REUTERS: Tesla Inc Chief Executive Elon Musk said in a podcast released on Friday that demand for the company’s electric vehicles remained strong throughout the coronavirus pandemic, with consumers preferring to shop online. Musk, talking to Automotive News’ Daily Drive podcast, said having a traditional dealer network – something he […]
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BERLIN: Benedikt Hoewedes, a German World Cup winner, said on Friday that he is retiring aged 32 for family reasons. He made 44 appearances for Germany at centre-back and full-back and played every minute on the way to triumph in the 2014 World Cup in Brazil. He played more than […]
ROME: Victor Osimhen has signed for Napoli after the Serie A side splashed out a club record fee of up to €80 million (US$94.6 million) to sign the Nigeria forward from French outfit Lille. A source from Lille who was familiar with the transfer had told AFP that the Ligue […]
REUTERS: MotoGP races in Argentina, Thailand and Malaysia this year have been cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic but one more race will be added to the calendar and will be held in Europe in November, MotoGP announced on Friday. A number of races have been axed this season due […]
TOKYO: Tokyo’s new Olympic Stadium will host its first track and field meeting on 23 Aug 23, exactly two weeks after the 2020 Games’ athletics were due to end, World Athletics announced on Friday (Jul 31). The field will be largely made up of Japanese or Japan-based athletes. “Given the […]
GENEVA: The global coronavirus outbreak is the sort of disaster whose effects will last far into the future, World Health Organization Director General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said on Friday (Jul 31). “The pandemic is a once-in-a-century health crisis, the effects of which will be felt for decades to come,” Tedros […]
NEW YORK: US Open organizers say they are confident in safety plans a month ahead of the Grand Slam tennis event in New York even as US COVID-19 outbreaks increase. The US Tennis Association (USTA) said Friday it “continues its plans to stage the US Open” as well as an […]
German manufacturer OHB-System has signed a €445m (£400m) contract to begin construction of a satellite network to monitor carbon dioxide. The CO2M constellation will consist in the first instance of two spacecraft, but there is an option for a third. The platforms will track the greenhouse gas across the globe, […]
Huawei’s top manager in Germany has appealed to the government not to shut it out of building 5G mobile networks, Der Spiegel said on Friday, after Britain decided to purge the Chinese firm’s equipment from its network on security grounds. BERLIN: Huawei’s top manager in Germany has appealed to the […]
Ford Motor Co said on Friday it had won approval to defer some quarterly payments due on its U.S. Energy Department retooling loan but added it will repay the loan on time by June 2022. REUTERS: Ford Motor Co said on Friday it had won approval to defer some quarterly […]