PETALING JAYA, May 12 — The enhanced movement control order (EMCO) placed on the vicinity of Petaling Jaya Old Town, after a spike in Covid-19 cases, has business owners worrying that their already-struggling livelihoods could be dealt a deathblow. With nearly 75 per cent of the quarter now cordoned off […]
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KUALA LUMPUR, May 12 — Kedah could be the latest state to slip from Pakatan Harapan’s (PH) grip as speculation has emerged that two PKR assemblymen are set to leave the party today. The two — Lunas assemblyman and state exco Azman Nasarudin and Sidam assemblyman Robert Ling Kui […]
Last month, Dominic Thiem had expressed scepticism about plans to set up a fund to help lower-ranked players struggling because of the shutdown of the sport. Ines Ibbou, a young Algerian tennis player who hit back at Dominic Thiem for saying he did not want to give money to lowly-ranked […]
New York City’s death toll from the coronavirus may be thousands of fatalities worse than the official tally kept by the city and state, according to an analysis released Monday by the US Centres for Disease Control and Prevention. New York City’s death toll from the coronavirus may be thousands […]
Yuvraj Singh, who had retired from international cricket last year, also took a veiled dig at India chief coach Ravi Shastri. Former all-rounder Yuvraj Singh on Tuesday questioned India batting coach Vikram Rathour’s ability to guide Indian cricketers in the T20 format. Rathour had replaced Sanjay Bangar as the batting […]
Four-time Formula One world champion Sebastian Vettel on Tuesday said he would leave Ferrari at the end of the season, saying there was no “common desire” to work together any more. No replacement was named for Vettel, who dominated F1 with Red Bull before switching to the Italian marque in […]
Star-studded Mohun Bagan’s I-League-winning players have threatened to approach the All India Football Federation if their dues, withheld owing to the COVID-19 pandemic, are not cleared at the earliest. Unable to pay salaries to their players, including foreign recruits, Indian club football heavyweights Mohun Bagan have asked them to wait […]
Actor Mark Ruffalo says Iron Man star Robert Downey Jr. convinced him to take on the role of the Hulk aka Bruce Banner and join the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) in The Avengers. The actor, who has been an integral part of the MCU since 2012, made the revelation during […]
Modern humans began to edge out the Neanderthals in Europe earlier than previously thought, a new study shows. Stone artefacts found at Bacho Kiro cave in Bulgaria Tests on remains from a cave in northern Bulgaria […]
“The epidemic remains active and is evolving and the virus is circulating in many zones across the country,” France’s health directorate general warned. French health officials on Saturday announced another 80 deaths from the new coronavirus, the lowest figure recorded over 24 hours since early April. The figures for those […]