IZMIR: A 70-year-old man was pulled from the rubble of a collapsed building in the Turkish city of Izmir yesterday, after being buried for 33 hours following a powerful earthquake which struck Turkey’s Aegean coast and Greek islands. Turkish authorities reported more deaths yesterday, bringing the toll to 62, all […]
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SYDNEY: New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern today named finance minister Grant Robertson as deputy prime minister in her new government after Labour Party deputy leader Kelvin Davis ruled himself out from standing. Robertson, who will continue as finance minister, will replace Winston Peters of Labour’s previous coalition partner New […]
WASHINGTON: Coronavirus cases continued their grim climb in the United States yesterday with Midwestern states experiencing record hospitalizations, as increasingly bitter rhetoric kept the virus front and centre of campaigning two days before the presidential election. Nearly 87,000 cases were reported on Saturday, with 909 deaths and record hospitalisations for […]
WASHINGTON: As the US awaits election day tomorrow, misleading claims from President Donald Trump and his opponent Joe Biden are circulating on hot-button issues including the Covid-19 pandemic, the economy and healthcare. AFP examines inaccurate claims from both candidates below. ‘Super predators’ Trump claimed in tweets yesterday that Biden called […]
WASHINGTON: The US Commerce Department said on Sunday (Nov 1) it would “vigorously defend” an executive order that seeks to bar transactions with Chinese-owned short video-sharing app TikTok after a federal judge halted the action. US District Judge Wendy Beetlestone on Friday blocked the Commerce Department order set to take […]
LONDON: Six-time world champion Lewis Hamilton said on Sunday there were no guarantees he would be in Formula One next season. Mercedes team boss Toto Wolff recognised that was a possibility but told reporters separately that he expected the Briton to stay with a team that has now won a […]
MILAN: Cristiano Ronaldo came off the bench to score a brace on his return from coronavirus as Juventus got back to winning ways in Serie A with a 4-1 victory against promoted Spezia on Sunday. The champions ended a run of three consecutive draws to move third in Serie A, […]
LONDON: Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang condemned Manchester United to fresh misery at Old Trafford as his penalty clinched a 1-0 win for Arsenal, while Gareth Bale was the match winner with his first goal since returning to Tottenham in a 2-1 win over Brighton on Sunday. Aubameyang ended a five-game goal drought […]
ROME: Italy’s health minister said today hat new data on the coronavirus was “terrifying” and the country had two days to approve further restrictions to curb its spread. Yesterday, Italy recorded almost 32,000 new coronavirus cases, its highest daily record since the start of the crisis, and just under 300 […]
MELBOURNE: Australia recorded no new daily coronavirus community infections today for the first time in nearly five months, health officials said, paving the way for further easing of social distancing restrictions. The state of Victoria, a coronavirus hot spot which accounts for more than 90 per cent of Australia’s 907 […]