And the little chopper could take to the skies for the first time on Sunday (April 11). NASA’s little Mars helicopter has opened its eyes on the Red Planet. The 4-lb. (1.8 kilograms) chopper, known as Ingenuity, snapped its first color photograph on Saturday (April 3), shortly after being lowered […]
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SAN FRANCISCO: The world’s premier video game trade show will return in June as a free, virtual event after the annual gathering was cancelled last year because of the pandemic. Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3) shop talk and game revelations will be solely online in a show that will take place […]
NEW DELHI: Many Indian state leaders have asked Prime Minister Narendra Modi to open up vaccinations to most of the country’s hundreds of millions of adults, following a second surge in infections that has eclipsed the first wave. India breached the grim milestone of 100,000 daily infections for the first […]
SYDNEY: Australia today said it had not yet received more than three million doses of previously promised AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine doses amid export curbs by the European Union, leaving a major hole in its early nationwide inoculation drive. Authorities had pledged to administer at least four million first doses of […]
LONDON: Real Madrid will benefit more than Liverpool from the absence of fans in their Champions League quarter-final, said Rafa Benitez. Liverpool face Madrid in Spain later today before next week’s return fixture at Anfield, where the Merseyside club have struggled in the Premier League this season, with matches taking […]
New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern and Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison hold a joint press conference at Admiralty House in Sydney February 28, 2020. Both countries have managed the Covid-19 crisis more successfully than most other developed nations. WELLINGTON: New Zealand will allow quarantine-free visits by Australians from […]
KUALA LUMPUR: Facebook makes it so easy for us to automatically link our accounts to other features, sites, and other apps. But here’s a little reminder to check up on the kind of personal data you’ve added on the widely used platform, as Israeli cybersecurity company Hudson Rock co-founder Alon […]
LONDON: The UK medical regulator said Saturday (Apr 3) that out of 30 people who suffered blood clots after receiving the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine, seven have died. The British acknowledgement of deaths comes as several European countries have paused the use of the AstraZeneca jab over a potential link to blood […]
PARIS: Both legs of Chelsea’s Champions League quarter-final meeting with Porto will be played in Seville, Spain over restrictions related to the Covid-19 pandemic, European soccer’s governing body Uefa said today. The first leg will take place on April 7 at Estadio Ramon Sanchez-Pizjuan with the return fixture scheduled for […]
TOKYO: Japan and Indonesia pledged today to tighten security ties and signed a deal to facilitate transfers of defence equipment and technology between two Asian nations, as China expands its economic and military might. China’s territorial claims in the East and South China seas have become a priority issue in […]