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Written by Gabriel HerveyApril 9, 2020
Robots may become heroes in war against COVID-19
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SAN FRANCISCO: Long maligned as job-stealers and aspiring overlords, robots are being increasingly relied on as fast, efficient, contagion-proof champions in the war against COVID-19. One team of robots temporarily cared for patients in a makeshift hospital in Wuhan, the Chinese city where the COVID-19 outbreak began. Advertisement Advertisement Meals were served, temperatures taken and communications
Written by Gabriel HerveyApril 1, 2020
Commentary: Trump fights a two-front war on the coronavirus
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SINGAPORE: Presidents such as Abraham Lincoln and Franklin Roosevelt achieved greatness leading the US in war. Maybe that’s why so many other US presidents describe their actions in militaristic terms. Advertisement Advertisement President Lyndon Johnson declared a “war on poverty” in 1964. Seven years later, President Richard Nixon did the same with a “war on
Written by Gabriel HerveyMarch 25, 2020
Commentary: Still reeling from Duterte’s war on drugs, Manila’s poor hit hardest by COVID-19
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NEW YORK CITY: Flaviano Villanueva was in tears last Thursday. It was day five of the “enhanced community quarantine” in Metro Manila, where the priest runs a homeless centre. The sprawling Philippine capital of 13 million people had been sealed off, and police and army troopers were guarding municipal boundaries to prevent entry and exit.
Written by Gabriel HerveyMarch 17, 2020
‘We are at war’: France imposes lockdown to combat COVID-19
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PARIS: French President Emmanuel Macron on Monday (Mar 16) ordered stringent restrictions on people’s movement to slow the spread of the coronavirus, and said the army would be drafted in to help move the sick to hospitals. France had already shut down restaurants and bars, closed schools and put ski resorts off limits, but Macron
Written by Gabriel HerveyMarch 15, 2020
Australia’s ‘war cabinet’ set to meet as COVID-19 cases surpass 250
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SYDNEY: Australia’s new national cabinet is set to meet Sunday (Mar 15) as the country’s cases of coronavirus topped 250 and the government faced questions about the possible closure of schools and tighter border controls. The government has already advised against non-essential gatherings of more than 500 people from Monday, though this does not include schools,
Written by Gabriel HerveyMarch 10, 2020
In Malaysia’s Silicon Valley, fortunes flip as COVID-19 wrecks trade war gains
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GEORGE TOWN, Penang: Tech firms at Malaysia’s one-time Silicon Valley of the East, swimming in orders from customers fleeing trade war-hit China, have seen fortunes turn again in the space of just a year as the coronavirus outbreak cuts them off from Chinese suppliers. Semiconductor test equipment manufacturer Pentamaster saw its shares more than double last
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Commentary: The global war on COVID-19 will not have a decisive end
HONG KONG: The world is at war. The enemy is resilient, ruthless, and unpredictable, with no regard for race, nationality, ideology, or wealth. As of Apr 3, it has killed more than 52,000 people and infected over one million, from ordinary workers to the United Kingdom’s prime minister and crown prince. Advertisement Advertisement The coronavirus