MOSCOW: AliExpress Russia, an e-commerce venture between Chinese online shopping giant Alibaba and Russian partners, said it was aiming for annual turnover of US$10 billion by 2022-2023, up from what analysts estimate is about US$6 billion now. Chief Executive Dmitry Sergeev, who did not give details on current turnover, told […]
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SYDNEY: Australia has granted provisional approval to Gilead’s remdesivir as the first treatment option for COVID-19 in the country, the Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) said on Friday (Jul 10). The approval is for adults and adolescent patients with severe COVID-19 symptoms and have been hospitalised, the Australian regulator said. Remdesivir […]
LONDON: Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp confirmed on Friday (Jul 10) that captain Jordan Henderson’s season is over due to a knee injury. Henderson was forced off in the midweek 3-1 win over Brighton following a collision with Yves Bissouma but the Reds boss revealed surgery is not needed and expects […]
PARIS: The leaders of Serbia and Kosovo on Friday (Jul 10) held their first talks in 18 months on resolving one of Europe’s most intractable territorial disputes, agreeing to a face-to-face meeting next week on the “very difficult” process. Kosovo’s Prime Minister Avdullah Hoti and Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic held […]
Sales at Italian fashion group Giorgio Armani returned to growth in 2019, a year in advance of its target, after a three-year planned fall from streamlining its distribution and brand portfolio under just three labels. MILAN: Sales at Italian fashion group Giorgio Armani returned to growth in 2019, a year […]
KARACHI: The United States has banned Pakistan International Airlines from operating chartered flights to the country, the airline said, after it announced nearly 150 pilots would be grounded over fake or dubious licences. It follows a similar move by European Union aviation regulators to bar the state-run carrier for six […]
GENEVA: An advance team from the World Health Organization (WHO) has left for China to organise an investigation into the origins of the novel coronavirus which sparked the global pandemic, a spokeswoman said on Friday (Jul 10). The virus is believed to have emerged in a wholesale market in the […]
BEIJING: China on Friday (Jul 10) rejected a new US invitation to join arms control talks with Russia, complaining that Washington had continued to “pester” Beijing over the issue. President Donald Trump’s administration has demanded that China take part in talks on a successor to the New START treaty, which […]
BRUSSELS: The European Commission said on Friday (Jul 10) that a possible decision by the United Kingdom not to join an EU scheme to secure potential COVID-19 vaccines up front would not affect talks the bloc is conducting with several drugmakers. On Thursday, the British Telegraph newspaper reported that the […]
LONDON: David de Gea has spoken of his pride after surpassing Peter Schmeichel’s appearance record for an overseas player at Manchester United. The Spanish international, who joined the club in 2011, kept a clean sheet on his 399th appearance for United on Thursday as Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s side won 3-0 […]