Only 700 Mediterranean monk seals are left in the wild. The world’s rarest seals have been caught on camera in secret breeding caves in northern Cyprus. The new breeding sites provide hope for a struggling species, but the caves are now in need of protection. Mediterranean monk seals (Monachus monachus) […]
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A Quiet Place Part II was originally scheduled to to open in the US on March 20 last year but the plans were derailed by the coronavirus pandemic. Actor-filmmaker John Krasinski on Friday announced that his much-anticipated horror thriller A Quiet Place Part II will now hit the theatres on […]
SYDNEY: Australian public broadcaster SBS said it would stop using content from Chinese state-run television today, pending a review of serious human rights concerns. The Australian television, radio and web outlet — which specialises in multilingual, multicultural content — said it was investigating CGTN and CCTV’s airing of dozens of […]
BEIJING: China on Friday (Mar 5) set a modest annual economic growth target, at above 6 per cent, and pledged to create more jobs in cities than last year, as the world’s second-biggest economy planned a careful course out of a year disrupted by the effects of COVID-19. In 2020, […]
LIVERPOOL: Liverpool manager Juergen Klopp raised eyebrows when he replaced top scorer Mohamed Salah in today’s 1-0 defeat by Chelsea but the German defended his decision, saying the striker was “feeling the intensity”. Klopp took off Salah, the league’s leading scorer with 17 goals, for Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain in the 62nd […]
In a study of 789 athletes from major league sports, only five showed signs of damage Most professional athletes who got COVID-19 didn’t suffer heart damage from it, a new study suggests. Researchers screened 789 players who had tested positive for SARS-CoV-2 infections for signs of myocarditis or pericarditis — […]
SINGAPORE: ExxonMobil said on Tuesday (Mar 2) it will cut about 7 per cent of its workforce in Singapore, as “unprecedented market conditions” due to the COVID-19 pandemic accelerate ongoing reorganisation. About 300 positions will be impacted by the end of 2021, the oil major said. ExxonMobil has more than […]
NEW YORK: Britain has requested a new United Nations Security Council meeting on coup-hit Myanmar for Friday, diplomatic sources told AFP yesterday, as security forces have stepped up their use of violence against demonstrators in the Southeast Asian nation. The meeting would be behind closed doors at 1500 GMT, according […]
WASHINGTON: A US House of Representatives panel has reissued a subpoena seeking Donald Trump’s tax and financial records, saying in a memo made public yesterday it needs the documents to address “conflicts of interest” by future presidents. In a court filing yesterday, House lawyers told a judge that the House […]
HOUSTON: Texas governor Greg Abbott issued the most sweeping rollback of coronavirus restrictions of any US state yesterday, lifting a mask mandate and saying most businesses may open at full capacity next week. Abbott’s executive order comes as many US states and major cities seeing a sharp decline in coronavirus […]