MELBOURNE: Australian police patrolled the streets and blocked transport into the centre of Sydney on Saturday (Aug 21) to prevent a planned anti-lockdown protest as the country reported a record high daily number of new COVID-19 infections. Officials reported a total of 886 cases in New South Wales and Victoria […]
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The 25-year-old will be a father next month. It’s a double dose of happy news for iKON’s Bobby or Kim Ji-won: The 25-year-old is getting married – and becoming a father. In an Instagram post on Aug 20, he revealed that his fiancée is giving birth next month and apologised […]
Staging the Tokyo Olympics amid the global coronavirus pandemic was one of the “most complex” tasks of his career, International Olympic Committee vice-president John Coates said in an interview published on Friday. The experienced Australian Olympic Committee president led efforts to deliver the Games in the face of significant political […]
Over the last 18 months, he has not shied away from taking decisive action as Malaysia grappled with multiple crises. KUALA LUMPUR: King Al-Sultan Abdullah Ri’ayatuddin Al-Mustafa Billah Shah’s ascension to the throne in January 2019 happened amid unforeseen circumstances. He was elected by fellow members of the country’s royal […]
“Get back, get back,” screamed the British soldier at a crowd gathered in front of the secure compound where those being evacuated by the UK embassy are taken before flying out. In front of him, many frantically waved their British passports in the air, hoping to be allowed through but […]
The planned £29bn purchase of UK chip designer Arm by US firm Nvidia raises “serious” competition concerns, the UK’s competition watchdog has said. The Competition and Markets Authority said it was worried the deal would stifle innovation in several areas, such as gaming and self-driving cars. As a result, the […]
US tech giant Apple has delayed recalling staff to the office until January at the earliest amid fears over surging Covid cases. Employees were informed of the decision in a company memo on Thursday, which was first reported by Bloomberg News. The firm told staff it would reconfirm plans a […]
MELBOURNE: Australia’s New South Wales logged its second-highest daily increase in locally acquired COVID-19 cases of the year on Sunday (Jul 25) amid fears of a wave of new infections after thousands of people joined an anti-lockdown protest. “In relation to yesterday’s protests, can I say how absolutely disgusted I […]
MOSCOW: Russia reported 24,072 new Covid-19 cases today, including 3,406 in Moscow, taking the official national tally since the pandemic began to 6,126,541. The government coronavirus task force said 779 people had died of coronavirus-linked causes in the past 24 hours, pushing the national death toll to 153,874. Russia has […]
BEIJING: China shut down ports and railways today as it braced for Typhoon In-Fa as parts of the country struggled to recover from devastating floods earlier this week. In-Fa is forecast to make landfall late tomorrow in the eastern coastal province of Zhejiang near Shanghai, according to the official Cnews […]