LONDON: European stock markets retreated on Friday (Jul 3), with concerned investors locking in gains made recently on solid US jobs data. In London, the FTSE 100 index had lost 1.3 per cent when trading ended for the day, Frankfurt had slipped by 0.6 per cent and Paris was off […]
LONDON: Oil fell below US$43 a barrel on Friday (Jul 3) as a resurgence of coronavirus cases raised concern that fuel demand growth could stall, although crude was still headed for a weekly gain on lower supply and wider signs of economic recovery. The United States reported more than 55,000 […]
TORONTO: Canada’s biggest lenders confirmed on Friday (Jul 3) they had joined a widespread boycott of Facebook Inc begun by US civil rights groups seeking to pressure the world’s largest social media platform to take concrete steps to block hate speech. More than 400 brands have pulled advertising on Facebook […]
VIENNA: World number three Dominic Thiem will donate the prize money that he won in Belgrade during the ill-fated Adria Tour, where Novak Djokovic and three other participants tested positive for coronavirus, his father was quoted by Austrian media on Friday (Jul 3). Thiem took part in the Belgrade leg […]
LONDON: Frank Lampard called for a “big reflection” on VAR at the end of the season after another controversial incident involving the technology in the midweek Premier League fixtures. Tottenham were controversially denied an equaliser against Sheffield United on Thursday when Harry Kane’s goal was chalked off for a dubious […]
BEIJING: China on Friday (Jul 3) vowed to gradually phase out the slaughter and sale of live poultry at food markets, in a move welcomed by animal rights activists amid the coronavirus pandemic. The announcement came as China stepped up inspections of wholesale food markets and outlawed the sale and […]
A Democratic U.S. senator says he has written to Attorney General William Barr outlining his concerns about potential “political interference” by the Trump administration in an investigation of a private espionage firm that targeted environmental groups in the United States. WASHINGTON: A Democratic U.S. senator says he has written to […]
Bournemouth manager Eddie Howe says living in fear of the sack will not help his attempt to pull his side out of a run of form that has them heading for relegation from the Premier League. REUTERS: Bournemouth manager Eddie Howe says living in fear of the sack will not […]
SINGAPORE: More than 16,000 jobs, traineeships and skills training opportunities were available at the inaugural SGUnited Jobs and Skills Fair on Friday (Jul 3). Of these, almost 7,000 were job vacancies from the public and private sector, for fresh graduates and mid-career job seekers. The jobs fair, held at the […]
BRUSSELS: The European Commission said on Friday (Jul 3) it had given conditional approval for the use of COVID-19 antiviral remdesivir following an accelerated review process. The EU executive said the drug, produced by Gilead, was the first medicine authorised in the European Union for treating COVID-19 following a “rolling […]