NEW DELHI: India captain Virat Kohli faces an inquiry into a potential conflict of interest over his positions in two business ventures. DK Jain, ethics officer for the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI), said late on Sunday that a complaint by a state association member will be […]
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SYDNEY/HONG KONG: Asian shares scaled four-month peaks on Monday (Jul 6) as investors counted on a revival in Chinese activity to boost global economic growth, even as surging coronavirus cases delayed business re-openings across the United States. MSCI’s broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan climbed 1.6 per cent to […]
REUTERS: The valuation of Asian shares surged to a 10.5-year high in June, tracking a rally in global stocks, as upbeat US and China data renewed hopes of a swift economic recovery, offsetting concerns over rising coronavirus cases. The MSCI’s broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares gained 4.83 per cent last […]
NEW YORK: Hundreds of scientists say there is evidence that novel coronavirus in smaller particles in the air can infect people and are calling for the World Health Organization (WHO) to revise recommendations, the New York Times reported on Saturday (Jul 4). The WHO has said the coronavirus disease spreads […]
SEOUL: Former team mates of a South Korean triathlete found dead last month after alleging she had been abused by her coaching staff said on Monday (Jul 6) athletes endured a living “hell” and were habitually beaten and verbally abused. Choi Suk-hyeon, a member of the national triathlon team, died […]
MUMBAI: French Open organisers are taking every precaution to ensure the Grand Slam does not meet the same fate as Novak Djokovic’s Adria Tour, which was abandoned after several players tested positive for COVID-19, tournament director Guy Forget has told Reuters. Djokovic has come under fire after the charity event […]
Scientists at the University of Liverpool have unveiled a robotic colleague that has been working non-stop in their lab throughout lockdown. The £100,000 programmable researcher learns from its results to refine its experiments. “It can work autonomously, so I can run experiments from home,” explained Benjamin Burger, one of the […]
Crowds thronging the “Mona Lisa” for a selfie will be a thing of the past. PARIS: The Louvre, the world’s most visited museum, reopens on Monday (Jul 6) after its coronavirus closure, but with nearly a third of its galleries still shut. The vast former palace of France’s kings […]
NEW DELHI: India has overtaken Russia with the world’s third-highest number of novel coronavirus cases, at nearly 700,000, according to the latest data, as the outbreak shows no sign of slowing. Health ministry data on Monday (Jul 6) showed more than 23,000 new cases reported in the previous 24 hours, […]
SEOUL: A South Korean court on Monday (Jul 6) refused an extradition request by United States law enforcement authorities for a man convicted of running a South Korea-based dark web child pornography site that sold videos for digital cash around the world. The man, Son Jong-woo, the site’s operator, completed […]