People wear protective face masks in Melbourne after it became the first city in Australia to enforce mask-wearing in public as part of efforts to curb a resurgence of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), July 23, 2020. SYDNEY: Restrictions were reintroduced in Australia’s most populous state of New South […]
Month: July 2020
SHANGHAI: All international tennis tournaments in China including the Shanghai Masters and WTA Finals were cancelled Friday (Jul 24) because of the coronavirus, the ATP and WTA said. The major blow to attempts to restart tennis comes after China said it would not stage most international sports events for the […]
DUBAI: Emirates, the largest airline in the Middle East, will cover customers’ coronavirus-related medical costs in a bid to “boost travel confidence”, the Dubai Media Office said Thursday (Jul 23). “Emirates will cover its passengers for COVID-19 related medical expenses and quarantine costs when they travel on board Emirates, to […]
SINGAPORE: The number of Housing and Development Board (HDB) flats sold in the resale market in the second quarter plunged 41.9 per cent amid the COVID-19 “circuit breaker” period. Official figures released on Friday (Jul 24) showed a total of 3,426 flats were sold from April to June, falling from […]
WASHINGTON: US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo took fresh aim at China on Thursday (Jul 23) and said the United States and its allies must use “more creative and assertive ways” to press the Chinese Communist Party to change its ways, calling it the “mission of our time.” Speaking at […]
RIO DE JANEIRO: A study published Thursday (Jul 23) on the use of hydroxychloroquine in Brazil to treat COVID-19 found the drug ineffective, the latest blow to President Jair Bolsonaro’s push for its widespread use. The clinical trial, conducted at 55 hospitals across Brazil and published in the New England […]
MIAMI: A man was arrested for pointing a gun at a fellow shopper who asked him to wear a mask because of the coronavirus pandemic at a Walmart store in Florida, police in the US state said. Vincent Scavetta, 28, was arrested for aggravated assault with a deadly weapon and […]
WASHINGTON: The US Department of Justice on Thursday (Jul 23) said it will not stand in the way of efforts by companies, including Eli Lilly and Co and Amgen, to share information to help scale up capacity to manufacture antibody treatments for COVID-19. In a letter to Lilly, Amgen, AbCellera […]
WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump announced on Thursday (Jul 23) that he was scrapping next month’s Republican Party nominating convention in Jacksonville, Florida, because of the COVID-19 outbreak. Trump, speaking at a White House press conference, said it was not the right time to do a “big, crowded convention”. “The […]
WASHINGTON: The United States on Thursday (Jul 23) passed a total of more than 4 million coronavirus infections since the first US case was confirmed in January, according to a Reuters tally, reflecting a nationwide escalation of the pandemic. The United States took 98 days to reach its first one […]