TOKYO: Japan’s parliament on Monday (Oct 4) voted Fumio Kishida the country’s next prime minister, with the new leader expected to announce a Cabinet including both holdovers and fresh faces. The soft-spoken scion of a Hiroshima political family, Kishida beat popular vaccine chief Taro Kono to win leadership of the […]
Former Liverpool and England striker Daniel Sturridge has joined Perth Glory to help turn the A-League side into a winning team said the club’s head coach Richard Garcia. Sturridge has signed a one-year contract with the West Australian outfit for the coming season, which kicks off on Nov. 20 […]
TOKYO: As Tokyo’s Paralympics draw to a close and focus shifts to Paris 2024, France is looking for inspiration to the so-called “British model” that has produced Games success. Team GB is riding high in the medal tables at Tokyo once again, trailing only China in terms of golds. And […]
SINGAPORE : China’s anti-corruption watchdog is investigating a former senior executive of top state energy giant PetroChina for suspected “serious disciplinary violations”, the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection (CCDI) said on Sunday. Ling Xiao, who resigned last month from his position as a vice president of PetroChina, turned himself in […]
England are favourites to win the Twenty20 World Cup despite the absence of pace bowler Jofra Archer and all-rounder Ben Stokes, wicketkeeper-batter Jos Buttler said. Stokes was not included in England’s 15-man preliminary squad as he extends his break from cricket to focus on his mental health, while Archer ruled […]
Daniel Craig, who is receiving a lot of praise for his performance in No Time to Die, will become the fourth Bond actor after Moore, David Niven and Pierce Brosnan to earn the honour. English actor Daniel Craig, who ended his journey as James Bond with No Time to Die, […]
STOCKHOLM: The Nobel season opens on Monday (Oct 4) with the pioneers of mRNA COVID-19 vaccines and immune system research tipped for the medicine prize, which kicks off a week of awards against the backdrop of the pandemic. Breakthroughs in breast cancer, new approaches to rheumatology treatments, as well as […]
The South confirmed that twice-daily regular communication was restarted on time via military hotlines and others run by the Unification Ministry, except for the navy channel set up on an international network for merchant ships. The two Koreas on Monday restored their hotlines that the North severed months ago, with […]
LONDON: Players based in England will be able to represent their national teams in countries on the UK’s travel red-list this month after a bespoke quarantine exemption was granted today. A number of South American and African stars were not released by their clubs for the September international break as […]
BARCELONA: Embattled Barcelona coach Ronald Koeman said he was “fed up” of having to defend himself amid reports that the Dutchman is on the brink of being sacked. Koeman was roundly criticised in the wake of Barca’s 3-0 defeat at Benfica in the Champions League in midweek, a result that […]