Author: Mike Harrison

(Fox News-Yonhap News)Researchers at the University of Chicago in the United States published a paper stating that “The probability of getting a global pandemic varies depending on what kind of news you watch.”According to the Chicago Tribune on the 21st (local time), the University of Chicago’s Becker Friedman Economic Research Institute published a paper titled’Misinformation During a Pandemic’ released the day before, “Fox News’Hannity’. He claimed that the probability of viewers dying from the novel coronavirus infection (Corona 19) is much higher than that of’Tucker Carlson Tonight’ viewers.”The four co-writers estimated that the initial infection rate and mortality rate of…

Hi all,  In today’s bulletin: HK expected to order first lockdown in Kowloon area; China reportedly failed to fulfil trade promises to US; US charges Indonesian extremist in 2002 Bali bombings; Asia to dominate Davos virtual forum as coronavirus-hit west struggles; Can Asia help Biden?; and more. Reading this on the web or know someone who might enjoy receiving Asian Insider? Our sign-up page is here.  HK to order first coronavirus lockdown in Kowloon area: Media Hong Kong is preparing to lock down thousands of residents in a bid to contain a worsening outbreak of the coronavirus, local media outlets have…

WASHINGTON (BLOOMBERG) – US President Joe Biden benefited from a record-breaking amount of donations from anonymous donors to outside groups backing him, meaning the public will never have a full accounting of who helped him win the White House. Biden’s winning campaign was backed by US$145 million (S$192 million) in so-called dark money donations, a type of fundraising Democrats have decried for years. Those fundraising streams augmented Biden’s US$1.5 billion haul, in itself a record for a challenger to an incumbent president. That amount of dark money dwarfs the US$28.4 million spent on behalf of his rival, former President Donald…

(123rf)YouTube recently added coronavirus and related examples to its content advertising guidelines. It specifies the monitoring of irrational profit activities through coronavirus-related content.According to industry officials, it was reported that the coronavirus-related example was specified in February.According to the’Advertiser-Friendly Content Guidelines’ applied by YouTube, content related to the health crisis may not be suitable for advertising. Creators with certain requirements need to apply to YouTube in advance and ask for consent in order to monetize and place ads in front of their content, which means that ads may be restricted or excluded in the process.YouTube’s guidelines limit advertisements in cases…

(Samsung Seoul Hospital-Yonhap News)Gene therapy has been developed to treat glaucoma by inhibiting the expression of certain genes.Glaucoma is a disease in which eye pressure increases as the outlet of waterproofing, which is a fluid in the eye that maintains intraocular pressure while supplying nutrients to the eyeball, is narrowed, causing damage to the optic nerve of the retina. There is currently no cure.Dr. Collin Chu, an ophthalmologist at the University of Bristol Medical School, UK, used CRISPR gene scissors to cure glaucoma by inhibiting the gene Aquaporin1 in the ciliary body of the eye. It was developed, ScienceDaily reported…

PARIS (REUTERS) – France will tighten its laws on incest, President Emmanuel Macron said in a series of tweets on Saturday (Jan 23), after publication of a book accusing a top French political commentator of abusing his stepson sparked outrage across the country. Macron said on his Twitter account that France needs to adapt its laws to better protect children from sexual violence and he had asked the justice minister to chair a consultation aimed at quickly making legislative proposals. “We will go after the aggressors,” Macron said. Macron said France had already increased the statute of limitations on incest…

SEATTLE (REUTERS) – Boeing Co said on Friday (Jan 22) it will begin delivering commercial airplanes capable of flying on 100 per cent biofuel by the end of the decade, calling reducing environmental damage from fossil fuels the “challenge of our lifetime”. Boeing’s goal – which requires advances to jet systems, raising fuel-blending requirements, and safety certification by global regulators – is central to a broader industry target of slashing carbon emissions in half by 2050, the US planemaker said. “It’s a tremendous challenge, it’s the challenge of our lifetime,” Boeing Director of Sustainability Strategy Sean Newsum told Reuters. “Aviation…

Meritz Securities sold a real estate PF worth KRW 1 trillion Source: The Korea Herald

(Korea International Trade Association Institute for International Trade-Yonhap News)It was found that Korean cosmetics are making progress thanks to the Korean Wave in Russia.According to the report’Strategy to enter the Russian cosmetics market’ released on the 22nd by the Institute for International Trade and Trade of the Korea International Trade Association, the import of Korean cosmetics from Russia was $133.1 million in 2019 from $15.15 million (19 billion won) in 2014. KRW 169 billion), which has nearly 9 times increased in 5 years.As a result, Korea has grown to become the second largest importer of cosmetics after France in Russia.In…

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