The threat from North Korea increases after each successful test, therefore South Korea, Japan, and the United States practice missile defense

Two American warships, a South Korean destroyer, and two Japanese destroyers participated in missile defense exercises amidst heightened tensions in the region. North Korea conducted the drill only a few hours after firing a missile over Japan. Multiple missiles have been fired by Pyongyang in re...

EU’s Disinformation Code of Practice Accepted by Technology Giants

According to the recently updated legislation, the modified EU Code of Practice, big technology firms like Twitter and Google have decided to combat false information on their respective platforms.

This legislation calls for businesses to avoid making a profit from the spread of disinfo...

Shearman & Sterling expands its worldwide M&A practice with the addition of Kok Jin Ong to its Singapore office

Kok Jin Ong, a Singapore-based counsel, has joined Shearman & Sterling's worldwide mergers and acquisitions group.

Jin specialises in energy and infrastructure M&A in the Asia-Pacific region, with a specific focus on energy, including renewables and other power transactions ...

Singapore Has Switched to Digitization and it Will Likely Stay This Way from Now on

It has been recently reported that Future Forum surveyed people to ask how much of their current hybrid-work model would they like to change and go back to office routines before the pandemic, and more than 67% of the people said that they preferred this ‘new normal’ way of working an...

OPENPAY LAUNCHES IN US AND UK HEALTHCARE MARKETS

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• Openpay has launched into American and British healthcare markets with ezyVet.
• Partnership with ezyVet signals the formal launch of OPY USA's differentiated offering into American healthcare market.
• Now Openpay is expanding i...

AUSTRALIAN AMBASSADOR ‘GRAHAM FLETCHER’ REPORTEDLY DESCRIBED CHINA AS VINDICTIVE

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• The ambassador of Australia has been reportedly described China as unreliable and vindictive
• The ambassador said that, he does not know that, China is aware of the damage cause by its trade practices in Australia

Graham F...

ATLANTA FALCONS CLOSE PRACTICE FACILITIES AFTER POSITIVE CORONAVIRUS TESTS

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• The NFL team has closed its Georgia facility on Thursday after a member of the organization tested COVID positive

• The tweet by Atlanta Falcons read “Out of an abundance of caution following one new positive test, we have made the decision to stop...

FCPA INVESTIGATIONS INVOLVING NOVARTIS RESOLVED

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• Novartis has reached settlements with DOJ and SEC regarding investigations against it.
• With the settlements reached, the investigations against Novartis come to a close.
• The settlements cover the fines that Novartis and its subsi...

RE-ELECTION SEEKING TRUMP SIGNS ORDER TO IMPROVE POLICING PRACTICES IN THE US

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•          Trump has gained quite a reputation for fueling racism in the US

•          He signs an order to improve police practices after severe protests erupt...

CONNECTED HEALTH IS ANOTHER LANDMARK IN HEALTHCARE

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-Effective medical practices are important.

-Connected health is one such powerful process.

-The health records of patients are shared among patients and car giver.

In case of a sudden chronic disease outbreak, ...

FASHION TECH: INTERNATIONAL WOOLMARK PRIZE FOR SUSTAINABLE FASHION

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• Fashion industry is a major contributor to the greenhouse emissions
• The IWP is a platform to bring together young budding designers to promote ideas on sustainable fashion

Fashion industry has been taking steady steps tow...

FASHION TECH: FASHION CIRCUIT SEEKS HELP FROM ENGINEERS AND STUDENTS FOR SUSTAINABILITY

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• Hackathons are being conducted by fashion brands to develop new ideas
• LVMH and Kering are some of the famous fashion brands behind this trend

Fashion brands are now organizing hackathons to come up with better ideas for s...

JAPAN’S AGRICULTURAL STUDENTS MAY BE TRAINED AT FEILDING SCHOOL

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• New Zealand’s Feilding School will train foreign students on Agriculture processes
• Japan’s School Board will visit the school to analyze possibility of sending students for training

Japan’s Hokkaido Boar...

FASHION TECH: BRANDS PUSHED TO BE INCREASINGLY TRANSPARENT ABOUT PRACTICES

FASHION TECH: BRANDS PUSHED TO BE INCREASINGLY TRANSPARENT ABOUT PRACTICES

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• Fashion houses are being asked to be transparent about sourcing of materials and processes
• They are being pushed to adopt more sustainabl...

Biocon's future focus on making processes robust and GMP compliance

As the chair at the helm of Biocon changes face, there is a new zeal to increase the efforts in making the processes more robust and to make them free from excessive human interference. The company is embarking on a digital journey from the quality control and process control point of view, which...

Medical Cannabis is actually being taught as a major in University

The Master of Science (MS) in Medical Cannabis Science and Therapeutics will offer understudies the chance to not just figure out how to treat medicinal weed patients yet in addition deal with research in the field and help possibly shape restorative cannabis approach going ahead through a two-year ...