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On June 8, Phu Quoc District authorities launched a campaign to clean up plastic waste in the area. The campaign attracted many volunteers. The local authorities also called for investors to waste treatment projects and started more programmes on how to limit the use of plastic garbage. … [Read more...] about Vietnam’s largest island Phu Quoc struggles to search for new dumping site

Facebook Inc said it would start surveying some U.S. users about their health as part of a Carnegie Mellon University research project aimed at generating "heat maps" of self-reported coronavirus infections. The social media giant will display a link at the top of users' News Feeds directing them to the survey, which the researchers say will help them predict where medical resources are needed. Facebook said it may make surveys available to users in other countries too, if the approach is successful. Alphabet Inc's Google, Facebook's rival in mobile advertising, began querying users for the Carnegie Mellon project last month through its Opinion Rewards app, which exchanges responses to surveys from Google and its clients for app store credit. Facebook said in a blog post that the Carnegie Mellon researchers "won't share individual survey responses with Facebook, and Facebook won't share information about who you are with the researchers." The company also said it would begin … [Read more...] about Facebook asks users about coronavirus symptoms, releases friendship data to researchers

Apple AirPods have been ruling the truly wireless earphones market globally. And as per IDC Worldwide Quarterly Wearable Device Tracker for the fourth quarter of 2019, the company tops the truly wireless category in the country as well with 43.1% market share. In India, Apple’s AirPods lineup consists of two models now. While the basic version is selling at a starting price of Rs 14,900, the latest AiPods, AirPods Pro are available at Rs 24,900. Global shipments of wearable devices totaled 84.5 million units in the third quarter of 2019 (Q3-19), a year-over-year increase of 94.6% and a new record for shipments in a single quarter, according to IDC Worldwide Quarterly Wearable Device Tracker. Most of the growth in demand for wearables was driven by new products in the hearables market. Hearables alone accounted for almost half the market in the quarter, followed by wrist bands and smartwatches. Research firm Counterpoint’s latest Hearables Market Tracker too shows Apple … [Read more...] about Apple leads this product category in India as well, and it’s not smartphones

NEW DELHI: With 704 new COVID-19 cases in the last 24 hours, the total number of coronavirus positive cases has surged to 4,281, the Union health ministry said. The death toll now stands at 111. Of the 4,281 cases, 1445 are related to the Tablighi Jamaat, the Union ministry added. Here is a look at the latest updates on the outbreak of coronavirus (Covid-19) from India and around the world —WHO warns masks are no 'silver bullet' for ending pandemicThe World Health Organization warned that wearing masks alone would not be enough to defeat the global coronavirus pandemic, which has now killed more than 70,000 people. "Masks should only ever be used as part of a comprehensive package of interventions. There is no black or white answer, and no silver bullet. Masks alone cannot stop the COVID-19 pandemic," WHO director-general Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus told a virtual news conference. Elderly people account for 63% of COVID-19 deaths in IndiaAs much as 63 per cent of the deaths due to … [Read more...] about Coronavirus latest updates: 704 new cases reported since Sunday

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Pell free – Cardinal George Pell, the most senior Catholic in the world to have been found guilty of historical child sexual abuse, has been freed from prison after his convictions were quashed by the high court in Australia following a two-year legal saga. Sitting in Brisbane, the judges granted leave for Pell to appeal and ordered his immediate release. They said the jury in his trial should have entertained a doubt as to Pell’s guilt. The cardinal, a former financial controller of the Vatican, said he held “no ill will” towards his accuser, a former choirboy in Melbourne. … [Read more...] about Tuesday briefing: Dominic Raab steps up as Johnson ails

'And they go to the safety of that crew, our national security objectives, all the other ships that are out there in the Pacific that are now perhaps on higher standard of alert because our adversaries in the region think that one of our warships might be crippled, which it's not.'  … [Read more...] about Fired Captain Crozier of the USS Theodore Roosevelt is facing disciplinary action for raising virus alarm says Navy chief – despite huge backlash at his removal amid thunderous goodbye from his loyal crew

NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday endorsed The Times of India's #MaskIndia campaign that encourages all Indian to wear simple, homemade masks to stall the spread of coronavirus. "Always better to take that extra precaution. Will help you and those around you. I commend the @timesofindia group for this very innovative movement. #IndiaFightsCorona," the PM tweeted as he tagged a tweet from the Times Group MD Vineet Jain urging people to participate in the campaign. Always better to take that extra precaution. Will help you and those around you.I commend the @timesofindia group… https://t.co/j7ds0uVXC1 … [Read more...] about PM Narendra Modi endorses TOI’s #MaskIndia campaign

The EU’s 27 member states are responding to certain recession with individual spending plans, in which rich countries like Germany and the Netherlands have the means to spend big but indebted Spain (health workers pictured) and Italy do not. — AFP/VNA Photo … [Read more...] about EU ministers to agree virus rescue plan, not ‘coronabonds’