LOS ANGELES: The leading US infectious disease specialist, Dr Anthony Fauci, said yesterday he foresees America achieving enough collective Covid-19 immunity through vaccinations to regain “some semblance of normality” by autumn 2021, despite early setbacks in the vaccine rollout. Fauci made his remarks during an online discussion of the pandemic […]
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DHAKA: Bangladesh is set to move a second batch of Rohingya refugees from neighbouring Myanmar to the remote island of Bhasan Char in the Bay of Bengal this month, officials said today, despite calls by rights groups not to carry out further relocations. Around 1,000 Rohingya refugees, members of a […]
WEST PALM BEACH: Unemployment benefits for millions of Americans struggling to make ends meet lapsed overnight as President Donald Trump refused to signed an end-of-year COVID-19 relief and spending Bill that had been considered a done deal before his sudden objections. The fate of the bipartisan package remained in limbo […]
FREMANTLE: Even in the scorching Australian summer sun, long queues of customers snake around Fremantle harbour – a soothing sight for beleaguered local fishermen trying to replace lost business with China. Australia’s rock lobster exports are worth half a billion US dollars a year – and in normal times, 94 […]
MEXICO CITY: Mexico City registered 2,664 more deaths than usual earlier this month as authorities fought to contain the spread of Covid-19 that has strained hospitals and forced the city into a semi-lockdown. The populous capital’s “excess mortality” from December 1 to 12 — deaths above the typical number from […]
PARIS: The Covid-19 pandemic cast a long pall over 2020 but it also saw President Donald Trump beaten by Joe Biden in a tumultuous US election and the Black Lives Matter movement shake the world. Here are some of the key events of the year: Rampaging virus On January 11, […]
MIAMI: Australian golf great Greg Norman said Saturday he was quarantining at home after spending Christmas Day in the hospital with Covid-19 symptoms. The 65-year-old Aussie, a former world number one who won the 1986 and 1983 British Opens, said in an Instagram post on Saturday that he still had […]
Manchester City breezed to a 2-0 home win over Newcastle United thanks to goals in each half from Ilkay Gundogan and Ferran Torres, a result that lifted them to fifth in the Premier League on Saturday. On a rainy, cold night at the Etihad Stadium, Newcastle boss Steve Bruce started […]
LONDON: Dundee United announced yesterday that the club’s legendary former manager Jim McLean has died at the age of 83. McLean, led United to unprecedented success in the 1970s and 1980s, winning the club’s only league title in 1982/83, as well as reaching the European Cup semi-finals the following season […]
LONDON: Arsenal eased fears of being dragged into a relegation battle with a stunning 3-1 win over Chelsea yesterday, as Manchester United’s Premier League title challenge stumbled after they conceded a late equaliser to draw at Leicester. Everton moved into second place, two points behind leaders Liverpool with a 1-0 […]