MADRID: Britain made a mistake when it decided at the weekend to slap a quarantine on people travelling from Spain, Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez said on Monday (Jul 27), saying most of the Mediterranean country had a lower coronavirus infection rate than the UK. Sanchez was speaking just after Britain […]
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REUTERS: Brighton & Hove Albion have signed midfielder Adam Lallana on a free transfer from champions Liverpool, the Premier League club announced on Monday. The out-of-contract Lallana, who has won 34 England caps, found himself increasingly on the fringes at Anfield during their title run this season and was expected […]
FILE PHOTO: Healthcare workers are pictured while patients recovered from the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) are being released from the “Tierra y Libertad” public hospital in Monterrey, Mexico July 24, 2020. MEXICO CITY: Mexico has 395,489 total reported coronavirus cases and 44,022 deaths, the fourth highest death tally worldwide, according […]
Intel Corp’s Chief Engineering Officer Murthy Renduchintala is departing, part of a move in which a key technology unit will be separated into five teams, the chipmaker said on Monday. REUTERS: Intel Corp’s Chief Engineering Officer Murthy Renduchintala is departing, part of a move in which a key technology unit […]
PARIS: The first five of a batch of French Rafale fighter jets purchased by New Delhi in a controversial multibillion-dollar deal headed to India on Monday (Jul 27) for rapid deployment amid rising tensions with China. The deal, estimated to be worth US$9.4 billion, has been overshadowed by corruption allegations […]
TEGUCIGALPA: Honduras said on Monday (Jul 27) it had seized 900 kilos (1,984 pounds) of cocaine in a joint operation with Colombia. Military and police authorities intercepted a fishing boat on Sunday in the eastern department of Gracias a Dios. The cocaine was stashed in hidden compartments, the armed forces […]
PARIS: France’s new confirmed COVID-19 cases were up by a daily average of 850 over the last three days, a slight decrease versus the 1,000-plus figure published on Thursday and Friday, but a higher total than May’s daily average, when the country started unwinding its lockdown. In a statement, the […]
LONDON: British Prime Minister Boris Johnson promised to spend £2 billion (US$2.6 billion) on walking and cycling projects in England, seeking to improve public health and capitalise on a shift away from cars during the coronavirus pandemic. Earlier on Monday, Johnson used his own struggle with weight to urge Britons […]
Senator Tom Cotton on Capitol Hill in Washington on Jul 16, 2019. WASHINGTON: Republican US Senator Tom Cotton came under pressure over published comments in which he said America’s founders viewed slavery as a “necessary evil”. Cotton, seen as a possible 2024 presidential candidate, made the comments in an […]
NEW YORK: US deaths from COVID-19 rose for a third week in a row to more than 6,300 people in the seven days ended Jul 26, though the number of new cases fell 2 per cent, dropping for the first time after rising for five weeks, a Reuters analysis found. […]