New Delhi, Microsoft researchers have revealed how people changed their aspirations during the pandemic when expression of basic needs increased “exponentially” while higher-level aspirations declined. Using data from Microsoft search …
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Athens, Greece has slammed Turkey’s move to convert the Chora museum, the 1,000-year-old former Byzantine Greek Orthodox church, into a mosque, saying it was “totally condemnable”. In a statement on …
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Washington: US President Donald Trump has urged universities to reopen their campuses, despite reports of Covid-19 cluster outbreaks among students across the country. The virus is very dangerous for older …
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Wellington: New Zealand on Friday reported 11 new coronavirus cases in the last 24 hours, bringing the total number of active cases in the country to 105, according to the …
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Jakarta: An earthquake measuring 6.9 on the Richter scale jolted Indonesia’s East Nusa Tenggara province on Friday, the meteorology and geophysics agency said, adding no tsunami alert was issued. The quake …
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Brussels: Ursula von der Leyen, president of the European Commission, announced that exploratory talks with German biopharmaceutical company, CureVac to purchase a potential Covid-19 vaccine have concluded. Von der Leyen, president …
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Rome: Italy reported 840 new coronavirus cases in 24 hours, the highest single-day surge since May 16 Thursday’s figure, which took the overall caseload to 256,118, also represented the 11th time …
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New York: Armed with the Democratic Party’s nomination, former US Vice President Joe Biden formally launched his battle against President Donald Trump in a “life-changing election”, asserting that he would lead …
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Tehran: Iran marked the Defence Industry Day by launching a number of military hardware and projects. In a virtual ceremony on Thursday attended by President Hassan Rouhani and Defence Minister Amir …
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Tokyo: A recent poll shows that more than half of Japanese companies want the Tokyo Olympic Games to be cancelled or postponed again. Japan’s Kyodo news agency said on Thursday that …
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