LONDON: Britain’s National Gallery reopens on Wednesday (Jul 8), with masks recommended and social distancing and advance booking mandatory, as the country continues to emerge from three months of coronavirus lockdown. The central London venue is the first major art museum in the British capital to open its doors after […]
Day: July 7, 2020
HONG KONG: China opened a new office on Wednesday (Jul 8) for its intelligence agents to operate openly in Hong Kong for the first time under a tough new security law, in a public display of its tightening control over the finance hub. The new base is located in a […]
SEOUL: A South Korean court ordered Pyongyang’s leader Kim Jong Un to compensate two former prisoners of war who spent decades as forced labourers in the North, in a move that could set a far-reaching legal precedent on the divided peninsula. The ruling was the first time a South Korean […]
MILAN: AC Milan scored three times in five astonishing second-half minutes as they hit back from two goals down to beat visiting Serie A leaders Juventus 4-2 on Tuesday, the first points dropped by the Turin side since the season restarted last month. Juve appeared to be cruising to another […]
MELBOURNE: Shoppers in Australia’s second-biggest city stripped supermarket shelves Wednesday (Jul 8) as millions in Melbourne prepared for a return to virus lockdown, with warnings the new restrictions will cost the economy A$1 billion (US$700 million) a week. Five million residents were ordered back into a six-week lockdown beginning midnight […]
TATSUNO, Japan: As the sun sets in the Japanese town of Tatsuno, thousands of fireflies begin glowing, producing a spectacle that usually draws crowds of delighted visitors. But this year, the dance of the incandescent insects is being performed without spectators, after coronavirus prevention measures forced organisers of a popular […]
WASHINGTON: A top US general said on Tuesday (Jul 7) he was not convinced any Russian bounties resulted in the deaths of US troops in Afghanistan, even as he acknowledged his concerns about Russian intentions toward the United States. US officials say the United States acquired intelligence suggesting that Russia […]
LONDON: Scientists warned on Wednesday (Jul 8) of a potential wave of coronavirus-related brain damage as new evidence suggested COVID-19 can lead to severe neurological complications, including inflammation, psychosis and delirium. A study by researchers at University College London (UCL) described 43 cases of patients with COVID-19 who suffered either […]
WELLINGTON: New Zealand said on Wednesday (Jul 8) that a 32-year-old man who tested positive for COVID-19 will be charged after briefly absconding from an isolation facility in Auckland, the latest slip-up as the country tries to keep coronavirus cases at its border. The man, who was in quarantine after […]
SYDNEY: Long queues of cars banked up on either side of one of Australia’s busiest internal border crossings on Tuesday (Jul 8) after it was closed overnight in a bid to contain a fresh outbreak of the coronavirus in the country’s second-biggest city. Police checkpoints caused delays of more than […]