BEIJING: China on Monday (Jul 27) said it was not aware of the case involving Singaporean Dickson Yeo and urged the United States to “stop using the so-called espionage issue to smear” the country. Yeo pleaded guilty last week in the US to working for Chinese intelligence. The former National […]
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PARIS: The unprecedented social and economic crisis caused by the coronavirus pandemic will see nearly 7 million more children experience stunting as a result of malnutrition, the United Nations said on Tuesday (Jul 28). Even before COVID-19 there were an estimated 47 million children under five who were moderately or […]
MORRISVILLE, North Carolina: President Donald Trump wore a mask and talked up the possibility of a coronavirus vaccine by the end of the year on Monday (Jul 27) as he looked to show voters in the battleground state of North Carolina that he is responding to the pandemic. Trump, whose […]
Hyundai Motor Co, an early backer of hydrogen cars, has watched the electric rise of Tesla, including on its home turf. Now’s it’s going on the offensive in the battery-powered market led by its U.S. rival. SEOUL: Hyundai Motor Co, an early backer of hydrogen cars, has watched the electric […]
LIMA: A staggering more than 900 girls and women are missing and feared dead in Peru since the COVID-19 confinement began, authorities said on Monday (Jul 27). The Andean nation home to 33 million people long has had a horrific domestic violence problem. But COVID-19, which has compounded home confinement […]
REUTERS: CONCACAF has unveiled a new qualification format for the 2022 World Cup in Qatar after COVID-19 forced a rejig of the usual system, the governing body for soccer in North and Central America and the Caribbean said on Monday. The new format, which will feature all 35 of the […]
OTTAWA: Lawyers for Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou on Monday (Jul 27) demanded the release of unredacted Canadian spy service documents they say would reveal a plot between the FBI and Canada to “trick” their client. Meng, the Chinese telecom giant’s chief financial officer, was arrested on a US warrant in […]
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 […]
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 […]