WASHINGTON: The United States marked the New Year yesterday by passing the extraordinary milestone of 20 million Covid-19 cases, after global celebrations welcoming in 2021 were largely muted by the pandemic. The US has floundered in its efforts to quell the virus, which is spreading rapidly across the country and […]
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TOKYO: The Tokyo Metropolitan Government will request the central government to declare a new state of emergency over a resurgence of Covid-19 cases, the Nikkei newspaper reported today. Tokyo Governor Yuriko Koike is set to meet Economy Minister Yasutoshi Nishimura on Saturday afternoon to make the request, Nikkei said, citing […]
MANCHESTER: Manchester United midfielder Bruno Fernandes was delighted by today’s 2-1 win over Aston Villa that put them level on points with leaders Liverpool, but said his side must learn to kill teams off to sustain a Premier League title challenge. United stretched their unbeaten league run to 10 games […]
KUALA TERENGGANU: Former Australian national player Christopher Herd has joined Terengganu Football Club (TFC) for this season, the club said. TFC said the 31-year-old defender signed a one-year contract with the Turtles and is expected to play a key role in the team’s campaigns in the Malaysia League and Asian […]
PARIS: The French health ministry reported 19,348 new coronavirus infections over the past 24 hours yesterday, slightly less than Thursday’s 19,927 and well below Wednesday’s more than one-month high of 26,457 but still far from the government’s target of less than 5,000 daily additional infections. France’s cumulative total of cases […]
MANCHESTER: Manchester United closed in on the Premier League’s pole position after a 2-1 home win over Aston Villa today put them level on points and games played with champions and leaders Liverpool. United trail their traditional rivals on goal difference with both teams on 33 points from 16 matches […]
MANCHESTER: Manchester United manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer stopped short of saying his side were Premier League title contenders after a hard-fought 2-1 home win over Aston Villa put them level on points with champions and leaders Liverpool. Liverpool visit Southampton and United travel to Burnley before a mouth-watering clash at […]
NEW YORK: About two million doses of Covid-19 vaccine developed by Oxford University and AstraZeneca are set to be supplied every week by the middle of January in the United Kingdom, The Times reported. AstraZeneca expects to supply two million doses of the vaccine in total by next week, the […]
DETROIT: The leader of Delta Air Lines is telling workers that he expects some recovery from the coronavirus travel downturn by the spring. CEO Ed Bastian wrote in a New Year’s Day memo to employees that he expects 2021 to start with travel deeply depressed like it was last year. […]
WASHINGTON: President Donald Trump vetoed a Bill on Friday (Jan 1) that would have gradually ended the use of large-mesh drift gillnets deployed exclusively in federal waters off the coast of California, saying such legislation would increase reliance on imported seafood and worsen a multibillion-dollar seafood trade deficit. Trump also […]