A US vaccine expert claims the idea of letting coronavirus burn out is fanciful and not feasible for any country to achieve herd immunity. Dr Paul Offit, director of the vaccine education centre in Philadelphia, said immunity gained from common coronaviruses are shot-lived and there is still no prospect of…
BEIJING (Reuters) – China accused the United States on Tuesday of using “national security” concerns as an excuse to act against Chinese firms, in a response that followed days after the Pentagon listed 11 more Chinese firms as being owned or controlled by the military. “I don’t think this kind…
SINGAPORE – Imposing quotas on higher-end foreign professionals on Employment Passes (EPs) is not unthinkable, but such a move would probably be unwise, said Manpower Minister Josephine Teo on Tuesday (Sept 1). It is much better to use salary requirements to ensure companies can access foreign professionals of the right…
The government will decide “very soon” whether to delay next year’s GCSEs and A-levels to give students more time to prepare, a minister has confirmed. As children started to return to classrooms across England and Wales on Tuesday, the schools minister, Nick Gibb, said the government would decide “as soon…
A 15-year-old girl in the US has died after overdosing during a bizarre social media fad known as the 'Benadryl challenge'. The sick challenge encourages young people to take as many antihistamines – allergy medication – as they can in order to hallucinate or trip out, and film the whole…
Platform, accused of fanning hate towards Rohingya, says it removed 280,000 posts that breached rules in second quarter. Facebook said on Tuesday that it was preparing for Myanmar’s general election in November by improving the detection and removal of hate speech and content that incites violence, and preventing the spread…
A couple have spoken out about their heartbreak after being told their three-year-old son had cancer, and not tonsillitis as they had first thought. Toddler Archie Galloway is currently in the middle of fighting for his life after being diagnosed with acute lymphoblastic leukaemia. The three-year-old was diagnosed in March…
The Daily Star’s FREE newsletter is spectacular! Sign up today for the best stories straight to your inbox A powerful earthquake measuring 6.3 on the Richter scale has hit near the coast of northern Chile, sparking a tsunami warning. The quake struck near Vallenar, Chile, sparking fears of a tsunami…
TOKYO (REUTERS) – Japan’s factory activity contracted at the slowest pace in six months in August, reducing some of the heat on policymakers pressured to take more radical steps to prevent the economy from sliding deeper into recession. The world’s third-largest economy is expected to see a modest bounce in…
SINGAPORE (THE BUSINESS TIMES) – Maybank Singapore announced on Tuesday (Sept 1) a new 12-month traineeship programme that will recruit at least 100 fresh graduates and mid-career candidates, as part of efforts to grow its talent pool for a post-coronavirus pandemic recovery. The bank will also give out a one-time…