Daily round-up, Sep 14: Singapore authorises bivalent Moderna COVID-19 booster vaccine; Malaysian ringgit slips to 24-year low vs US dollar

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Let’s get you up to speed with the day’s stories. Singapore has granted interim authorisation for its first bivalent COVID-19 booster vaccine. The Spikevax Bivalent Original/Omicron COVID-19 jab by Moderna comprises two components that target the original SARS-CoV-2 strain and the Omicron BA.1 variant respectively. It is an updated versionContinue Reading

China looks to increase penalties under its cybersecurity law

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BEIJING: China’s cyberspace regulator on Wednesday (Sep 14) proposed a series of amendments to the country’s cybersecurity law including raising the size of fines for some violations, saying that it wanted to do so to improve coordination with other new laws. The Cyberspace Administration of China (CAC) said, for example,Continue Reading

Taliban ‘looking into’ video showing executions

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KABUL: The Taliban are “looking into” a video circulating on social media that appears to show its fighters executing captured members of an Afghan insurgent group, a government spokesman said Wednesday (Sep 14). The National Resistance Front (NRF), a nascent group operating mainly out of the Panjshir Valley, said theContinue Reading