NEW YORK: Uber Technologies has quietly launched a service to give public health officials quick access to data on drivers and riders presumed to have come into contact with someone infected with COVID-19, company officials told Reuters. The service, offered free of charge, could help burnish the image of the […]
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JOHANNESBURG: South Africa’s first Black rugby Test captain Siya Kolisi, who led his country to win last year’s World Cup, has called for action to address racial inequality in a nation still reeling from the legacy of apartheid. In a seven-minute long video posted on his Instagram account on Sunday […]
LONDON: Ole Gunnar Solskjaer says he will stick with error-prone Manchester United goalkeeper David de Gea but with a Champions League place at stake many are urging him to drop the Spaniard. The 29-year-old’s blunders at Wembley on Sunday (Jul 19) were a hammer blow for in-form United, who went […]
LONDON: Aston Villa have a duty to prove their detractors wrong and stave off relegation from the Premier League in a season that’s been ravaged by injuries, manager Dean Smith said on Monday (Jul 20). Villa are third-bottom with 31 points, three away from the safety zone with two games […]
MOSCOW: Russia, the world’s fourth hardest-hit country in terms of coronavirus infections, on Monday (Jul 20) reported fewer than 6,000 new cases for the first time since the end of April. Health authorities also said 85 people died over the past 24 hours – the lowest daily fatality figure since […]
HERAT, Afghanistan: In the eastern Afghan city of Herat, 18-year-old high school student Somaya Faruqi adjusts a suction cap as she puts the finishing touches before unveiling a low-cost, lightweight ventilator created by her and six other young women. The all-female Afghan Robotics Team, which has won international awards for […]
PARIS: French authorities have reported 400 to 500 active coronavirus outbreak clusters but there are no signs of an imminent “second wave”, Health Minister Olivier Veran said Monday (Jul 20). Many of the current virus clusters involve abattoirs or other contained professional settings such as old age homes, he said. […]
LONDON: Britain has signed deals to secure 90 million doses of two possible COVID-19 vaccines from the Pfizer and BioNTech alliance and French group Valneva, the business ministry said on Monday (Jul 20). Britain had secured 30 million doses of the experimental BioNTech and Pfizer vaccine, and a deal in […]
TOKYO: A Human Rights Watch report has found child athletes in Japan often suffer physical and verbal abuse and sometimes sexual abuse when training for sport after documenting the experiences of over 800 athletes in 50 sports. The 67-page report released on Monday (Jul 20) titled I Was Hit So […]
SINGAPORE: Mr Yeoh Oon Jin, executive chairman of PwC Singapore, will succeed Mr Lim Sim Seng as board chairman of the Singapore Land Authority (SLA). Together with Mr Yeoh, the Ministry of Law also appointed as SLA’s deputy chairman, Mr Loh Lik Peng, founder and owner of hospitality group Unlisted […]