FRANKFURT: German animal-rights activists protested outside a meat factory in North Rhine Westphalia on Saturday (Jul 4) where hundreds of employees tested positive for the coronavirus last month, prompting local quarantines and shutdowns. Activists climbed the roof of the slaughterhouse and processing plant in Toennies and unfurled a banner saying […]
HMD Global’s Nokia 5310 2020 is the re-envisioned version of the original Nokia 5310 XpressMusic, which was launched in 2007. HMD Global, the Finnish startup that is marketing the iconic Nokia brand now, has extensively used the power of nostalgia to sell new devices. Its latest phone using this strategy […]
Previous pandemics show that women are worse-off in terms of economic security and job opportunities, say observers. SYDNEY: The global research evidence is clear: Economic crises exacerbate pre-existing inequalities, damaging the employment opportunities and economic security of women more than men. The 1980s debt crisis, the 1997 Asian financial crisis […]
We need to use the lessons gained from the pandemic to reshape international development, rather than returning to the status quo, say Iqbal Dhaliwal and Samantha Friedlander. CAMBRIDGE: As with so much else, international development has been severely affected by the coronavirus pandemic. How might we use these lessons to […]
LONDON: British Prime Minister Boris Johnson is expected to begin phasing out the use of Chinese tech giant Huawei’s technology in Britain’s 5G network as soon as this year, The Daily Telegraph reported on Saturday (Jul 4). Officials are drawing up proposals to stop installing new Huawei Technologies equipment in […]
JOHANNESBURG: South Africa on Saturday (Jul 4) reported more than 10,000 new coronavirus infections, the highest daily jump on record for the country as it hurtles towards an anticipated spike. Daily tallies released by the health ministry showed 10,853 new confirmed COVID-19 cases, taking the cumulative tally since March when […]
GENEVA: The World Health Organization (WHO) said on Saturday (Jul 4) that it was discontinuing its trials of the malaria drug hydroxychloroquine and combination HIV drug lopinavir/ritonavir in hospitalised patients with COVID-19 after they failed to reduce mortality. The setback came as the WHO also reported more than 200,000 new […]
BERLIN: Bundesliga champions Bayern Munich kept their hopes of a treble alive after beating Bayer Leverkusen 4-2 at the Olympiastadion in Berlin on Saturday to win the German Cup for the 20th time. David Alaba gave Bayern the lead with a free kick in the 16th minute after Robert Lewandowski […]
MANILA: Philippine immigration officers falsified records to show ex-Wirecard executive Jan Marsalek briefly visited the country after he was sacked from the collapsed German payments processor, the justice minister said on Saturday (Jul 4). German and Philippine authorities want to question the former chief operating officer as part of their […]
GREENVILLE: Ten people were shot early on Sunday (Jul 5) in a Greenville, South Carolina, nightclub in an outburst of suspected gang-related violence that killed two people dead and critically injured two others, police said. Police believe more than one shooter fled the chaotic scene at the Lavish Lounge club […]