LONDON: English Premier League club Newcastle United has held talks with the Bellagraph Nova Group (BNG) group over a possible takeover bid, the Singapore-backed company said in a statement. BNG, co-founded by Singapore-based investors Evangeline Shen, Nelson Loh and Terence Loh, and headquartered in Paris, said that negotiations were at […]
PITTSBURGH: Pittsburgh Mayor Bill Peduto said he had “serious concerns” over the tactics used in the arrest of a 25-year-old protester on Saturday, after the detention led a crowd of demonstrators showing up at the mayor’s home yesterday. Matthew Cartier, 25, was arrested on Saturday at a Black Lives Matter […]
SEOUL: South Korea warned today of tighter novel coronavirus restrictions as new outbreaks appeared, including one linked to a church where more than 300 members of the congregation have been infected but hundreds more are reluctant to get tested. The outbreak linked to the Sarang Jeil Church in Seoul is […]
Community health volunteers check the temperature of a baby during a check up campaign for Covid-19 at a slum in Mumbai, India August 16, 2020. NEW DELHI: India’s death toll from the coronavirus hit 50,000 today, with more than 900 new fatalities reported in 24 hours, health ministry data showed. […]
BANGKOK: Thailand’s economy suffered its worst contraction since the Asian financial crisis more than two decades ago, data showed Monday (Aug 17), as the coronavirus shattered the country’s crucial tourism industry. The kingdom has largely escaped the worst of the disease – registering 3,300 cases and 58 deaths despite being […]
TAIPEI: Taiwan will step up scrutiny of mainland Chinese citizens who are residents of Hong Kong and seek to move to the island to ensure they do not engage in spying or other illegal acts, the government said today. Taiwan has offered to welcome Hong Kong people who wish to […]
While speaking to the Associated Press, Keanu Reeves revealed that he has restarted filming the fourth iteration in the Matrix movie series in Berlin. Keanu Reeves has given an update regarding the filming of the fourth Matrix movie. He said that The Matrix 4, whose production was halted in March […]
TOKYO: Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe entered a Tokyo hospital today for an examination but a detailed reason for the visit was not immediately known, local media reported. Government sources said it was not a worrying situation, Nippon TV reported, while Kyodo News cited people near to the prime minister […]
KUALA LUMPUR: National Moto2 rider, Hafizh Syahrin Abdullah still feels the pain from injuries he sustained in a horrific crash during the Austrian Grand Prix (GP) at the Red Bull Ring Circuit on Sunday. However, the Inde Aspar Team rider said he was glad when the medical team had confirmed […]
The Japanese economy has shrunk at its fastest rate on record as it battles the coronavirus pandemic. The world’s third largest economy saw gross domestic product fall 7.8% in April-June from the previous quarter, or 27.8% on an annualised basis. Japan was already struggling with low economic growth before the […]