or so........
Pursuing hegemony, bullying lead nowhere: XiActs of pursuing hegemony or bullying lead nowhere, President Xi Jinping told a Friday meeting marking the 70th anniversary of the Chinese People's Volunteers entering the Democratic People's Republic of Korea to fight in the War to Resist U.S. Aggression and Aid Korea (1950-1953).....
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China, DPRK forces shatter myth of invincibility of U.S. army: XiPresident Xi Jinping on Friday said the forces of China and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea defeated their armed-to-teeth rival and shattered the myth of invincibility of the U.S. army.....
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People and armies of China, DPRK forge great friendship in war: XiThe people and armies of China and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) forged great friendship in the War to Resist U.S. Aggression and Aid Korea (1950-53), Chinese President Xi Jinping said Friday.....
Many parts of Europe continue to see record high daily tallies of COVID-19,... including Italy,... which reported over 16-thousand in the past 24 hours. With France reporting over 40-thousand,... the cou....
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Why Banana Republic Is Running Its First TV Ad Campaign in 15 YearsThe last time Banana Republic aired a seasonal ad campaign on national television back in 2005, George W. Bush was in the White House, New Orleans was decimated by Hurricane Katrina, and retail was largely thriving along with the broader economy during the years leading up to the financial crisis. A....
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China, ROK renew currency swap dealThe People's Bank of China (PBOC), China's central bank, and the Bank of Korea, the central bank of the Republic of Korea, agreed to renew their bilateral currency swap deal and expand the size to 400 billion yuan (about 60 billion U.S. dollars), or 70 trillion won, from the previous volume of 360 b....
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Making 'Harris & the Robots': Sky's in-house agency launches its biggest push to dateSky's in-house agency has just debuted its biggest campaign to date to push the broadcaster's Sky Q box. As it kicks off with an ad featuring a robot-obsessed little boy, The Drum goes behind the scenes of the project with Sky and Sky Creative.
Sky Creative Agency (SCA) is quite possibly the larges....
FULL SPEECH: Buhari's address on #EndSARS protestsADDRESS TO THE NATION BY HIS
EXCELLENCY, MUHAMMADU BUHARI, PRESIDENT OF THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA ON
THE ENDSARS PROTESTS, 22ND OCTOBER, 2020
Fellow Nigerians,
It has become necessary....
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How BlackRock is on track to infiltrate a Biden administrationThe Democratic base, still scarred from the 2016 election, is frantic not to count its chickens before they hatch. But Wall Street and corporate America have no such qualms. As Joe Biden leads in national polls and swing states, the most powerful firms in the country are seeking assurances that his ....
England to host Ireland in November friendlyLONDON: England will take on the Republic of Ireland in a Wembley friendly next month, filling a gap left by New Zealand’s withdrawal.The All Whites pulled out of the fixture due to concerns over travel and availability in the coronavirus pandemic, leaving the Football Association searching.......
Iran tests home-made air defence systemsIran tested home-made air defence systems Wednesday during military exercises, state media said, days after the expiry of an international arms embargo against the Islamic republic.....
Twitter reacts to shock Chelsea announcementTwitter reacts to shock Chelsea announcement - originally posted on Sportslens.com
Chelsea submitted their 25-man Premier League squad yesterday, and the London club threw in a shocking name – Petr Cech. Cech was on the books of Chelsea from 2004 until 2015 before he moved to London and Premi....
Imagining the unimaginable: A second term for Donald TrumpWith the high-water mark of the election just 14 days away, the tragedy of Nov. 8, 2016, haunts me more and more. Four years ago, nearly everyone, including Donald Trump himself, was convinced Hillary Clinton was all but guaranteed a resounding victory. I remember articles predicting that Clinton wo....
Ireland is first EU country to re-enter lockdownDublin:Irelandwill be the first EU country to return to coronavirus lockdown, prime minister Micheal Martin said Monday, issuing a nationwide "stay at home" order but insisting schools will stay open. Measures coming into effect for six weeks from midnight on Wednesday (2300 GMT) will see all non-e....
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Is the Republican Party over?The theme of the day was the palpable sense of rats leaving a sinking ship as Republicans, administration officials, and administration-adjacent people distanced themselves from the president.There was a foreshadowing of that exodus on Wednesday, when Senator Ben Sasse (R-NE) let loose about the pre....
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Chinse envoy calls for smooth elections as scheduled in CARA Chinese envoy on Monday asked for efforts to ensure the presidential and legislative elections scheduled for the end of the year in the Central African Republic (CAR) are conducted smoothly.....
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Jamie Lynn Spears Reimagines 'Zoey 101' Theme SongJamie Lynn Spears announced her single, "Follow Me (Zoey 101)" will debut Oct. 22, with a global livestream event entitled “See It First: The Follow Me (Zoey 101) Experience” premiering Oct. 25. The new single, available via Republic Records and produced by record producer and DJ Chantel....
The best leggings you can wear to workYes, you can wear leggings to work, so long as they're polished and don't make you look like you're coming from the gym. Our favorites are from ADAY, Banana Republic, and more.....
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French police target Islamist networks after teacher's beheadingFrench police on Monday launched a series of raids targeting Islamist networks three days after the beheading of a history teacher who had shown his pupils a caricature of the Prophet Muhammad (PBUH).
Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin vowed there would be "not a minute's respite for enemies of th....
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Czech hospital bed maker rushes to meet government orderSLANY, Czech Republic (AP) — Some orders are impossible for manufacturers to turn down. A Czech maker of hospital beds received one this month.
Hours before the Czech government announced that the armed forces would be building a field hospital for 500 COVID-19 patients at Prague's exhibition g....
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Exhibition commemorating war to resist U.S. aggression and aid Korea opens in BeijingAn exhibition commemorating the 70th anniversary of the Chinese People's Volunteers (CPV) army entering the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) to help in the war to resist U.S. aggression opened on Monday at the Military Museum of the Chinese People's Revolution in Beijing.....
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As virus surges, Iran breaks one-day record for deaths againTEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran's single-day death toll from the coronavirus smashed a record set less than a week ago, with 337 dead confirmed Monday as a resurgence of infections is overwhelming hospitals.
On social media, Iranian news outlets dramatically dubbed the day "Black Monday" and lamented ....
Masks made Czech Republic the envy of Europe. Now they've blown itInside the intensive care unit at Prague's Na Bulovce Hospital some patients are hooked up to ventilators through tracheostomy tubes, others are lying face down, to help them breathe. The doctors and nurses don head-to-toe hazmat suits; as coronavirus cases surge in the Czech Republic, the country c....
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As virus flares globally, new strategies target hot spotsNEW YORK (AP) — After entire nations were shut down during the first surge of the coronavirus earlier this year, some countries and U.S. states are trying more targeted measures as cases rise again around the world, especially in Europe and the Americas.
New York's new round of virus shutdowns ....
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A mask mandate made the Czech Republic envy of Europe. Now they've blown itIn March, Czech Republic's face mask mandate helped them crush the coronavirus. But as the virus comes back, the country is recording the most cases per capita in Europe. What has gone wrong in Czech? CNN's Scott McLean reports.....
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'Why would one person have $92B?': Working New Yorkers outraged by billionaire boom during pandemicCarmen Bautista, 62, an immigrant from the Dominican Republic who lives in Harlem, struggled to wrap her head around the figures detailed in the Daily News front page story, which showed how the country's top 20 billionaires watched their fortunes boom since COVID-19 put millions of people out of wo....
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Pompeo warns of sanctions for any arms sales to IranUS Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Sunday said that arms sales to Iran would breach UN resolutions and result in sanctions, after Tehran said the longstanding UN embargo on arms trade with the Islamic republic had expired.....
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Tens of thousands march in Belarus despite firearms threatTens of thousands of people marched through the streets of the Belarusian capital Minsk on Sunday to demand the resignation of veteran president Alexander Lukashenko, despite a threat by officials to use firearms against protesters. Belarus, a former Soviet republic closely allied with Russia, has b....
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Alaska GOP senator routinely voted for policies that benefited family's chemical companySen. Dan Sullivan, R-Alaska, who faces an unexpectedly tight challenge from Democratic-backed independent Al Gross, has repeatedly cast votes in favor of policies that benefit the financial interests of his family's multinational industrial manufacturing company.Sullivan, first elected in 2014, has ....
