BLAINE, Minnesota: Golfer Brooks Koepka said that racism must be confronted across the globe, speaking to reporters ahead of the 3M Open, the first major sporting event in the greater Minneapolis region since the death of George Floyd in police custody. Floyd’s death in May prompted widespread protests across the […]
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BRUSSELS: European Union leaders clinched a deal on Tuesday (Jul 21) for a huge stimulus package which the European Commission has said will make fighting climate change central to Europe’s economic recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic. Climate advocates said the final deal – a €1.074 trillion EU budget for 2021-27, […]
SEOUL: South Korea on Wednesday (Jul 22) scaled back plans to impose capital gains taxes on stock investments in response to complaints by retail investors, but said it will hike taxes for top earners as part of changes in its annual tax code revision. It comes after retail investors took […]
MANCHESTER: Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola said the individual achievements of his players must be viewed in relation to the team’s success and consistency after Raheem Sterling’s brace sealed a 4-0 Premier League win over Watford on Tuesday (Jul 21). City forward Sterling’s first-half goals took his league tally to […]
SINGAPORE: A risk management framework for business events of up to 50 attendees has been developed by the Singapore Tourism Board (STB), and it will be trialed with two pilot events before gradually scaling up to other events. Business-to-business (B2B) events such as meetings, conventions, exhibitions and trade shows have […]
CHICAGO: A shootout outside a funeral left 14 people wounded Tuesday (Jul 21) in Chicago, as President Donald Trump threatens to send federal agents to a handful of US cities led by Democratic mayors. The episode started when occupants of a vehicle “began firing at attendees of a funeral. At […]
SYDNEY: Australia’s second most populous state of Victoria reported on Wednesday (Jul 22) two new deaths from the coronavirus and logged a record daily increase of 484 new cases compared with 374 cases a day earlier. Two men in their 90s died overnight from the virus, Premier Daniel Andrews said […]
TOKYO: The delay of the Tokyo 2020 Olympics forced by the coronavirus pandemic means next year’s Games will be smaller and simpler, but will that make them more sustainable? Tokyo 2020 organisers have said sustainability will be a “core concept” for the Games and have touted a range of initiatives, […]
TOYKO: The development of a coronavirus vaccine or treatment will be key to allowing the postponed Tokyo 2020 games to open in a year’s time, organising committee president Yoshiro Mori said Wednesday (Jul 22). Asked what factors will be crucial for the rescheduled Games to go ahead, Mori said “it […]
WASHINGTON: The US Justice Department on Tuesday (Jul 21) indicted two Chinese nationals over their role in what the agency called a decade-long cyber espionage campaign that targeted defence contractors, COVID-19 researchers and hundreds of other victims worldwide. US authorities said Li Xiaoyu and Dong Jiazhi stole terabytes of weapons […]