US couple charged for drawing guns on protesters
WASHINGTON: A US couple who became Internet infamous for drawing an assault rifle and a handgun on protesters outside their...
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Disney’s ABC News says senior executive leaving the company after alleged racist comments
WASHINGTON: ABC News, a Walt Disney Co unit, said senior executive Barbara Fedida is leaving the company after an independent...
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Australia theme park facing charges over killer ride
SYDNEY: The owner of Australia's biggest theme park announced on Tuesday (Jul 21) it was facing charges over the deaths...
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Football: Copa Libertadores to restart on Sep 15
REUTERS: The Copa Libertadores, South America’s equivalent of the Champions League, is to restart on Sep 15 after a six-month...
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Football: Wolves back up to sixth as Palace slump continues
WOLVERHAMPTON: Wolverhampton Wanderers reclaimed sixth place in the Premier League as they beat a woefully out-of-form Crystal Palace 2-0 at...
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Trump says wearing mask ‘patriotic’ in tweet showing his face covered
WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump promised on Monday (Jul 20) to resume televised coronavirus briefings and spoke out in favour...
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Football: Ronaldo brace puts Juventus on brink of another title
TURIN: Cristiano Ronaldo scored twice, the first a penalty awarded for handball, to give Juventus a 2-1 win over Lazio...
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US black kids die at higher rates than white ones after surgery: Study
WASHINGTON: African-American children in the United States have a 3.5 times greater risk of dying from an operation than white...
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During COVID-19 lockdowns, some doctors wondered: Where are the premature babies?
NEW YORK: This spring, as countries around the world told people to stay home to slow the spread of the...
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Chevron to buy Noble for US$5 billion in stock, biggest oil deal since price crash
HOUSTON: Chevron said on Monday (Jul 20) it would buy oil and gas producer Noble Energy for about US$5 billion...
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US adds 11 companies to economic blacklist over China’s treatment of Uighurs
WASHINGTON: The US Commerce Department on Monday (Jul 20) added to its economic blacklist 11 Chinese companies implicated in what...
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Top Democrats say US Congress appears to be election interference target
WASHINGTON: The US Congress appears to be the target of a foreign disinformation campaign aimed at influencing lawmakers' activities and...
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Colombia’s COVID-19 cases top 200,000, deaths at nearly 7,000
BOGOTA: Colombia's confirmed cases of coronavirus topped 200,000 on Monday, the health ministry said, while deaths from the disease reached...
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Scaled-down Haj pilgrimage to start Jul 29 amid COVID-19 outbreak
RIYADH: This year's Haj, which has been scaled back dramatically to include only about 1,000 Muslim pilgrims as Saudi Arabia...
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Climate change on track to wipe out polar bears by 2100
PARIS: Climate change is starving polar bears into extinction, according to research published on Monday (Jul 20) that predicts the...
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EU leaders in ‘home stretch’ to recovery deal after days of squabbling
FILE PHOTO: European Union flags fly outside the European Commission headquarters in Brussels, Belgium, March 6, 2019. BRUSSELS: European...
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Trump willing to work with China on COVID-19 vaccine for US
WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump expressed a willingness on Tuesday (Jul 21) to work with China or other countries to...
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Brazil COVID-19 death toll surpasses 80,000
RIO DE JANEIRO: Brazil's coronavirus death toll surpassed 80,000 on Monday (Jul 20), according to health ministry figures, as the...
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Football: Brighton ensure top flight survival with Newcastle draw
BRIGHTON: Brighton and Hove Albion made sure of avoiding relegation from the Premier League after a 0-0 home draw with...
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Two more Brazil ministers test positive for coronavirus
BRASILIA: Two more Brazilian government ministers said on Monday (Jul 20) they had tested positive for the novel coronavirus, underscoring...
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