SINGAPORE: The harshest criminal punishment ever applied in New Zealand, life behind bars for the Christchurch mosque killer, gave justice and a relief but left a long and painful road to healing for survivors and relatives of those killed in the attack. Brenton Tarrant, 29, will die in jail under […]
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LONDON: Manchester United captain Harry Maguire has been granted a full retrial after appealing against Greek court convictions on multiple charges following a brawl on the island of Mykonos last week, the Premier League club said on Wednesday. England defender Maguire was found guilty of repeated bodily harm, attempted bribery, […]
HONG KONG: A Chinese government offer to test all Hong Kong residents for the novel coronavirus is meeting scepticism from the city’s medical community and public and is emerging as a politically charged issue ahead of the launch of the plan next week. A 60-person mainland Chinese team will carry […]
HONOLULU: The United States hopes to work with China to get it to respect the international rules-based order even as Beijing, which has repeatedly fallen short of its promises, pursues aggressive military modernisation, the US defence chief said. Speaking in Hawaii yesterday, US Defence Secretary Mark Esper said China had […]
SEOUL: South Korea urged businesses today to have employees work from home after reporting the highest daily number of coronavirus cases since March, as it also flagged the risks of new clusters at call centres and logistics warehouses. South Korea reported 441 new coronavirus cases as of yesterday, the most […]
SYDNEY: Australia’s Victoria state — epicentre of the nation’s second wave of Covid-19 infections — reported its lowest one-day rise in new cases in nearly two months, buoying hopes a lockdown of nearly five million people has contained spread of the virus. Victoria said it detected 113 new cases in […]
BALTIMORE: US Vice President Mike Pence yesterday cast the re-election of President Donald Trump as critical to preserving law and order and economic viability, warning Democratic rival Joe Biden was a stalking horse for the radical left. Amid widening protests over the police shooting of Jacob Blake, a Black man, […]
SEOUL: North Korea was on high alert as Typhoon Bavi made landfall early today, dumping heavy rains and uprooting trees after skirting the coast of South Korea overnight causing some reported damage. North Korea’s KCTV state television broke into broadcasts overnight to report on the storm, showing downed trees and […]
SEOUL: Samsung Electronics plans to allow some workers in South Korea to work from home in September under a pilot programme, a company official said on Thursday (Aug 27), as the country battles a resurgence in novel coronavirus cases. Some employees at Samsung’s mobile phone and consumer electronics divisions are […]
NEW YORK: Amid the COVID-19 pandemic and widespread school closures, at least one-third of students affected around the world lack access to virtual education, according to a United Nations study released on Wednesday (Aug 26). In all, an estimated 463 million children lack the equipment or electronic access to pursue […]