TOKYO: Japan’s most senior medical adviser said on Wednesday (Jun 2) that hosting the Olympics during the nation’s current state of coronavirus infections was “not normal” in one of the strongest warnings yet about risks from the troubled Games. Doctors have said the Olympics, due to start on Jul 23 […]
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SHENZHEN: Embattled Chinese tech giant Huawei will launch a homegrown new mobile operating system on Wednesday (Jun 2) as it fights for survival in the smartphone arena after the US blocked it from using Android. Huawei will unveil its first mobile devices loaded with the new Harmony OS in an […]
Biden told the crowd that he saw the protection of voting rights as one of the most fundamental — and most endangered — pathways to ensure racial equity. In a statement issued shortly after President Biden’s announcement in Tulsa, Okla., Vice President Harris embraced the assignment to protect voting rights. […]
The blaze began around 2:25 a.m. and firefighters tried to contain it, Fars said. The vessel sank near the Iranian port of Jask, some 1,270 kilometers (790 miles) southeast of Tehran on the Gulf of Oman near the Strait of Hormuz, the narrow mouth of the Persian Gulf. The largest […]
KUALA LUMPUR: National football legend Datuk Santokh Singh has expressed his disappointment with the performance of naturalised players in Harimau Malaya’s two recent international friendlies, which they lost. The former national and Selangor defender also questioned the need for the national team to use the services of naturalised players, who […]
MELBOURNE: Australia’s Victoria state reported five new local COVID-19 cases on Sunday (May 30), including a worker at a Melbourne aged care facility where not all of the residents have been vaccinated. The infections on the third day of a week-long lockdown raise the total to 40 in the latest […]
A Quiet Place Part II is on a track for a massive 57.4 million dollar opening weekend, which would have been impressive in pre-Covid times, but is nearly incredible now. A Quiet Place Part II, a sequel to 2018’s horror film A Quiet Place, has set the North American box […]
PARIS: The Pfizer vaccine is slightly less effective but appears to still protect against the more transmissible Indian strain of the virus that causes Covid-19, according to a study by France”s Pasteur Institute. “Despite slightly diminished efficacy, the Pfizer vaccine probably protects” against the Indian variant, according to laboratory test […]
PORTO, Portugal: Victory for Manchester City over Chelsea in the Champions League final in Porto on Saturday (May 29) could have an impact well beyond sporting pride. A first-ever title in Europe’s premier club competition would complete City’s rise from Manchester’s “second club” to England’s top team, and experts believe […]
LONDON: British royal Kate, Duchess of Cambridge, said today she had received a first dose of Covid-19 vaccine and paid tribute to everyone involved in the rollout of the inoculation programme. Kate, 39, said she had received the shot at the Science Museum, a prominent tourist attraction not far from […]