BEIJING: China today accused Britain of sheltering “wanted criminals” after prominent Hong Kong democracy activist Nathan Law said he had been granted political asylum there. London and Beijing are at bitter odds over the fate of Hong Kong, with Britain accusing China of tearing up its promise to maintain key […]
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Jane McDonald has announced the death of her fiancé Eddie Rothe, a musician best known for being the drummer in Liquid Gold and later The Searchers. Singer and TV presenter McDonald said Rothe had “been battling lung cancer for the last few months”. He died two weeks ago aged 67. […]
KUALA LUMPUR: Perak FC staged a strong fightback to defeat Super League minnows UiTM FC 3-2 at Perak Stadium in Ipoh last night. Ghanaian striker Nana Poku shocked the hosts in the 20th minute through a penalty, which was awarded after he was brought down by Perak FC defender Muhammad […]
STOCKHOLM: The Swedish Medical Products Agency said today the benefits of the AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine outweighed the risks after the EU drug regulator said it had found a possible link between the shot and rare blood clots. Sweden paused the use of the AstraZeneca vaccine in March after reports of […]
STOCKHOLM: Sweden, which has shunned lockdowns throughout the pandemic, registered 6,814 new coronavirus cases today, health agency statistics showed. The country of 10 million inhabitants registered 45 new deaths, taking the total to 13,578. The deaths registered have occurred over several days and sometimes weeks. Sweden’s death rate per capita […]
And the little chopper could take to the skies for the first time on Sunday (April 11). NASA’s little Mars helicopter has opened its eyes on the Red Planet. The 4-lb. (1.8 kilograms) chopper, known as Ingenuity, snapped its first color photograph on Saturday (April 3), shortly after being lowered […]
SAN FRANCISCO: The world’s premier video game trade show will return in June as a free, virtual event after the annual gathering was cancelled last year because of the pandemic. Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3) shop talk and game revelations will be solely online in a show that will take place […]
NEW DELHI: Many Indian state leaders have asked Prime Minister Narendra Modi to open up vaccinations to most of the country’s hundreds of millions of adults, following a second surge in infections that has eclipsed the first wave. India breached the grim milestone of 100,000 daily infections for the first […]
SYDNEY: Australia today said it had not yet received more than three million doses of previously promised AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine doses amid export curbs by the European Union, leaving a major hole in its early nationwide inoculation drive. Authorities had pledged to administer at least four million first doses of […]
LONDON: Real Madrid will benefit more than Liverpool from the absence of fans in their Champions League quarter-final, said Rafa Benitez. Liverpool face Madrid in Spain later today before next week’s return fixture at Anfield, where the Merseyside club have struggled in the Premier League this season, with matches taking […]