GENEVA: The World Health Organization (WHO) warned on Monday (Aug 3) that, despite strong hopes for a vaccine, there might never be a “silver bullet” for COVID-19. More than 18.14 million people around the world are reported to have been infected with the disease and 688,080 have died, according to […]
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Denmark’s staging of the Tour de France’s start, known as the ‘Grand Depart’, has been pushed back a year to 2022, Danish organisers said in a statement on Monday. COPENHAGEN: Denmark’s staging of the Tour de France’s start, known as the ‘Grand Depart’, has been pushed back a year to […]
SAN FRANCISCO: Fiji’s Vijay Singh, a three-time major champion, has withdrawn from this week’s PGA Championship with an injury, allowing Argentina’s Emiliano Grillo into the field. The PGA Championship, the year’s first major tournament, starts on Thursday at TPC Harding Park in San Francisco and is being staged without spectators […]
Rory McIlroy says the coronavirus shutdown has made him more focused on adding to his tally of four major titles, the last of which came in 2014. The 31-year-old will compete in the PGA Championship at Harding Park starting on Thursday, before the U.S. Open and the Masters in September […]
Lewis Hamilton is uncatchable in this year’s drivers’ world championship, according to his main rivals. SILVERSTONE: Lewis Hamilton is uncatchable in this year’s drivers’ world championship, according to his main rivals. Both Max Verstappen of Red Bull and Charles Leclerc of Ferrari effectively conceded the title on Sunday after the […]
After years of being part of a future that never quite arrived, the coronavirus pandemic has put U.S. online car sellers on the map. DES MOINES, Iowa: After years of being part of a future that never quite arrived, the coronavirus pandemic has put U.S. online car sellers on the […]
DUBAI: One person is dying from COVID-19 every seven minutes in Iran, state television said on Monday (Aug 3), as the Health Ministry reported 215 new deaths from the disease and state media warned of a lack of proper social distancing. Health Ministry spokesman Sima Sadat Lari was quoted by […]
WASHINGTON: A potential shotgun wedding to Microsoft for TikTok’s US operations provoked an outcry on Monday (Aug 3) on Chinese social media as well as criticism from a prominent Chinese investor in TikTok owner ByteDance. The US tech giant formally declared its interest on Sunday after President Donald Trump, who […]
OAKLAND, California: Microsoft’s potential acquisition of short-video app TikTok carries myriad risks, thrusting it into the politically fraught social media business and China-US conflict amid increased scrutiny of Big Tech companies. But the deal could help Microsoft build on its US$27 billion purchase of LinkedIn to become a bigger player […]
LONDON: Millions of COVID-19 tests able to detect the virus within 90 minutes will be rolled out to British hospitals, care homes and laboratories to boost capacity in the coming months, the country’s health minister said on Monday (Aug 3). They will comprise 5.8 million tests using DNA and 450,000 […]