LONDON: Britain will see a resurgence in coronavirus cases at some point and can’t bring deaths from Covid-19 down to zero even with a successful vaccine rollout, England’s Chief Medical Officer Chris Whitty said today. Whitty said that caution in re-opening the economy would affect the size and the timing […]
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In a glitch by HBO Max, Zack Snyder’s Justice League was available on the streaming service before its official release. The error was rectified ‘within minutes’. Zack Snyder’s Justice League, which has been one of the most awaited superhero films in the DC Universe, has gotten leaked online in a […]
Apollo Global said on Monday it would buy Athene Holding in an all-stock deal valuing the annuities provider at about US$11 billion, making it the private equity firm’s first major deal after co-founder Leon Black stepped down as CEO. REUTERS: Apollo Global said on Monday it would buy Athene Holding […]
PARIS: Hospitals in the Paris region have been ordered to cut all non-Covid patient care and surgery by 40 per cent as new virus cases risk overwhelming their intensive care capacity, health authorities said today. The Ile de France greater Paris region, which counts about 12 million inhabitants, currently has […]
PARIS: Novak Djokovic set a new landmark of 311 weeks as world number one on Monday, one week longer than Roger Federer whose tally of a record 20 Grand Slam titles is now firmly in the Serb’s sights. “Big day today”, tennis superstar wrote on Twitter. Djokovic, 33, won his […]
BEIJING: China will speed up lawmaking aimed at countering foreign sanctions and “long-arm jurisdiction”, its parliament said today, amid increasing pressure from Western countries over issues ranging from Xinjiang to Hong Kong. Reading its annual work report at a parliamentary session, parliament chief Li Zhanshu said China will in the […]
SAN FRANCISCO: “Just setting up my twttr” ― the first ever tweet on the platform is up for sale after Twitter boss Jack Dorsey listed his famous post as a unique digital signature on a website for selling tweets as non-fungible tokens (NFTs). The post, sent from Dorsey’s account in […]
ISKANDAR: Here’s a chilling message from Johor Darul Ta’zim (JDT) head coach Benjamin Mora to the rest of the Super League teams: “I don’t think we are at 100 per cent.” If this JDT side, who are not firing on all cylinders, can shrug aside Kedah Darul Aman FC (KDA […]
WASHINGTON: US President Joe Biden believes that authorisations for the use of military force that have been used to justify US attacks on overseas targets should be re-examined, the White House said yesterday. Democratic Senator Tim Kaine and Republican Senator Todd Young introduced legislation this week to repeal the 1991 […]
WASHINGTON: More than 20,000 U.S. organizations have been compromised through a back door installed via recently patched flaws in Microsoft Corp’s email software, a person familiar with the U.S. government’s response said on Friday. The hacking has already reached more places than all of the tainted code downloaded from SolarWinds […]