LONDON: A British consortium formed by a group of aerospace, automotive and engineering firms to build ventilators for the country’s health service said on Sunday (Jul 5) it would end after delivering over 13,000 devices. VentilatorChallengeUK said its production had more than doubled the stock of ventilators available for use […]
PARIS: China’s Huawei is not totally banned from France’s next-generation 5G wireless market, but French operators using them will only get limited licences, the head of the national cybersecurity agency told Les Echos newspaper on Sunday (Jul 5). The comments were the latest development in the controversy over Huawei’s involvement, […]
WASHINGTON, DC: US President Donald Trump will host an outdoor campaign rally in New Hampshire, his team said on Sunday (Jul 5), after his last rally drew criticism for ignoring coronavirus health guidelines. The “Make America Great Again” event will take place on Jul 11 in Portsmouth, his campaign said […]
ABOARD THE OCEAN VIKING IN THE MEDITERRANEAN: Italy on Sunday (Jul 5) authorised charity vessel Ocean Viking to transfer 180 migrants rescued in the Mediterranean to a ship in Sicily for quarantine, the ship’s operator and the government said. Those on board exploded with joy at the announcement that their […]
Domestic saving, already depressed, is headed deep into negative territory, says Stephen S. Roach. NEW HAVEN, Connecticut: Pandemic time runs at warp speed. That’s true of the COVID-19 infection rate, as well as the unprecedented scientific efforts under way to find a vaccine. It is also true of transformational developments […]
PASSO GAVIA: Scientists in Italy are investigating the mysterious appearance of pink glacial ice in the Alps, caused by algae that accelerate the effects of climate change. There is debate about where the algae come from, but Biagio Di Mauro of Italy’s National Research Council said the pink snow observed […]
LONDON: Britain’s police said on Sunday (Jul 5) that revellers who packed London’s Soho district the night pubs finally reopened made it “crystal clear” that drunk people cannot socially distance. England’s hospitality sector sprung back to life after a three-month coronavirus hiatus on what the media dubbed as either “Super […]
LONDON: China’s Huawei has clear conditions to meet for Britain to continue to allow its involvement in the development of 5G telecoms infrastructure, Britain’s health minister said on Sunday, after a report that the firm would be banned from the project. Officials are drawing up proposals to stop installing Huawei […]
BEIJING: China’s Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corp (SMIC) will raise 46.29 billion yuan (US$6.55 billion) in a Shanghai share sale, more than double its initial target, pricing its offering following a surge in its Hong Kong-listed stock. The company, which had originally sought to raise about 20 billion yuan, set the […]
DUBAI: Saudi Arabia’s coronavirus infections have passed 200,000 and neighbouring United Arab Emirates 50,000, with the number of new cases climbing after the Arab world’s two largest economies fully lifted curfews last month. Restrictions had been in place in both countries since mid-March and their gradual lifting has allowed commercial […]