LONDON, Jul 26 – Britain will outlaw the sale of new diesel and petrol cars and vans from 2040 in a bid to cut air pollution, the government was set to announce later Wednesday. Enviroment minister Michael Gove is due to present the government’s keenly-awaited £3 billion (RM16 billion) air pollution plan,
SINGAPORE, Jul 26 – Kinetica, provider of the fastest GPU accelerated analytics database, today affirmed its focus on broadening the adoption of GPU technology across the Asia Pacific Japan region, as it enters its next phase of growth. Organisations that will benefit from using Kinetica’s architecture are enterprises that handle
MUMBAI, Jul 26 – Rescuers stepped up a desperate bid Wednesday to find victims buried under the rubble of a collapsed building in Mumbai as the death toll rose to 17. The disaster, which occurred in the northern suburb of Ghatkopar on Tuesday morning, was the latest to shine a spotlight on
TOKYO, Jul 26 – Eisai Co., Ltd. announced that it has submitted applications to the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and the European Medicines Agency (EMA) for its in-house discovered and developed anticancer agent lenvatinib mesylate (lenvatinib) for the treatment of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). This follows the application in
LOS ANGELES, Jul 26 – A Hawaii woman who was forced to hold her child on lap during flight decided to sue United Airlines, China’s Xinhua news agency reported. According to Hawaii News Now reported Tuesday, Shirley Yamauchi, who is working in Kapolei Middle School of Hawaii, said she hopes her lawsuit
THE Moon, long thought to be a dry, inhospitable orb, hosts surprisingly large sub-surface water reserves, which one day may quench the thirst of lunar explorers from Earth, scientists said Monday. “We found the signature of the lunar interior water globally using satellite data,” Shuai Li, co-author of a study by
WASHINGTON, Jul 26 – US President Donald Trump accused Syria’s leader Bashar al-Assad on Tuesday of committing “horrible” crimes against humanity and vowed to prevent his regime from carrying out any more chemical attacks. Speaking at a White House press conference with Lebanon’s Prime Minister Saad Hariri, Trump also called the Lebanese
WASHINGTON, Jul 26 – The US House of Representatives voted overwhelmingly Tuesday to impose tough new sanctions on Iran, North Korea and Russia, a move that will antagonize the Kremlin as well as European nations fearing economic ramifications. The measure notably constrains President Donald Trump’s ability to waive the penalties. The sanctions
WASHINGTON, Jul 26 – A Senate committee investigating Russian election interference withdrew Tuesday its subpoena compelling President Donald Trump’s former campaign manager Paul Manafort to testify, saying he has begun cooperating. Manafort and Trump son-in-law Jared Kushner are at the centre of probes about a closely scrutinised meeting they and other campaign
MUMBAI, Jul 26 – At least six people were crushed to death when a four-storey building collapsed in India’s financial capital of Mumbai Tuesday, the latest incident to highlight poor construction standards in the country. Rescuers pulled a dozen others out of the rubble alive, some seriously injured, after the structure gave
TOKYO, Jul 26 – A Japanese woman has died from a tick-borne virus after being bitten by a stray cat in what is possibly the world’s first animal-to-human transmission of the disease. The woman in her 50s died some 10 days after being bitten by the cat last year after she took
WASHINGTON, Jul 26 – A US Navy patrol ship fired warning shots at an Iranian Revolutionary Guard vessel in the Persian Gulf Tuesday after it approached within 150 yards (137 metres), a US defense official said. “The IRGCN boat was coming in at a high rate of speed. It did not respond
WASHINGTON, Jul 25 – US President Donald Trump resumed his attacks on Attorney General Jeff Sessions Tuesday, calling his one-time ally “VERY weak” in pursuing intelligence leaks and for failing to go after former Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton over her email. Trump’s latest Twitter salvo followed a report in the
PYONGYANG, Jul 25 – Washington’s ban on US citizens travelling to North Korea will have no effect on the country’s tourism industry and Pyongyang does not care about it “at all”, a senior development official insisted today. The measure is due to be enacted this week and once it goes into force
BANGKOK, Jul 25 – Thai police on Tuesday announced the seizure of drugs worth US$30 million (RM128.3 million), including seven million methamphetamine tablets, “ice” and liquid ketamine, from houses around Bangkok linked to an alleged Laotian drug lord. Seven Thais were arrested in the major two-day operation, which turned up 60kg
KUALA LUMPUR, Jul 25 –Operating performance in 2Q17 trended slightly above expectations despite Quarter 2 historically being the leanest quarter. The Company continues to stimulate demand to fill up additional capacity injected in 2Q17, by achieving a marked improvement in Passenger Load Factor (“PLF”) of 80%, up 5 ppts YoY,
SEOUL, Jul 25 – South Korea’s Supreme Court on Tuesday lifted a ban on the filming of trials, opening the possibility of live TV coverage of the sentencing of disgraced president Park Geun-Hye and Samsung heir Lee Jae-Yong. At a rare meeting of justices presided over by Chief Justice Yang Sung-Tae, the
BANGKOK, Jul 25 – Thai authorities have frozen seven bank accounts belonging to ex-premier Yingluck Shinawatra over a US$1 billion (RM 5 billion) fine she faces for her administration’s controversial rice subsidy scheme, her lawyer said Tuesday. The move is seen as unprecedented because it financially sanctions an elected leader for a
TOKYO, Jul 25 – Japan aims to cut suicides by 30% over 10 years, with the government Tuesday approving a plan which seeks to curb extreme work hours seen as contributing to one of the world’s highest suicide rates. Japan has the highest suicide rate among Group of Seven (G7) advanced countries
WASHINGTON, Jul 25 – Senate Republicans face a do-or-die vote Tuesday to launch a new Obamacare repeal effort, as confusion reigns over what path President Donald Trump’s party will take – and whether they even have the votes to move forward. On Monday, Trump strongly warned Republicans that they must pass health
