BRUSSELS: The European Commission said on Friday (Jul 10) that a possible decision by the United Kingdom not to join an EU scheme to secure potential COVID-19 vaccines up front would not affect talks the bloc is conducting with several drugmakers. On Thursday, the British Telegraph newspaper reported that the […]
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LONDON: David de Gea has spoken of his pride after surpassing Peter Schmeichel’s appearance record for an overseas player at Manchester United. The Spanish international, who joined the club in 2011, kept a clean sheet on his 399th appearance for United on Thursday as Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s side won 3-0 […]
PARIS: “We have lift-off, we have lift-off!” The summer race to land a space probe on Mars is off to a hot start. Three countries – The Hope Probe (United Arab Emirates), Tianwen-1 (China) and Mars 2020 (United States) – have all taken their positions, hoping to take advantage of […]
SPIELBERG, Austria: Formula One’s governing body has warned Ferrari about the risks of breaching the sport’s COVID-19 protocol and protective ‘bubble’. Ferrari drivers Charles Leclerc and Sebastian Vettel have been seen mixing with people outside their individual team groups. Leclerc returned to his Monaco home after finishing second in last […]
SHANGHAI: Women’s tennis officials are still hopeful of holding tournaments in China this year, despite authorities calling off most international sports events in 2020 because of the coronavirus. Thursday’s announcement from China’s highest sporting body appears to be a severe blow to a number of major sports, particularly Formula One, […]
The S&P 500 and Dow rose in choppy trading on Friday, boosted by financial stocks but the sentiment was fragile as a record rise in coronavirus cases in the United States threatened to further damage Corporate America. REUTERS: The S&P 500 and Dow rose in choppy trading on Friday, boosted […]
LONDON: Britain will suffer the sharpest peak-to-trough economic slump of any major economy this year, rating agency Moody’s warned on Friday (Jul 10), while its debts as a share of GDP will surge by 24 percentage points. Moody’s said the UK government’s latest stimulus package, announced this week, would aid […]
LONDON: The Premier League has admitted that VAR got penalty decisions wrong in all three matches on Thursday (Jul 9), as frustration mounts over the use of the technology in the English top-flight. Manchester United were given a controversial helping hand by the video assistant referee in their 3-0 win […]
VIENNA: The illegal global trade in ivory has shrunk while the trafficking of pangolins has soared, a UN report on wildlife crime based on four years’ data said on Friday (Jul 10). National bans on selling ivory, particularly China’s in 2017, appear to have helped further erode ivory trafficking after […]
LONDON: The International Energy Agency (IEA) bumped up its 2020 oil demand forecast on Friday (Jul 10) but warned that the spread of COVID-19 posed a risk to the outlook. The Paris-based IEA raised its forecast to 92.1 million barrels per day (bpd), up 400,000 bpd from its outlook last […]