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Jie Ye-eun ANN/The Korea Herald – Jin of K-pop sensation BTS is hitting the ground running as a soloist. Since the release of his first solo EP The Astronaut last Friday, the boy band member has proven his global popularity by setting numerous records on the music scene. The Astronaut sold a total of 700,754 […]
AP – Johnson & Johnson will spend USD16.6 billion to buy cardiovascular technology company Abiomed to strengthen its medical device division. The health care giant said yesterday that it will pay USD380 for each Biomed share and also provide another USD35 per share in cash if some commercial and clinical milestones are met. Abiomed develops […]
MANILA, PHILIPPINES (AP) – Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr yesterday blamed years of deforestation for a deadly mudslide that buried a mountainside community amid last week’s torrential rains set off by a storm that has left more than 130 people dead across the country. During an aerial inspection of the widespread damage wrought by Tropical […]
THE STAR – Malaysia will receive an updated form of COVID-19 vaccine manufactured by Pfizer-BioNTech this month, said Health Minister Khairy Jamaluddin. “The original vaccine is effective against Omicron and the XBB (sub-variant). However, I would like to inform you that Malaysia has placed orders for the bivalent vaccine from Pfizer,” he said at a […]
Kim Tong-hyung SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA (AP) – Seoul police assigned 137 officers to manage a crowd of Halloween revellers anticipated to number over 100,000 over the weekend – a decision that has come under intense criticism following the deaths of over 150 people when the group surged. By comparison, nearly 7,000 police officers were sent […]