HEALTH CARE WORKERS IN JAPAN AFRAID OF STRAINING MEDICAL SYSTEM OVER COVID-19

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• Health care workers in Japan afraid of straining medical system over COVID-19 cases.
• The country is said to have been reporting over 2,000 new COVID-19 cases daily.
• Hospitals are said to be seeing high bed occupancies wit...

BUZZFEED IS PURCHASING HUFFPOST FROM VERIZON MEDIA

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• Announcing the deal, the companies in a joint statement said this acquisitions is part of a bigger deal between BuzzFeed and Verizon Media

• As per the deal, the companies will be syndicating content on each other’s platforms and look to jointly ex...

Artificial Intelligence in Medicine Market is expected to Grow at a CAGR Of 49.4% From 2019 To 2027, owing to the Increasing Demand for Automation with the help of Artificial Intelligence in the Healthcare Industry, says Absolute Markets Insights

The healthcare industry has quickly absorbed the digitization trends, and is increasingly incorporating technology for patient treatment, case handling, financial management and security management, amongst others. Lately, the advancement in Artificial Intelligence (AI) technology is drastically ...

HSBC BANK U.S.A WORKING WITH Biz2Credit FOR SWIFT APPROVAL OF LOANS FOR SMALLER BUSINESSES

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• The bank which is part of HSBC Group said it is using Biz2Credit's Biz2X Platform to fasten the approval of credit applications for small businesses across the nation

• HSBC Bank will start rolling out of this new enhancement to HSBC Fusion in the mo...

6G NOT A DISTANT REALITY WITH CHINA SENDING FIRST 6G SATELLITE INTO ORBIT

• The world may still be in the early stages of 5G rollout, but China has already charged the world's first 6G satellite into orbit.
• The technology intensive project lifted off from a spaceport in the Shanxi province last week and will be employed to test the next generation ...

SHORTFALL OF DOCTORS LIKELY IN S KOREA AMIDST MEDICAL STUDENTS WALK-OUT

• Concerns are rife over a possible scarcity of new doctors next year after approximately 86% of eligible medical students boycotted the state-run medical licensing exam which ended Tuesday.
• Over 2,700 of the total 3,172 final-year students did not partake in the practical skills...

KYOTO UNIV. RESEARCH ON COVID-19 TREATMENT VIA iPS CELL TECHNOLOGY

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• Kyoto Univ. research on COVID-19 treatment via iPS cell technology.
• Researchers aim to develop COVID-19 treatment by creating cytotoxic T cells in the bloodstream from iPS cells.
• Cytotoxic T cells play an important role i...

CHINA ON INIMITABLE ROAD TO RECOVERY AFTER VIRUS-LED SHAKEDOWN

• China’s economy is in the middle of an open road recovering from its remorse earlier this year, showing the world economic benefits from swift control of the pandemic and a rapid resumption of manufacturing.
• While Europe and the U.S. face onslaught of pandemic of Covid-19...

MAJOR FOREIGN IB’S RECALIBRATE GROWTH PROSPECTS IN KOREAN ECONOMY TURNAROUND

• Major foreign investment banks (IBs) have recalibrated their forecasts for South Korea's economic growth for 2020 on rising expectations for an economic turnaround, a report showed Friday.
• Until late October, nine principal global IBs, including Barclays and Goldman Sachs, ...

SPECTRUM PRICE WAR BETWEEN GOVERNMENT AND MOBILE CARRIERS

• South Korea's three principal telecom operators on Tuesday appealed to the government to hold an auction to reallocate their network spectrum set to expire next year amid controversy over prices.
• Spectrum for 2G, 3G and 4G LTE networks held by the three chief carriers -- SK...

TURKEY REJECTS THE TALKS FOR THE AEGEAN AND EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN REGION WITH GREECE

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• Turkey have rejected the talks for the Aegean and the Eastern Mediterranean maritime zones with Greece
• The prime minister of Greece has also pulled back its demands for the sanctions before a meeting with Turkey

As signal...

HOKKAIDO RECORDS 96 COVID-19 INFECTIONS IN A SINGLE DAY ON NOV. 2

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• Hokkaido records 96 COVID-19 infections in a single day in Nov.2.
• It is the highest figure in a single-day record in any of Japan’s 47 prefectures.
• The total cases connected to the district hit 367, stemming from 9...

TURKEY ONCE AGAIN EXTENDED NATURAL GAS EXPLORATION MISSION IN THE EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN REGION

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• The government of Greece will be closing most of the bars, restaurants and the cultural venues as the corona virus cases increase
• The restrictions will be applied across half of the country which will be including northern Greece and the A...

POLITICAL DISSENTS RESULTED IN MANY CAPTURES, SEDITION CHARGES LEVIED ON SOME

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• Bangkok's Thungmahamek Police Station has given a summons for favorable to popular government activists, who drove the October 26 walk to the German international safe haven, Passarawalee "Mind" Thanakijwibulpol tweeted on Monday
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KOREA’S GMARKET LAVISH SALE HOSTING FABULOUS S KOREAN PRODUCTS AT THROWAWAY PRICES

• E-commerce retailer eBay Korea‘s online Korean goods shopping site Gmarket Global store will embark upon a sales campaign for a plethora of South Korean products including Korean food, Korean cosmetics and K-pop items starting Sunday, according to the store.
• The campaign ...

KT PURSUING STRATEGIC ACQUISITIONS TO CONSOLIDATE LEAD IN PAY TV

• Korea Telecom (KT) is planning to further strengthen its lead in the pay TV sector by reviewing the possible acquisitions of D'Live and CMB, just days after it successfully closed a deal to purchase Hyundai HCN.
• D'Live and CMB are in the same field as Hyundai HCN, Kang ...

JAPANESE MEDIA ASKS U.S GOVT. TO RECONSIDER CHANGES TO VISA RULES FOR FOREIGN JOURNALISTS

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• Japanese media asks U.S Govt. to reconsider changes to Visa rules for foreign journalists.
• The name of the association is - Japan Newspaper Publishers & Editors Association.
• The association submitted its request to th...

UAE GOVERNMENT DECLARED ESTABLISHMENT OF UAE MEDIA OFFICE

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• President His Highness Sheik Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan has given a Federal Law by Decree no. (7) of 2020 setting up the Media Office of the UAE Government

The media office will have the lawful ability to direct the business and act...

JAPANESE GAMERS’ DEMAND FOR PRE-ODER OF NEW PS5 GAME CONSOLE INCREASES

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• Japanese gamers’ demand for pre-order of new PS5 game console increases.
• Pre-order lotteries have been selling as many as 91 times more tickets than available in stock.
• Sony is set to release the new PS5 on Nov. 12....

JAPAN HEALTH MINISTRY ANNOUNCES LOW DEATH RATE OF SEVERE COVID-19 PATIENTS

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• Japan Health Ministry announces low death rate of severe COVID-19 patients.
• The proportion of death from ‘second wave’ COVID-19 infections began to fall since June.
• The ministry analyzed cases of around ...