LONDON: Lando Norris has enjoyed teasing his McLaren team mate Carlos Sainz about how the Ferrari-bound Spaniard could be joining a slower team next season, but the Briton is also serious. Norris believes McLaren have a real chance of finishing ahead of Ferrari in the Formula One constructors’ championship this […]
News
TOKYO: Off a narrow corridor above a store selling Persian rugs in central Tokyo, a small office houses a private operation that won a tender in April to distribute more than US$20 billion in government aid to businesses hit by the coronavirus. The agency, the Service Design Engineering Council, actually […]
Formula One drivers will be more organised in taking a stance against racism at Silverstone this weekend after a rushed and disjointed response at the last two races, according to McLaren’s Lando Norris. LONDON: Formula One drivers will be more organised in taking a stance against racism at Silverstone this […]
WASHINGTON: For half a century, Richard Nixon’s opening to communist China has been viewed by many Americans as a diplomatic masterstroke, with successive presidents of both parties following his course. US hawks have now revived an alternative view – that normalisation was a mistake that, in the view of Secretary […]
In times of trouble, countries coming together to formalise trade are doing the right thing, says one observer. CHRISTCHURCH: Did anyone notice that the United States–Mexico–Canada Agreement (USMCA), the revised North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), entered into force on Jul 1? If not, do not be too concerned, as […]
REUTERS: Liverpool boss Juergen Klopp was named League Managers’ Association (LMA) manager of the year on Monday after guiding the Merseyside club to their first top-flight title in 30 years. Klopp’s Liverpool side won the Premier League title with seven games to spare and they finished the season 18 points […]
RIO DE JANEIRO: Brazil on Monday (Jul 27) reported a total of 2,442,375 coronavirus cases and 87,618 deaths, as cases continue to rise in the world’s second most affected country. Brazil reported 23,384 new cases and 614 new deaths.
Scientists have discovered kelp off the coast of Scotland, Ireland and France that has survived since the last ice age, around 16,000 years ago. Experts from Heriot-Watt University’s Orkney campus analysed the genetic composition of oarweed from 14 areas across the northern Atlantic ocean. The team found three distinct genetic […]
BERLIN: Germany will make coronavirus tests mandatory for travellers returning from at-risk areas, Health Minister Jens Spahn said on Monday (Jul 27), as fears grow over rising case numbers blamed on summer holidays and local outbreaks. “We must prevent returning travellers from infecting others unnoticed and thus triggering new chains […]
WASHINGTON: California Attorney General Xavier Becerra has opened an investigation into steps that Amazon.com Inc has taken to protect its workers from the new coronavirus, according to a court filing on Monday. The attorney general’s office, California’s Division of Occupational Safety and Health and the San Francisco Department of Public […]