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Coronavirus: How Covid-19 took control of the world in 2020|World News
WASHINGTON: Almost no location has actually been spared-- and nobody. The infection that initially emerged a year ago in...
Coronavirus in Pakistan: Pakistan reports record number of 105 Covid-19 deaths in single day | World News
ISLAMABAD: A record number of 105 people died of the Covid-19 in the last 24 hours in Pakistan, taking...
SM Line launches bid to take over Hanjin Heavy
SM Line, the four-year-old Asian containerline, is one of three local bidders keen to acquire South Korea’s oldest shipbuilder,...
Panama govt approves Pfizer, BioNTech coronavirus vaccine
PANAMA CITY: Panama's government has approved the emergency use of the vaccine produced by US company Pfizer and German...
Mapping ride-hailing app driver strikes in Vietnam
On 7 December, Grab drivers in Hanoi went on strike to oppose the company significantly raising the level of...
In a rough 2020, incumbents and upstarts took divergent M&A paths | Advertising
In a year where the advertising and marketing industry (like all industries) was hammered by the Covid-19 pandemic, chief...
Eight Years, and Still No Answers on Lao Activist’s Disappearance – The Diplomat
AdvertisementEight years ago this week, the Lao civil society organizer Sombath Somphone was driving home in his rusty jeep...
Event Marketing Awards judges announced | Marketing
Event Marketing Awards 2021 is delighted to announce this year's judges. The jury panel, a diverse and global group comprising the world's...
Japan sets ambitious offshore wind targets
Shizen EnergyThe Japanese government has laid out plans this week to become one of the world’s top three largest...
The Internet as Battleground in Thailand’s COVID-19 Tinderbox Moment – The Diplomat
AdvertisementThe link between internet access and fundamental freedoms became clear in 2019 as governments in countries like Iran, Algeria,...