NEW YORK: A one-year-old boy died in hospital after being shot in his stroller at a Brooklyn playground on Sunday (Jul 12). Toddler Davell Gardner Jr was killed and three men were wounded on Sunday after two gunmen opened fire at a family cookout in the Bedford-Stuyvesant section of Brooklyn, […]
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REUTERS: Drugmakers partnered with the US government are on track to begin actively manufacturing a vaccine for COVID-19 by the end of the summer, a senior administration official said on Monday (Jul 13). “If you say exactly when will literally the vaccine materials be in production and manufacturing, it is […]
Machine learning and other digital innovations can help Singapore businesses and workers increase productivity and maintain their competitive edge, says NUS Professor Kenneth Huang. SINGAPORE: Now that the General Election is over, it is time for Singapore to refocus on the big challenge of creating jobs to tide citizens over […]
REUTERS: A man charged with an anti-Hispanic attack at a Texas Walmart in 2019 that killed 23 people had mental disabilities that should raise a “red flag” to prosecutors seeking the death sentence, according to his lawyers. Patrick Crusius, 21, was diagnosed with severe, lifelong neurological and mental disabilities and […]
LOS ANGELES: A body recovered from a lake in California is that of missing Glee actress Naya Rivera, officials said on Monday (Jul 13). “We are confident the body we found is that of Naya Rivera,” Ventura County Sheriff Bill Ayub told a news conference on the shore of Lake […]
A mix of charisma, media-savvy and anti-establishment airs help celebrities appeal to voters, says an observer. COLCHESTER, England: American rapper and sometime Trump supporter Kanye West has announced that he will be running for president of the United States. Without the tens of thousands of signatures needed to get on […]
REUTERS: The number of coronavirus infections around the world hit 13 million on Monday (Jul 13), according to a Reuters tally, climbing by a million in just five days. The pandemic has now killed more than half a million people in six-and-a-half months, and World Health Organization (WHO) chief Tedros […]
Players and coaches around Europe are becoming increasingly perplexed by the current handball rule which one has said is best suited to table football. FILE PHOTO: Soccer Football – Premier League – Manchester United v Watford – Old Trafford, Manchester, Britain – February 23, 2020 Referee Martin Atkinson indicates to […]
Chelsea were not eager to learn whether Manchester City’s ban from European football would be overturned or not and their target was always a top four finish, manager Frank Lampard said on Monday. REUTERS: Chelsea were not eager to learn whether Manchester City’s ban from European football would be overturned […]
BT CEO Philip Jansen on Monday urged the British government not to move too fast to ban China’s Huawei from the 5G network, cautioning that if it did there could be outages and possibly even security issues. LONDON: Prime Minister Boris Johnson is set to ban Huawei from Britain’s 5G […]