NEW YORK: When the National Basketball Association (NBA) restarts its coronavirus-interrupted season on Jul 30 in its “bubble” in Orlando, Florida, the stands could have more than 300 fans: None of whom will actually be in the arena. Microsoft and the NBA said on Friday (Jul 24) they have joined […]
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SEATTLE: Boeing is preparing to delay its all-new 777X jet by several months or up to a year, three people familiar with the matter said, as the COVID-19 crisis exacerbates a drop in demand for the industry’s largest jetliners. Boeing hopes to bring the jet to market as passenger travel […]
SHANGHAI: Former German international striker Sandro Wagner has left Tianjin Teda for “family reasons”, just as the Chinese Super League (CSL) kicks off on Saturday (Jul 25). The 32-year-old joined the club in China’s northeast in January last year from Bayern Munich for €5 million and scored 12 goals in […]
Facebook Inc and Twitter Inc took down the accounts of several high-profile supporters of Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro following a Supreme Court order, a move that underlines the tricky territory the social media titans are navigating in some of the world’s largest jurisdictions. BRASILIA: Facebook Inc and Twitter Inc took […]
REUTERS: Young, previously healthy adults can take weeks to fully recover from even a mild COVID-19 infection, with about a fifth of patients under 35 years reporting not returning to their usual state of health up to 21 days after testing positive, according to the Centers for Disease Control and […]
WASHINGTON: A Singaporean pleaded guilty Friday (Jul 24) to using his political consultancy in the United States as a front to collect information for Chinese intelligence, the US Justice Department said. Yeo Jun Wei, also known as Dickson Yeo, entered his plea in federal court in Washington to one charge […]
Yeo Jun Wei Dickson targeted US citizens with valuable “non-public information”, including an Army officer in the Pentagon, a civilian who worked with the US Air Force, and a person in the State Department. SINGAPORE: A National University of Singapore (NUS) PhD student who went to Beijing to give a […]
SAO PAULO: Sao Paulo, the biggest city in South America, postponed its 2021 Carnival celebrations on the same day that Formula One scrapped its next planned race here, underlying the enduring effects policymakers expect the coronavirus pandemic to have on Brazil. Carnival, a traditional multi-day holiday known for its colourful […]
Signs of trepidation over the lasting impact of the U.S. coronavirus pandemic are growing on Wall Street, fanned by resurgent case numbers, the prospect of a slower rebound in growth and rising political uncertainty. NEW YORK: Signs of trepidation over the lasting impact of the U.S. coronavirus pandemic are growing […]
AREQUIPA, Peru: A video of a mother running behind a van carrying Peru’s President Martin Vizcarra and begging him to save her husband from COVID-19, has gone viral. “Mr. President, Don’t go!” screams a tearful Celia Capira as she begs for a hospital bed for her husband in the video […]