LONDON: Wolverhampton Wanderers manager Nuno Espirito Santo said striker Raul Jimenez will see a specialist in 10 days as he builds on his recovery from surgery on a fractured skull. Jimenez was taken to hospital after a clash of heads with Arsenal defender David Luiz during a Premier League match […]
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TOKYO: Japan Airlines posted an annual net loss of US$2.6 billion on Friday (May 7) but did not release a forecast for the current financial year, citing uncertainty around the COVID-19 pandemic. The carrier, Japan’s second-largest by market share, suffered a net loss of 286.7 billion yen for the year […]
YANGON: Five people killed in an explosion in Myanmar this week, including an ousted lawmaker, had been building a bomb, media controlled by the military junta said today. Since the military seized power and ousted an elected government led by Nobel laureate Aung San Suu Kyi on February 1, Myanmar […]
MEXICO CITY: Mexico will punish those responsible for an overpass collapse that killed at least 24 people and injured dozens when a train on Mexico City’s newest metro line plunged onto a busy road below, the government said yesterday. Accompanied by officials involved in the construction and maintenance of the […]
SYDNEY: Australia’s prime minister fended off accusations of racism and having blood on his hands on Tuesday (May 4), as he retreated from a threat to jail Australians trying to escape COVID-19-wracked India. Scott Morrison’s government moved to ban travellers from India from entering Australia until May 15, threatening rule-breakers […]
MOSCOW: Russia reported 8,697 new Covid-19 cases today, including 2,699 in Moscow, taking the official national tally since the pandemic began to 4,823,255. The government coronavirus task force said 342 people had died of coronavirus-linked causes in the past 24 hours, pushing Russia’s death toll to 110,862. The federal statistics […]
MOSCOW: Russia reported 8,697 new Covid-19 cases today, including 2,699 in Moscow, taking the official national tally since the pandemic began to 4,823,255. The government coronavirus task force said 342 people had died of coronavirus-linked causes in the past 24 hours, pushing Russia’s death toll to 110,862. The federal statistics […]
WASHINGTON: A SpaceX Crew Dragon capsule carrying four astronauts back to Earth splashed down off Panama City early Sunday, a Nasa livestream showed. Boats were retrieving the spacecraft and crew after their six-month mission aboard the International Space Station. The crew reported they were feeling well, Nasa said. The capsule […]
TOKYO: The Japanese Grand Prix will remain at Suzuka until at least the end of the 2024 season after Formula One and circuit owners announced a three-year contract extension today. The figure of eight track south-west of Nagoya first hosted a Formula One race in 1987 and has provided the […]
PARIS: Benoit Paire has been barred from representing France at this year’s Tokyo Olympics following repeated instances of “deeply inappropriate behaviour” in recent weeks, the French Tennis Federation (FFT) has said. World number 35 Paire crashed out of last month’s Argentina Open after tanking his final service game and being […]