NEW YORK: Pakistani student Taimoor Ahmed is one of hundreds of thousands of foreigners enrolled in American universities now fearing for their future after Donald Trump’s administration threatened to revoke their visas. The US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) announced this week that foreign students whose entire courses have moved […]
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FILE PHOTO: Emergency workers prepare to help residents on day four of a lockdown, amid the COVID-19 outbreak, at the public housing tower blocks in Flemington, Melbourne, Australia, Jul 8, 2020. SYDNEY: Five million Australians in the country’s second largest city Melbourne woke up under strict stay-at-home rules on […]
WASHINGTON: Coronavirus infections in the United States topped the 3 million mark on Wednesday (Jul 8), as President Donald Trump began withdrawing the country from the World Health Organization. The US remains by far the worst affected country, with more than 131,000 deaths, while Brazil – whose virus-sceptic President Jair […]
LONDON: Global COVID-19 cases exceeded 12 million on Wednesday (Jul 9), according to a Reuters tally, as evidence mounts of the airborne spread of the disease that has killed more than half a million people in seven months. The number of cases is triple that of severe influenza illnesses recorded […]
MADRID: Barcelona kept their faint title hopes alive and doomed Espanyol to relegation on Wednesday (Jul 8) as Luis Suarez’s goal proved the winner in a pivotal Catalan derby at the top and bottom of La Liga. A cagey contest at Camp Nou exploded into life for six frantic minutes […]
TOKYO: The COVID-19 crisis has prompted Japan to ease regulations on remote medical treatment, creating an opening for tech companies and offering a glimpse of the future of healthcare in the world’s most rapidly ageing society. As coronavirus cases spiked in April, Japan temporarily eased restrictions on remote medical care, […]
BRIGHTON, England: Mohamed Salah scored twice as champions Liverpool moved on to 92 points with a 3-1 win at Brighton and Hove Albion in the Premier League on Wednesday (Jul 8). The victory kept Liverpool on target to secure a record Premier League points tally, with Juergen Klopp’s side needing […]
BRASILIA: Brazil’s President Jair Bolsonaro on Wednesday (Jul 8) vetoed provisions of a law that obligated the federal government to provide drinking water, disinfectants and a guarantee of hospital beds to indigenous communities amid the COVID-19 pandemic. The president’s office said those provisions in the law, approved by Congress, were […]
OTTAWA: Canada handled the coronavirus outbreak better than many of its allies, including the United States, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said on Wednesday (Jul 8) in a rare public comment on the faltering US effort. Canada – with a population a tenth of the size of the United States – […]
BUENOS AIRES: Argentina posted a daily record of 3,604 confirmed cases of COVID-19 as the South American country grapples with rising infections that are threatening its early success in stalling the spread of the virus. The sharp rise, the first time daily cases topped 3,000, took the total number to […]