SILVERSTONE, England: Mexican Formula One driver Sergio Perez was self-isolating on Thursday (Jul 30) after an inconclusive test for COVID-19, the governing FIA said at the British Grand Prix. A spokesman for the Silverstone-based Racing Point team said Perez, who was awaiting the result of a re-test and not at […]
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The US space agency’s Perseverance robot has left Earth on a mission to try to detect life on Mars. Artwork: Did Mars ever host life? The evidence could be held in the planet’s rocks The one-tonne, six-wheeled rover was launched out of Florida by an Atlas rocket on a […]
Borussia Dortmund captain Marco Reus will be sidelined for an indefinite period after failing to recover from injury, the Bundesliga club said as they began pre-season training on Thursday. BERLIN: Borussia Dortmund captain Marco Reus will be sidelined for an indefinite period after failing to recover from injury, the Bundesliga […]
SINGAPORE: The Government should consider extending the Jobs Support Scheme (JSS) beyond August but take a more targeted approach to help struggling companies and lower-income workers, analysts interviewed by CNA said. Under the JSS, the Government co-funds between 25 per cent and 75 per cent of the first S$4,600 of […]
The killer of one of Uganda’s best known mountain gorillas, Rafiki, has been jailed for 11 years. Felix Byamukama pleaded guilty to illegally entering a protected area and killing a gorilla. Byamukama had said the gorilla attacked him and he killed Rafiki in self defence, according to the Uganda Wildlife […]
LOS ANGELES: Young players have been physically abused and left without schooling at NBA basketball academies in China, which were described as “sweat camp(s) for athletes”, an ESPN report said. Multiple coaches have complained about physical punishment at the academies including a facility in Xinjiang, the region where China is […]
It’s often said that about half of all missions to Mars have failed. But getting a more precise figure for successful and unsuccessful Mars shots is more complicated than it sounds. If it was all just down to basic maths, working out the percentages of successful and unsuccessful Mars missions […]
Irrepressible AC Milan forward Zlatan Ibrahimovic likened himself to film character Benjamin Button after scoring twice in a 4-1 Serie A win at Sampdoria. REUTERS: Irrepressible AC Milan forward Zlatan Ibrahimovic likened himself to film character Benjamin Button after scoring twice in a 4-1 Serie A win at Sampdoria. “People […]
ZURICH: Nestle cut its full-year underlying sales growth forecast to 2 to 3 per cent on Thursday (Jul 30), saying demand had slowed as customers worked their way through cupboards they stocked up with food at the start of coronavirus related-lockdowns. Packaged food companies have weathered the crisis better than […]
BANGKOK: Thailand’s finance ministry on Thursday (Jul 30) slashed its 2020 economic forecast to a record 8.5 per cent contraction in gross domestic product from the 2.8 per cent growth it projected in January, due to the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic. The ministry also cut its 2020 estimate for […]