MANCHESTER, England: West Bromwich Albion won promotion back to the Premier League after a two-year absence, joining Leeds United in the top flight next season after a 2-2 draw at home to Queens Park Rangers on a drama-filled final day of the Championship season. The point for Slaven Bilic’s side […]
Month: July 2020
BRASILIA: Brazil recorded a new daily record of coronavirus cases on Wednesday (Jul 22) with nearly 68,000 infections, a sign COVID-19 is still far from being brought under control in the hard-hit country. The health ministry said 67,860 new infections and 1,284 deaths had been reported in the past 24 […]
WASHINGTON: The US demand this week that China close its consulate in Houston is the latest in a string of disputes that have taken the relationship between the world’s two biggest economies to its lowest point in decades. Here are the main points of contention between Beijing and Washington: CORONAVIRUS […]
BRASILIA: Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro has again tested positive for the new coronavirus, his office announced on Wednesday (Jul 23), saying he would extend his two-week quarantine and suspend upcoming travel plans. The far-right leader, who has faced criticism for downplaying the pandemic and flouting social distancing measures, has been […]
WASHINGTON: President Donald Trump announced a plan on Wednesday (Jul 22) to send federal agents to more US cities to crack down on violent crime in an escalation of his “law and order” theme going into the Nov 3 presidential election. Trump, joined at a White House event by Attorney […]
NEW DELHI: US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo urged India on Wednesday (Jul 22) to focus on domestic supply chains and reduce its dependence on China for telecommunications and medical supplies, as Washington’s ties with Beijing deteriorate dramatically. India had a chance to move “supply chains away from China and […]
The US is rallying around a strategy of decoupling but will face pushback from China and affected countries, says Mohamed A El-Erian. LAGUNA BEACH, Californa: Not a day seems to pass without further evidence of the mounting economic tensions between China and the United States, the world’s two largest economies. […]
WASHINGTON: The closure of the Chinese consulate in Houston is the latest salvo in a battle between the United States and China for economic and technological supremacy that is shaping up as a new Cold War and includes a high-stakes race for a COVID-19 vaccine. THE LATEST DEVELOPMENTS The United […]
REUTERS: California on Wednesday (Jul 22) overtook New York, the original epicentre of the United States’ outbreak, as the worst-hit state for COVID-19 cases, according to a Reuters tally of county data. Total cases in the most populous US state climbed to more than 414,000, with a handful of California […]
Scientists have deciphered the genetic blueprints of six of the world’s bats. Their codes of life contain genetic clues to their “exceptional immunity”, which protects them against deadly viruses. Researchers hope to use the information to crack the secrets of how bats carry coronaviruses without getting sick. They say this […]