BEIJING: China on Sunday (Mar 1) reported 35 more deaths from the new coronavirus, taking the toll in the country to 2,870. The number is lower than the 47 fatalities reported by Chinese authorities on Saturday. The National Health Commission also reported 573 new infections, bringing the total ...
With former VP Joe Biden’s campaign back from the dead after a landslide South Carolina win, US President Donald Trump taunted another Democratic hopeful, Mike Bloomberg, urging him to drop out of the race in Biden’s favor.
Shortly after South Carolina primary exit polls pointed to a convincing Biden’s victory in the fourth and final early voting contest ahead of the Super Tuesday, Trump took to Twitter to send a ‘congratulatory’ message of his own, taking aim at fellow billionaire Bloomberg in the process.
“Sleepy Joe Biden’s victory in the South Carolina Democrat Primary should be the end of Mini Mike Bloomberg’s Joke of a campaign,” Trump tweeted, arguing that Bloomberg, who is staking everything on Super Tuesday, should called it quits on his campaign so he does not spoil Biden’s chances.
After the worst debate performance in the history of presidential debates, Mini Mike now has Biden split up his very few voters, taking many away!
Sleepy Joe Biden’s victory in the South Carolina Democrat Primary should be the end of Mini Mike Bloomberg’s Joke of a campaign. After the worst debate performance in the history of presidential debates, Mini Mike now has Biden split up his very few voters, taking many away!
Still to pass a single test by voters in the ongoing Democrat nomination race, Bloomberg has pumped over half a billion dollars into his campaign, a large chunk of that money spent on prime time TV advertising.
However, the former New York City mayor has yet to strike chord with Democratic voters, with his somewhat bleak performances at the debates leaving many unimpressed.
Trump’s call has been echoed by one of his most vocal critics - MSNBC's Joe Scarborough – who went as far as to argue that Bloomberg “will be responsible for Bernie’s victory” if he does not drop out of the race and start “running ads for Joe Biden.”
Mike Bloomberg can stop Bernie Sanders by dropping out of the race and running ads for Joe Biden on Super Tuesday.
If he does not, Michael Bloomberg will be responsible for Bernie’s victory. That will be his legacy.
Tommy Fleetwood moved tantalisingly close to a breakthrough PGA Tour victory when he survived a battle of attrition to take a one-shot lead over Brendan Steele after the third round at the Honda Classic in Florida on Saturday.
TOKYO: More than a dozen crew members of a cargo ship are missing after it collided with a fishing boat in waters off northern Japan, a coast guard official said Sunday. The 1,989-tonne Belize-flagged cargo ship Guoxing 1 was carrying some 3,000 tonnes of iron scrap and rapidly took in water after ...
Tommy Fleetwood moved tantalisingly close to a breakthrough PGA Tour victory when he survived a battle of attrition to take a one-shot lead over Brendan Steele after the third round at the Honda Classic in Florida on Saturday.
Tommy Fleetwood moved tantalisingly close to a breakthrough PGA Tour victory when he survived a battle of attrition to take a one-shot lead over Brendan Steele after the third round at the Honda Classic in Florida on Saturday.
TOKYO: More than a dozen crew members of a cargo ship are missing after it collided with a fishing boat in waters off northern Japan, a coast guard official said Sunday. The 1,989-tonne Belize-flagged cargo ship Guoxing 1 was carrying some 3,000 tonnes of iron scrap and rapidly took in water after ...
TOKYO: More than a dozen crew members of a cargo ship are missing after it collided with a fishing boat in waters off northern Japan, a coast guard official said Sunday. The 1,989-tonne Belize-flagged cargo ship Guoxing 1 was carrying some 3,000 tonnes of iron scrap and rapidly took in water after ...
Joe Biden’s campaign showed its first signs of life in South Carolina with the former vice president taking the lead above other Democrats in the state’s primary, including frontrunner Bernie Sanders.
Multiple outlets called the South Carolina primary in Biden’s favor shortly after the polls closed at 7.00 pm ET.
According to exit poll data by Edison Research, Biden is on course to win at least 14 delegates from 54 for grabs in the fourth and final early voting contest.
Looking forward to bag his first victory in the so far listless campaign, Biden has relied heavily on black voters. However, the exit poll data suggest that while Biden found favors with older African-American voters, black youth vote was split between him and Senator Bernie Sanders, the current frontrunner in the nomination race.
In run-up to the vote, polls had Biden leading other Dems by double digits in the state, with Sanders and Tom Steyer trailing behind him and other candidates only earning single digit support.
Biden told reporters earlier on Saturday morning he was “optimistic” about his chances in South Carolina,
NEW YORK: As Major League Soccer launched a milestone 25th season on Saturday, the mood was not one of reflection and cautious optimism but bold even outrageous predictions of a future empire. Not content to eventually become one of the most successful leagues in North America, MLS has set its ...
REUTERS: Napoli continued their Serie A revival under Gennaro Gattuso with a comfortable 2-1 home win over a sorry Torino side who slumped to a sixth consecutive league defeat on Saturday (Feb 29). Napoli quickly took control and went ahead after 19 minutes when defender Kostas Manolas headed in ...
REUTERS: Napoli continued their Serie A revival under Gennaro Gattuso with a comfortable 2-1 home win over a sorry Torino side who slumped to a sixth consecutive league defeat on Saturday (Feb 29). Napoli quickly took control and went ahead after 19 minutes when defender Kostas Manolas headed in ...
REUTERS: Napoli continued their Serie A revival under Gennaro Gattuso with a comfortable 2-1 home win over a sorry Torino side who slumped to a sixth consecutive league defeat on Saturday (Feb 29). Napoli quickly took control and went ahead after 19 minutes when defender Kostas Manolas headed in ...
Luxembourg on Saturday (Feb 29) announced its first case of infection by the new coronavirus: a man who recently returned from Italy, Health Minister Paulette Lenert told reporters.
BEIJING: China on Saturday (Feb 29) reported 47 more deaths from the new coronavirus, raising the death toll in the country to 2,835. The National Health Commission also tallied 427 new cases, an increase from the previous day, bringing the total number of infections to 79,251. One person died in ...
WASHINGTON: The United States has delayed a regional ASEAN summit scheduled to take place in Las Vegas next month due to fears of the coronavirus, a senior administration official said Friday (Feb 28). "As the international community works together to defeat the novel coronavirus, the United ...
LOS ANGELES: California health officials on Friday (Feb 28) confirmed the second case in the United States of the new coronavirus believed to have been transmitted to a person who did not travel overseas or come in contact with anyone known to be ill. "This new case indicates that there is ...
New York health officials are trying to get their own coronavirus testing kits up and running after getting stuck with faulty tests from the federal government that they said left them unable to diagnose people quickly in the nation's most populous city.
BEIJING: China on Saturday (Feb 29) reported 47 more deaths from the new coronavirus, raising the death toll in the country to 2,835. The National Health Commission also tallied 427 new cases, an increase from the previous day, bringing the total number of infections to 79,251. One person died in ...
BEIJING: China on Saturday (Feb 29) reported 47 more deaths from the new coronavirus, raising the death toll in the country to 2,835. The National Health Commission also tallied 427 new cases, an increase from the previous day, bringing the total number of infections to 79,251. One person died in ...
WASHINGTON: The United States has delayed a regional ASEAN summit scheduled to take place in Las Vegas next month due to fears of the coronavirus, a senior administration official said Friday (Feb 28). "As the international community works together to defeat the novel coronavirus, the United ...
LOS ANGELES: California health officials on Friday (Feb 28) confirmed the second case in the United States of the new coronavirus believed to have been transmitted to a person who did not travel overseas or come in contact with anyone known to be ill. "This new case indicates that there is ...
WASHINGTON: The United States has delayed a regional ASEAN summit scheduled to take place in Las Vegas next month due to fears of the coronavirus, a senior administration official said Friday (Feb 28). "As the international community works together to defeat the novel coronavirus, the United ...
LOS ANGELES: California health officials on Friday (Feb 28) confirmed the second case in the United States of the new coronavirus believed to have been transmitted to a person who did not travel overseas or come in contact with anyone known to be ill. "This new case indicates that there is ...
New York health officials are trying to get their own coronavirus testing kits up and running after getting stuck with faulty tests from the federal government that they said left them unable to diagnose people quickly in the nation's most populous city.
WASHINGTON: The United States has delayed a regional ASEAN summit scheduled to take place in Las Vegas next month due to fears of the coronavirus, a senior administration official said Friday (Feb 28). "As the international community works together to defeat the novel coronavirus, the United ...
New York health officials are trying to get their own coronavirus testing kits up and running after getting stuck with faulty tests from the federal government that they said left them unable to diagnose people quickly in the nation's most populous city.
French director Celine Sciamma and actress Adele Haenel walked out of the Cesar Awards ceremony after Roman Polanski, convicted in the US of statutory rape, won best director award – while their own film was snubbed.
Video from the ceremony shows Haenel getting up from her seat and angrily storming out of the Salle Pleyel in Paris on Friday evening, followed by Sciamma, after Polanski won for “An Officer And A Spy,” a film about the 19th-century anti-Semitic Dreyfuss affair.
Adele Haenel and Celine Sciamma left the #Cesar2020 awards in the middle of the show bc they awarded a RAPIST (Polanski) for best director.
Make no mistake, this isnt earned, its retribution for them being so vocal about that sick, twisted shit happening in France https://t.co/eeSQLySBry
Sciamma’s “Portrait Of A Lady On Fire,” a period romance set in the 18th century and starring Hanael, won only the cinematography prize out of ten nominations, though it had previously won at Cannes for best screenplay.
Hanael was further snubbed when the best actress award went to Anais Desmoustier for her work in “Alice And The Mayor.”
Sciamma has been an outspoken feminist her entire career, while Haenel became a prominent face of France’s #MeToo movement after accusing director Christophe Ruggia of sexually abusing her since she was 12.
Polanski did not attend the ceremony himself, saying he feared for his safety and wished to avoid being “lynched.” None of the cast or crew of his film was on hand, either. A sizable crowd, organized by the group Osez le Feminisme, gathered outside the venue to protest that Polanski had even been nominated, in twelve categories no less.
The French-born Polish director pleaded guilty to the statutory rape of a 13-year-old in the US back in 1977, then fled to Europe before his sentencing, to avoid prison time. He was expelled from the US Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences in 2018, amid the MeToo furore touched off by accusations against his long-time rival Harvey Weinstein.
Photos and video from the scene showed protesters using flares and police deploying tear gas to disperse them.
The entire management of the Cesars resigned two weeks ago, saying that they wanted to “honor those who made cinema in 2019, to regain serenity and make the cinema festival a celebration.” The mass resignation did not affect any of the nominations, however.
Hundreds of film professionals also published an open letter recently, accusing the French film academy of “elitism” and bemoaning its lack of “diversity.”
This year’s big winner – in best picture, people’s choice, editing and best male newcomer categories – was “Les Miserables.” Rather than an adaptation of the eponymous Victor Hugo novel, it was a social justice film about police violence against French citizens of African or Arabic origin, directed by Ladj Ly, the son of immigrants from Mali.
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Washington’s offer to assist Tehran with its COVID-19 outbreak is pure hypocrisy, the Iranian Foreign Ministry said, condemning the top US diplomat after he promised to keep up crippling sanctions on Iran while vowing to send aid.
While US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo told lawmakers on Friday that the administration had extended an offer to help Tehran beat back the lethal virus, he couldn’t help but take jabs at “the regime,” insisting Washington would “sustain [its] pressure” through a devastating sanctions campaign – at one point going as far as to say that Iranians were “thankful” to suffer under it.
Iranians, and those impacted by the regime, are thankful that the U.S. is finally holding their oppressors accountable. Our pressure campaign is aimed at reducing the national security threat posed by Iran and convincing #Iran to change its behavior.
The hollow offer was met with indignation from Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Abbas Mousavi, who dismissed the proposal as “ridiculous” in light of the “economic terrorism” currently imposed by the very same government promising to help.
“The claim of helping Iran in the fight against coronavirus – made by a country that has exerted massive pressures on the Iranian people with its economic terrorism and has even blocked the [Iranian] purchase of medicine and medical equipment – is a ridiculous claim and a political-psychological game,” Mousavi said in a statement on Friday, later adding “It is not noble to cheer at fellow human beings' suffering.”
#Iranians will definitely defeat #Coronavirus without caring for US malign distractions. It is not noble to cheer at fellow humanbeings' suffering.
The spokesman noted that Tehran remains in “close contact with many countries in order to satisfy the country’s pharmaceutical and health demands” amid the outbreak – which has spread to some 388 Iranians, killing at least 34.
“The fight against the coronavirus ... requires a global resolve and widespread international cooperation, not theatrical moves that are made for political purposes and the abuse ...of the patients and those hurt,” Mousavi added.
Though a report in BBC’s Persian branch stated the death toll had soared to over 200 across the country, citing hospital sources, a health ministry spokesperson denied the figure, insisting the official tally was accurate. To date, up to seven Iranian officials have contracted the pathogen, including Deputy Health Minister Iraj Harirchi, who displayed symptoms of the illness during a number of media appearances.
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Trump administration officials have rescheduled for March 11 a critical meeting to discuss potential new U.S. restrictions on sales of technology to Huawei and China, people familiar with the matter said.
HONG KONG: Hong Kong authorities said on Friday (Feb 28) they quarantined a pet dog of a coronavirus patient after its nasal and oral samples tested "weak positive" for the coronavirus, though they added they did not yet have evidence that it can be transmitted to pets. The dog did not have any ...
Global funds changed course in February and recommended a cut to equity allocations in their model balanced portfolio after taking them to a two-year high in January, instead suggesting an increase in bond holdings, Reuters polls showed.
Mainland China had 327 new confirmed cases of coronavirus infections on Thursday, the country's National Health Commission said on Friday, down from 433 cases a day earlier.
Turkey is no longer able to contain millions of displaced Syrians and has reached “full capacity,” Ankara’s ruling AK party said in a fresh threat to open the floodgates into Europe – as tensions over Idlib reach a boiling point.
With Ankara vowing to go “all in” to halt a Syrian army offensive to retake the Idlib province from rebel militias, AKP spokesman Omer Celik suggested Turkey would soon allow hundreds of thousands of Syrian refugees to pour into Europe, a threat repeatedly made by President Recep Tayyip Erdogan in the past.
“Turkey can not bear the pressure of the new refugees, we now say that Turkey is at full capacity,” Celik told CNNTurk early on Friday. While the spokesman noted Turkey’s refugee policy remains “the same,” he said “we are no longer in a position to hold refugees” amid an expected influx of newly displaced Syrians.
An earlier report at Reuters cited an unnamed Turkish official who said much the same, although the official went further in stating that police, coast guard and border security officers had been ordered to “stand down” and allow the refugees to cross into Europe.
Turkey and the European Union (EU) struck an agreement in 2016 in hopes of stemming the flow of refugees passing into Europe, with the EU providing some 6 billion euros ($6.6 billion) to help resettle the displaced people. Erdogan, however, has slammed the multinational body time and again, insisting it has yet to hand over all of the promised aid.
With at least 33 Turkish troops killed in the effort to stop Damascus’ offensive on Idlib – the last remaining stronghold of opposition militia groups, some of which are backed by Ankara – tensions between the two countries have reached new heights. Still engaged in intense skirmishes with militants in Idlib, the Syrian army has signaled no intention of halting its advance, putting Damascus and Ankara on a collision course as the former fights to reclaim its territory.
Turkey has reached out to NATO and the US following the deaths of its troops in Syria’s Idlib province, fueling speculation that it might invoke Article 5 and get the alliance involved in a shooting war with Damascus – and Russia.
“An attack on Turkey is an attack on NATO. We expect that certain steps will be taken to [create] a no-fly zone” in Idlib, spokesman for the ruling AKP party, Omer Celik, told reporters in Ankara early on Friday.
President Recep Tayyip Erdogan called an emergency meeting of security officials on Thursday evening, after an airstrike – attributed to the Syrian government – in Idlib killed at least 29 Turkish soldiers, and wounded an unknown additional number.
Phones were also ringing at the NATO headquarters, the White House and the Pentagon, as Turkish media reported contacts with alliance Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg, US national security adviser Robert O’Brien and Defense Secretary Mark Esper.
Esper and his Turkish counterpart Hulusi Akar were “exploring ways the United States can work together with Turkey and the international community,” Pentagon press secretary Alyssa Farah said on Thursday, giving no further details.
“We stand by our NATO Ally Turkey and continue to call for an immediate end to this despicable offensive by the Assad regime, Russia, and Iranian-backed forces," the US State Department said in a statement, meanwhile.
“Oh my gosh,” was the response of US envoy to NATO Kay Bailey Hutchinson, when journalists told her about the airstrike on Thursday. “This is a new development. This is a big development,” she said, adding that “ Of course, everything is on the table.”
Her comments led to speculation that NATO might be considering invoking Article 5, the provision of its charter that says an attack on one member is an attack on them all.
While all eyes are on coronovirus, watch Idlib where NATO power Turkey is squaring off with Russia. What happens if Turkey invokes Article 5? What will US do? ....Airstrike Hits Turkish Forces in Syria https://t.co/0TCJ8dQVTc
The trouble with Article 5 is that it doesn’t cover actions of alliance members in foreign territory – which Idlib demonstrably is.
“Nothing has been really brought up for a decision in NATO,” Hutchinson said, however. She also quickly shifted to expressing hope that Ankara now understands the US and NATO are its true and real allies – not Russia, with whom Erdogan has been increasingly cooperating in recent years.
Meanwhile, NATO’s Stoltenberg “condemned the continued indiscriminate air strikes by the Syrian regime and its backer Russia in Idlib province,” the alliance’s press service said. He also called on Moscow and Damascus to “stop their offensive, to respect international law and to back UN efforts for a peaceful solution” in Syria and urged “all parties to de-escalate this dangerous situation.”
MORE: @NATO SecGen @jensstoltenberg "urged all parties to deescalate this dangerous situation & avoid further worsening of the horrendous humanitarian situation in the region" per @NATOpress
Hawkish US senators such as Marco Rubio (R-Florida) and Lindsey Graham (R-South Carolina) have already called for intervention. Graham released a statement on Thursday evening – Washington time – calling for the US to lead the way in establishing a no-fly zone over Syria.
“The world is sitting on its hands and watching the destruction of Idlib by Assad, Iran, and the Russians,” Graham said. “I am confident if the world, led by the United States, pushed back against Iran, Russia, and Assad that they would stand down, paving the way for political negotiations to end this war in Syria.”
Rubio repeated his endorsement of the Washington Post’s editorial call for US intervention in Syria from the day before, also blaming Moscow and Damascus while declaring that “Erdogan is on the right side here.”
Re-upping my post from yesterday because today #Turkey suffered mass casualties after an air strike in #Syria.
Rubio and Graham have advocated US intervention in Syria for years, however – while President Donald Trump has sought to withdraw from the country after the demise of Islamic State (IS, formerly ISIS).
Trump has yet to comment on the situation in Turkey. His most recent tweet was on Thursday morning, announcing a campaign rally in South Carolina.
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Tom Lewis conjured up his inner Nick Faldo in earning a share of the first-round lead with a bogey-free four-under-par 66 in strong winds at the Honda Classic in windy Florida on Thursday.
Global share prices headed for the worst week since the darkest days of the world financial crisis in 2008 as investors braced for the coronavirus to become a pandemic and rapidly spread around the world.
Tom Lewis conjured up his inner Nick Faldo in earning a share of the first-round lead with a bogey-free four-under-par 66 in strong winds at the Honda Classic in windy Florida on Thursday.
Tom Lewis conjured up his inner Nick Faldo in earning a share of the first-round lead with a bogey-free four-under-par 66 in strong winds at the Honda Classic in windy Florida on Thursday.
Tom Lewis conjured up his inner Nick Faldo in earning a share of the first-round lead with a bogey-free four-under-par 66 in strong winds at the Honda Classic in windy Florida on Thursday.
Global share prices headed for the worst week since the darkest days of the world financial crisis in 2008 as investors braced for the coronavirus to become a pandemic and rapidly spread around the world.
The gunman behind a horrific mass shooting at the Molson Coors headquarters in Milwaukee has been identified by police as 51-year-old Anthony Ferrill, who was recently fired from the company. His five victims have also been named.
Ferrill, an electrician at the company, opened fire on former co-workers at the sprawling Molson-Coors campus on Wednesday afternoon, killing five before turning the gun on himself. The victims have now been identified, ranging between ages 33 and 51.
Milwaukee Police Chief Alfonso Morales identified the victims of the Molson Coors shooting yesterday as:
“They were power house operators, they were machinists and they were electricians, but more importantly they were husbands, they were fathers and they were friends,” Molson Coors CEO Gavin Hattersley said in a statement. “They were part of the fabric of our company and our community and we will miss them terribly.”
The assailant reportedly quarrelled with one of the victims – a fellow electrician – before the shooting, with one co-worker telling a Milwaukee newspaper that Ferrill “believed he was being discriminated against because he was African American,” and that he later became convinced that “brewery workers were coming into his home” and “bugging his computer.”
Both police and city officials have declined to say whether the shooting was racially motivated, with Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett stating “Right now there is an investigation going on and I think it is premature to speculate on anything.”
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PARIS: Youssef El-Arabi scored in the last minute of extra-time as Olympiakos knocked Arsenal out of the Europa League on Thursday (Feb 27) on a night when four former European champions were eliminated. Ajax, Celtic, Benfica and Porto went out but Manchester United hardly broke sweat after Simon ...
WELLINGTON: New Zealand has deployed soldiers to help prevent drought-stricken North Island towns from running dry as authorities consider imposing water restrictions in Auckland, the country's largest city. Meteorologists have said areas of the North Island are experiencing the longest dry spell ...
NEW YORK: The Dow industrials posted its largest-ever drop in a single session on Thursday (Feb 27) as Wall Street led stocks across the globe lower, with traders fretting over the economic impact of the spreading coronavirus. The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 1,190.95 points, or 4.42 per ...
WELLINGTON: New Zealand has deployed soldiers to help prevent drought-stricken North Island towns from running dry as authorities consider imposing water restrictions in Auckland, the country's largest city. Meteorologists have said areas of the North Island are experiencing the longest dry spell ...
WELLINGTON: New Zealand has deployed soldiers to help prevent drought-stricken North Island towns from running dry as authorities consider imposing water restrictions in Auckland, the country's largest city. Meteorologists have said areas of the North Island are experiencing the longest dry spell ...
NEW YORK: The Dow industrials posted its largest-ever drop in a single session on Thursday (Feb 27) as Wall Street led stocks across the globe lower, with traders fretting over the economic impact of the spreading coronavirus. The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 1,190.95 points, or 4.42 per ...
WELLINGTON: New Zealand has deployed soldiers to help prevent drought-stricken North Island towns from running dry as authorities consider imposing water restrictions in Auckland, the country's largest city. Meteorologists have said areas of the North Island are experiencing the longest dry spell ...
LONDON: British Airways said it would cancel some flights to and from Italy, Singapore and South Korea, as a result of reduced demand for travel to the areas due to coronavirus outbreaks. British Airways, owned by IAG, said on Thursday (Feb 27) it would cancel 56 round-trip flights from London's ...
Facebook Inc will provide a way for people to track political sponsored content on Facebook and Instagram ahead of the U.S. presidential election, it said on Thursday.
Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo are potential targets for Inter-Miami, co-owner David Beckham said on Wednesday, underscoring his team's global ambition as they prepare to make their long-awaited Major League Soccer debut this weekend.
WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump on Wednesday (Feb 26) said the risk to the American people from the novel coronavirus was "very low" thanks to actions taken by his government like travel restrictions on Chinese travellers. "Because of all we've done the risk to the American people remains ...
Vietnam's first Formula One grand prix will go ahead as planned on April 5, the sport said on Wednesday, despite continuing concern about the coronavirus epidemic that has caused the cancellation of China's race.
A global pandemic and the challenge of figuring out the future of entertainment greeted Bob Chapek on Wednesday as he took over as Chief Executive Officer of Walt Disney Co .
RIYADH: Saudi Arabia on Thursday (Feb 27) suspended visas for pilgrims wishing to visit Mecca, the foreign ministry said, as the coronavirus spreads across the Middle East. The government is "suspending entry to the Kingdom for the purpose of Umrah and visiting the Prophet's Mosque temporarily" ...
Transport Canada is mulling a Canadian supplement to the Boeing 737 MAX's U.S.-developed flight manual, as the regulator weighs going beyond steps taken by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to end a global grounding of the model after two fatal crashes.
Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo are potential targets for Inter-Miami, co-owner David Beckham said on Wednesday, underscoring his team's global ambition as they prepare to make their long-awaited Major League Soccer debut this weekend.
WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump on Wednesday (Feb 26) said the risk to the American people from the novel coronavirus was "very low" thanks to actions taken by his government like travel restrictions on Chinese travellers. "Because of all we've done the risk to the American people remains ...
Democratic presidential hopeful Joe Biden claimed he was arrested in the 1970s while trying to visit jailed South African civil rights campaigner Nelson Mandela. After critics called him out, his campaign now denies the claim.
Courting the black vote in South Carolina and Nevada this month. Biden brought up his 1970s visit to South Africa, taken when he was a Senator for Delaware. He told a South Carolina crowd that he “had the great honor of being arrested with our UN ambassador on the streets of Soweto trying to get to see [Mandela] on Robben Island.” At a black history awards event in Las Vegas last week, he claimed that Mandela himself later thanked him for his anti-apartheid efforts.
“He threw his arms around me and said, 'I want to say thank you,'” Biden told the crowd. “I said, 'What are you thanking me for, Mr. President?' He said: 'You tried to see me. You got arrested trying to see me.'”
Something was amiss. Soweto is more than 700 miles from Robben Island, the prison that held Mandela for 18 years. Furthermore, Andrew Young - the UN ambassador mentioned by Biden - told the New York Times that he was not arrested, and that “I don’t think he was either.”
With suspicion rising, Biden’s deputy campaign manager, Kate Bedingfield, revised the official story for the Times on Tuesday.
“He was separated from his party at the airport,” Bedingfield stated. “He was not allowed to go through the same door that the — the rest of the party he was with. Obviously, it was apartheid South Africa. There was a white door, there was a black door. He did not want to go through the white door and have the rest of the party go through the black door.”
A noble gesture, but a brief separation is a long way from getting arrested. Biden’s South African anecdote is not the first time the former Vice President has told tall tales about his past struggles for racial justice. Since the late 1980s, Biden claimed numerous times that he took part in civil rights marches during the 1960s, to “desegregate movie theaters and things like that.”
Though he said he took part in “marching” and “sit-ins,” there is no evidence that he ever participated in such revolutionary acts. In fact, when he was scrutinized for these claims during a short-lived presidential campaign in 1987, Biden admitted that while he was concerned for the struggle of black Amercians at the time, he “was not out marching.”
None of this has mattered to South Carolina’s black lawmakers. On Wednesday, Biden picked up the endorsement of Rep. Jim Clyburn (D), a veteran congressman whose endorsement is considered key to winning the state’s black vote.
Biden may be a favorite in South Carolina, where African Americans make up more than 50 percent of all Democratic voters, but he has had a tougher primary season elsewhere. Once considered the clear frontrunner, Biden now trails progressive Senator Bernie Sanders in almost every national poll, and picked up only 20 percent of the vote at last weekend’s Nevada caucuses, compared to Sanders’ 46 percent.
RIYADH: Saudi Arabia on Thursday (Feb 27) suspended visas for pilgrims wishing to visit Mecca, the foreign ministry said, as the coronavirus spreads across the Middle East. The government is "suspending entry to the Kingdom for the purpose of Umrah and visiting the Prophet's Mosque temporarily" ...
WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump on Wednesday (Feb 26) said the risk to the American people from the novel coronavirus was "very low" thanks to actions taken by his government like travel restrictions on Chinese travellers. "Because of all we've done the risk to the American people remains ...
WASHINGTON: Several people were killed on Wednesday (Feb 26) when a sacked former employee opened fire at the Milwaukee campus of brewing giant Molson Coors, with reports of up to six dead in addition to the shooter. "There are multiple fatalities ... I believe including the shooter," Milwaukee ...
Growing concerns inside the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank about the spread of the new coronavirus have prompted the institutions to consider scaling back their Spring Meetings in April or hold them by teleconference, people familiar with the discussions said.
WELLINGTON: Air New Zealand announced a 34 per cent fall in interim net profit on Thursday (Feb 27) and warned the novel coronavirus would hit the airline's bottom line as it slashes flights on Asian routes. The flag carrier posted a net profit of NZ$101 million (US$63.6 million) for the six ...
WELLINGTON: The potential cancellation of the Tokyo Olympics due to the coronavirus outbreak could end the careers of several athletes like twice shot put champion Valerie Adams, according to Athletics New Zealand's high performance director Scott Goodman. The Tokyo Olympics are still scheduled to ...
WASHINGTON: Several people were killed on Wednesday (Feb 26) when a sacked former employee opened fire at the Milwaukee campus of brewing giant Molson Coors, with reports of up to six dead in addition to the shooter. "There are multiple fatalities ... I believe including the shooter," Milwaukee ...
Growing concerns inside the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank about the spread of the new coronavirus have prompted the institutions to consider scaling back their Spring Meetings in April or hold them by teleconference, people familiar with the discussions said.
WELLINGTON: Air New Zealand announced a 34 per cent fall in interim net profit on Thursday (Feb 27) and warned the novel coronavirus would hit the airline's bottom line as it slashes flights on Asian routes. The flag carrier posted a net profit of NZ$101 million (US$63.6 million) for the six ...
WELLINGTON: The potential cancellation of the Tokyo Olympics due to the coronavirus outbreak could end the careers of several athletes like twice shot put champion Valerie Adams, according to Athletics New Zealand's high performance director Scott Goodman. The Tokyo Olympics are still scheduled to ...
WASHINGTON: Several people were killed on Wednesday (Feb 26) when a sacked former employee opened fire at the Milwaukee campus of brewing giant Molson Coors, with reports of up to six dead in addition to the shooter. "There are multiple fatalities ... I believe including the shooter," Milwaukee ...
Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo are potential targets for Inter-Miami, co-owner David Beckham said on Wednesday, underscoring his team's global ambition as they prepare to make their long-awaited Major League Soccer debut this weekend.
SEOUL: South Korea's COVID-19 case total jumped well into four figures on Wednesday (Feb 26) as authorities reported 169 new infections, taking the overall tally to 1,146. An 11th person had died of the disease, the Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (KCDC) added in a statement on ...
The effects of the coronavirus outbreak are likely to reverberate beyond China as most major economies in the region are expected to either slow down significantly, halt or shrink outright in the current quarter, Reuters polls found.
The honeymoons of 34 South Korean newly-weds on the Indian Ocean island of Mauritius turned into a holiday from hell after they were rounded up and held in isolation by authorities due to fears over the coronavirus, according to Seoul officials.
The FBI and NYPD have raided the New York offices of fashion exec Peter Nygard as part of a sex trafficking investigation - the fourth such probe of the mogul, who is accused of drugging and raping girls on his Bahamas estate.
Six vans full of agents from the FBI and NYPD descended on Nygard’s Times Square headquarters on Tuesday morning to gather evidence, according to two officers who spoke to the New York Times following the raid. The flamboyant Canadian businessman has been under investigation for allegedly trafficking underage girls by a joint child-exploitation task force comprised of state and federal law enforcement for at least five months.
The criminal probe is separate from a lawsuit filed earlier this month by 10 women alleging Nygard drugged and raped them when they were 14 or 15 years old on his estate in the Bahamas, though at least four of the women involved in that lawsuit have been interviewed by the task force. The suit charges Nygard ran a “sex trafficking ring,” luring “young, impressionable, and often impoverished children and women” to his home by dangling cash and promises of successful modeling careers.
Nygard, the suit claims, threw “pamper parties” on his palatial Bahamas estate, where he spiked girls’ drinks with Rohypnol and raped them. The parties were said to be extravagant affairs featuring massages and jet-ski rides, and the estate itself - with a fake Mayan temple, a disco with a stripper pole, and showy animal sculptures - is reminiscent of Jeffrey Epstein’s Lolita Island. In fact, Nygard is a friend of Epstein’s pal Prince Andrew, and like both men is known for being perpetually surrounded with a bevy of attractive young women. He allegedly kept a database with details about each guest going back to 1987 to help him decide who to prey on.
The 78-year-old mogul denies the charges, blaming his neighbor, hedge-fund billionaire Louis Bacon, who hired his own private detectives to investigate Nygard after a pitched battle between the two that has spanned 25 lawsuits across five jurisdictions and cost both tens of millions of dollars. It has also involved the two flinging wild accusations - of insider trading, Ku Klux Klan membership, murder plots, and now raping teen girls.
But this is not the first time Nygard has found himself the target of a sex trafficking probe. The FBI was investigating him in 2015 and 2017, while the Department of Homeland Security spent nine months looking into him in 2016, though nothing came of any of those probes. The women in the lawsuit all hail from the Bahamas except one, and remain anonymous. Nine women in Canada and the US have also accused him of sexual harassment or assault over the years. The Times spoke with nine women not involved in the lawsuit who claim Nygard had touched them inappropriately, made unwanted advances, or, in at least two cases, raped them.
Bahraini students will be skipping classes due to a perfectly valid reason for the next two weeks, after the country’s education ministry ordered schools and nurseries to be temporarily closed amid a surge in coronavirus cases.
State-run as well as private kindergartens and schools in Bahrain will shut their doors for two weeks starting Wednesday, the Gulf monarchy's authorities announced on Tuesday, after the 9 new cases of the deadly COVID-19 were reported, bringing the total number to 17.
All of the new cases so far have been linked to Iran. The authorities said that those infected traveled from the Islamic Republic to Bahrain either through Dubai or the United Arab Emirates.
“The nine new registered cases were detected among four female Bahraini nationals, three male Bahraini nationals, and two female Saudi nationals, all arriving from Iran via Dubai or Sharjah.”
The patients were taken for treatment to Ibrahim Khalil Kano Health Centre in Manama, the kingdom’s second largest city.
With the coronavirus outbreak spreading to the Middle East, Bahrain stepped up screening procedures at the airports, and on Tuesday moved to suspend flights from Dubai International Airport and Sharjah International Airport in the UAE for the next 48 hours.
The health authorities said that shutdown of schools was made as a precaution. One of the confirmed cases is a bus driver who arrived from Iran on February 21 and it was not until a few days later that he showed the flu-like symptoms typical for the coronavirus, the ministry said. The man had already dropped off children at two schools and one kindergarten by that time, prompting the authorities to test all the children who took the bus and their families.
Iran is currently experiences the deadliest outbreak of the novel coronavirus outside China, with the death toll rising to 15 by Tuesday. Nearly 100 people have been infected, according to the state media.
Asian shares fell on Wednesday as a U.S. warning to Americans to prepare for the possibility of a coronavirus pandemic drove another Wall Street tumble and pushed yields on safe-haven Treasuries to record lows.
WASHINGTON: American health authorities said on Tuesday (Feb 25) they ultimately expect the novel coronavirus to spread in the United States and are urging local governments, businesses, and schools to develop plans like cancelling mass gatherings or switching to teleworking. Officials are also ...
Asian shares fell on Wednesday as a U.S. warning to Americans to prepare for the possibility of a coronavirus pandemic drove another Wall Street tumble and pushed yields on safe-haven Treasuries to record lows.
WASHINGTON: American health authorities said on Tuesday (Feb 25) they ultimately expect the novel coronavirus to spread in the United States and are urging local governments, businesses, and schools to develop plans like cancelling mass gatherings or switching to teleworking. Officials are also ...
Mattel Inc had received a subpoena in December from the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission seeking documents related to a whistleblower letter and subsequent investigation, the U.S. toymaker said in a filing on Tuesday.
Bob Iger is stepping down as CEO of Disney after transforming the company during his 15 years at its helm. Everyone from angry Star Wars fans to Project Veritas’ James O’Keefe is taking credit following the surprise announcement.
Iger will remain as executive chairman until his contract is up at the end of 2021, gradually transitioning his responsibilities to his successor while retaining control of the creative side of Disney. The new CEO, Bob Chapek, has been with the company for 27 years and previously ran “Experiences and Products” – theme parks and cruise ships – a role in which he oversaw Disney’s expansion in China and the near-doubling of Disney’s cruise ship fleet.
“With the successful launch of Disney’s direct-to-consumer businesses and the integration of Twenty-First Century Fox well underway, I believe this is the optimal time to transition to a new CEO,” Iger said on Tuesday.
Judging by the reactions, much of the public was not convinced. Feverish speculation swirled about why Iger was leaving so suddenly. His contract had just been renewed, and Disney was doing fine financially, whatever one might think of Iger’s creative decisions.
Several people suggested Iger was planning to jump into the 2020 Democratic primary now that the herd – at one point there were over two dozen candidates – had thinned significantly. Was this the reason Disney had gone all-in for cinematic wokeness?
Bob Iger’s going to show Mike Bloomberg how it’s done by skipping Iowa, NH, Nevada, SC, Super Tuesday and the entire Dem primary and still win the nomination. #disney
your not crazy to think that.thankfully they can only stop bernie by stealing it at convention which will destory democratic party and ensure trump's election though i am surprised iger could stand being number 2. i gurantee you if trump is able to win iger is running in 2024.
Others thought that Iger was stepping down in shame over the mess he’d made out of Star Wars (Disney bought Lucasfilm in 2012) and other beloved franchises, dragged down by the company’s leftward political drift.
BREAKING: Disney CEO Bob Iger has stepped down amid controversy about his handling of the Star Wars franchise
Conservative muckraker James O’Keefe appeared to be taking credit for Iger’s departure, pointing out his Project Veritas had teased another chapter in its “Exposing ABC” series to drop Wednesday. ABC is owned by Disney. While the last Veritas video about ABC concerned a shelved report on well-connected pedophile Jeffrey Epstein, this week’s is supposedly about election-related disinformation.
There's something curious about the timing of Bob Iger's resignation from Disney, given that Project Veritas is just about to release its expose on ABC.
Still others suggested he was heading to jail, placing him somewhere between Jeffrey Epstein and just-convicted sex pest Harvey Weinstein. Actress Paz de la Huerta’s lawsuit against Weinstein added Iger to its complaint last year, arguing his decisions permitted Weinstein’s predation.
Reliable sources say he'll be joining Harvey in a prison cell soon, they also say Weinstein, wants to be on top, bunk?#Hollyweirdospic.twitter.com/O6fVOT8uoR
Iger’s post-Disney plans have not been announced, but the always-trustworthy Brian Stelter of CNN made a point of dispelling political rumors.
Iger explored a run for President a couple of years ago, but dedicated himself to the Fox transaction and Disney+ instead. His exec chairman title indicates he's not diving into politics now.
WASHINGTON: American health authorities said on Tuesday (Feb 25) they ultimately expect the novel coronavirus to spread in the United States and are urging local governments, businesses, and schools to develop plans like cancelling mass gatherings or switching to teleworking. Officials are also ...
Mattel Inc had received a subpoena in December from the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission seeking documents related to a whistleblower letter and subsequent investigation, the U.S. toymaker said in a filing on Tuesday.
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LONDON: Chelsea manager Frank Lampard admitted a 3-0 thrashing at home to Bayern Munich in the first leg of their Champions League last 16 tie was a reality check for how far behind the European elite the Blues now find themselves. Lampard captained the Chelsea side that beat Bayern on home soil ...
Fiat Chrysler Automobiles NV (FCA) Chief Executive Mike Manley received compensation of 13.28 million euros (US$14.45 million) for 2019, in line with a target set by the company, the Italian-American automaker said in a filing on Tuesday.
The 35-year-old, whose last album was released in 2010, did not elaborate on where or when it happened, but said she will be posting an audio interview in the coming weeks.
LYON: Juventus coach Maurizio Sarri rejected suggestions that supporters of his side should not be allowed to attend Wednesday's (Feb 26) Champions League clash with Lyon in France due to the coronavirus outbreak in Italy. The virus had claimed 11 lives in Italy by Tuesday evening, with 322 ...
LONDON: Chelsea manager Frank Lampard admitted a 3-0 thrashing at home to Bayern Munich in the first leg of their Champions League last 16 tie was a reality check for how far behind the European elite the Blues now find themselves. Lampard captained the Chelsea side that beat Bayern on home soil ...
Fiat Chrysler Automobiles NV (FCA) Chief Executive Mike Manley received compensation of 13.28 million euros (US$14.45 million) for 2019, in line with a target set by the company, the Italian-American automaker said in a filing on Tuesday.
The 35-year-old, whose last album was released in 2010, did not elaborate on where or when it happened, but said she will be posting an audio interview in the coming weeks.
LYON: Juventus coach Maurizio Sarri rejected suggestions that supporters of his side should not be allowed to attend Wednesday's (Feb 26) Champions League clash with Lyon in France due to the coronavirus outbreak in Italy. The virus had claimed 11 lives in Italy by Tuesday evening, with 322 ...
LYON: Juventus coach Maurizio Sarri rejected suggestions that supporters of his side should not be allowed to attend Wednesday's (Feb 26) Champions League clash with Lyon in France due to the coronavirus outbreak in Italy. The virus had claimed 11 lives in Italy by Tuesday evening, with 322 ...
NEW DELHI: US President Donald Trump moves from sightseeing and speech-making to tough trade talks in India on Tuesday (Feb 25), as First Lady Melania visits a Delhi school to witness a "happiness class". Despite sharing strategic concerns over China that have led to deepening defence ties ...
KUALA LUMPUR: The series of actions by some political parties - seen as efforts to overthrow Pakatan Harapan and form a new ruling coalition - is not against Malaysia's Federal Constitution by the letter of the law, said an expert on Malaysia's constitution. But it is a violation of the mandate ...
From what happened outside the courthouse to the accusers and other witnesses, here's a look at the highlights of the watershed trial of the former movie producer.
Asian share markets were heading south on Tuesday amid fears the coronavirus was rapidly mutating into a pandemic that could cripple global supply chains and wreak far greater economic damage than first thought.
NEW YORK: Global stocks were hammered on Monday (Feb 24) and gold prices soared on safe-haven buying as fears mounted that the new coronavirus would derail economic growth. Equity bourses were a sea of red, including in Milan and Seoul - two countries outside of China that have suffered outbreaks ...
British track great Laura Kenny has no intention of scaling back her triple-gold ambition for the Tokyo Olympics despite a broken shoulder that threatened to wreck her season.
The National Transportation Safety Board will hold a public hearing on Tuesday to establish the probable cause of a fatal March 2018 Tesla Autopilot crash in California and will issue a series of safety recommendations, two people briefed on the matter said on Monday.
Shake Shack Inc expects its delivery sales to be volatile throughout 2020 after its move last year to an exclusive partnership with third-party platform Grubhub Inc , it said on Monday.
CHICAGO: Women 75 and older do not benefit from regular screening mammograms, researchers reported on Monday, offering some of the first evidence on whether screening makes sense in these women. Although studies clearly show mammograms starting at age 50 prevent breast cancer deaths, until now ...
Deontay Wilder will exercise his rematch clause in a bid to regain his WBC heavyweight belt from Tyson Fury after the Briton beat the American on Saturday, he has told The Athletic.
NEW DELHI: US President Donald Trump moves from sightseeing and speech-making to tough trade talks in India on Tuesday (Feb 25), as First Lady Melania visits a Delhi school to witness a "happiness class". Despite sharing strategic concerns over China that have led to deepening defence ties ...
KUALA LUMPUR: The series of actions by some political parties - seen as efforts to overthrow Pakatan Harapan and form a new ruling coalition - is not against Malaysia's Federal Constitution by the letter of the law, said an expert on Malaysia's constitution. But it is a violation of the mandate ...
From what happened outside the courthouse to the accusers and other witnesses, here's a look at the highlights of the watershed trial of the former movie producer.
Asian share markets were heading south on Tuesday amid fears the coronavirus was rapidly mutating into a pandemic that could cripple global supply chains and wreak far greater economic damage than first thought.
NEW YORK: Global stocks were hammered on Monday (Feb 24) and gold prices soared on safe-haven buying as fears mounted that the new coronavirus would derail economic growth. Equity bourses were a sea of red, including in Milan and Seoul - two countries outside of China that have suffered outbreaks ...
British track great Laura Kenny has no intention of scaling back her triple-gold ambition for the Tokyo Olympics despite a broken shoulder that threatened to wreck her season.
The National Transportation Safety Board will hold a public hearing on Tuesday to establish the probable cause of a fatal March 2018 Tesla Autopilot crash in California and will issue a series of safety recommendations, two people briefed on the matter said on Monday.
Deontay Wilder will exercise his rematch clause in a bid to regain his WBC heavyweight belt from Tyson Fury after the Briton beat the American on Saturday, he has told The Athletic.
NEW DELHI: US President Donald Trump moves from sightseeing and speech-making to tough trade talks in India on Tuesday (Feb 25), as First Lady Melania visits a Delhi school to witness a "happiness class". Despite sharing strategic concerns over China that have led to deepening defence ties ...
KUALA LUMPUR: The series of actions by some political parties - seen as efforts to overthrow Pakatan Harapan and form a new ruling coalition - is not against Malaysia's Federal Constitution by the letter of the law, said an expert on Malaysia's constitution. But it is a violation of the mandate ...
Deontay Wilder will exercise his rematch clause in a bid to regain his WBC heavyweight belt from Tyson Fury after the Briton beat the American on Saturday, he has told The Athletic.
KUALA LUMPUR: The flurry of activities over a possible realignment of the country’s political landscape looks set to continue with several events scheduled to take place on Monday (Feb 24). Deputy Prime Minister Dr Wan Azizah Wan Ismail and her husband, PKR president Anwar Ibrahim, are scheduled ...
KUALA LUMPUR: The flurry of activities over a possible realignment of the country’s political landscape looks set to continue with several events scheduled to take place on Monday (Feb 24). Deputy Prime Minister Dr Wan Azizah Wan Ismail and her husband, PKR president Anwar Ibrahim, are scheduled ...
New Zealand completed a comprehensive 10-wicket victory over India before lunch on the fourth day of the first test at the Basin Reserve on Monday to give them a 1-0 lead in the two-match series.
PARIS: Edinson Cavani scored his 200th Paris Saint-Germain goal and Marquinhos netted twice as the Ligue 1 leaders bounced back from their Champions League defeat by Borussia Dortmund to beat Bordeaux 4-3 on Sunday (Feb 23), but their victory was marred by Neymar's late sending-off. After losing 2 ...
New Zealand completed a comprehensive 10-wicket victory over India before lunch on the fourth day of the first test at the Basin Reserve on Monday to give them a 1-0 lead in the two-match series.
UniCredit Chief Executive Jean Pierre Mustier has ruled himself out of a switch to European rival HSBC , a source with knowledge of the matter told Reuters on Sunday.
Failure to reach a global deal on where and how much to tax digital giants like Google, Amazon or Facebook would result in many digital tax regimes emerging all over the world, France's Finance Minister said on Sunday.
New Zealand completed a comprehensive 10-wicket victory over India before lunch on the fourth day of the first test at the Basin Reserve on Monday to give them a 1-0 lead in the two-match series.
UniCredit Chief Executive Jean Pierre Mustier has ruled himself out of a switch to European rival HSBC , a source with knowledge of the matter told Reuters on Sunday.
Failure to reach a global deal on where and how much to tax digital giants like Google, Amazon or Facebook would result in many digital tax regimes emerging all over the world, France's Finance Minister said on Sunday.
Bilateral trade between the US and India reached some $87.95 billion in 2018-19, making Washington New Delhi’s new top economic partner, despite President Trump’s increased pressure to negotiate a better deal for his country.
The US has surpassed China in terms of bilateral trade with India last year, according to the commerce ministry data, and the trend only increased in April-December 2019 despite the trade disagreements between New Delhi and Washington.
India had a trade surplus of $16.85 billion with the US in 2018-19 financial year (with total trade standing at $87.95bn, compared to $87.07bn with China) – which ironically is one of the top complaints of President Donald Trump who is aggressively seeking ways to reduce America’s trade deficit.
Trade tensions between Washington and New Delhi reached new heights last year after the US pulled India from its “Generalized System of Preferences” (GSP), a mechanism that grants tariff exemptions to certain favored allies. While the decision was meant to encourage India to drop levies on US goods, it backfired, resulting in a number of retaliatory tariffs on dozens of American products.
Ahead of his trip to India, Trump said that he happens “to like Prime Minister [Narendra] Modi a lot,” but reiterated the United States was “not treated very well by India” in terms of his vision of fair trade. Indians, likewise, are increasingly annoyed by the US leader’s economic policies and pressure.
With ongoing disputes and Trump himself admitting he is “saving the big deal for later,” possibly even until after the 2020 US elections, the chances of even a symbolic pact being signed on his much-anticipated two-day trip to India seem increasingly bleak.
New Zealand completed a comprehensive 10-wicket victory over India before lunch on the fourth day of the first test at the Basin Reserve on Monday to give them a 1-0 lead in the two-match series.
Oil prices tumbled more than 2per cent on Monday as investors worried about a hit to demand from the coronavirus outbreak, which is spreading rapidly outside China.
PARIS: Edinson Cavani scored his 200th Paris Saint-Germain goal and Marquinhos netted twice as the Ligue 1 leaders bounced back from their Champions League defeat by Borussia Dortmund to beat Bordeaux 4-3 on Sunday (Feb 23), but their victory was marred by Neymar's late sending-off. After losing 2 ...
Oil prices tumbled more than 2per cent on Monday as investors worried about a hit to demand from the coronavirus outbreak, which is spreading rapidly outside China.
PARIS: Edinson Cavani scored his 200th Paris Saint-Germain goal and Marquinhos netted twice as the Ligue 1 leaders bounced back from their Champions League defeat by Borussia Dortmund to beat Bordeaux 4-3 on Sunday (Feb 23), but their victory was marred by Neymar's late sending-off. After losing 2 ...
PARIS: Edinson Cavani scored his 200th Paris Saint-Germain goal and Marquinhos netted twice as the Ligue 1 leaders bounced back from their Champions League defeat by Borussia Dortmund to beat Bordeaux 4-3 on Sunday (Feb 23), but their victory was marred by Neymar's late sending-off. After losing 2 ...
MIAMI: Norway's Viktor Hovland rammed home a 25-foot birdie at the final hole to clinch his first victory on PGA Tour at the Puerto Rico Open on Sunday (Feb 23). In just his 17th start on tour, Hovland reacted with glee when his putt crashed into the back of the cup at considerable speed and ...
Colin de Grandhomme, Kyle Jamieson and Trent Boult counter-attacked to help New Zealand post 348 at lunch on the third day of the first test after India's pace bowlers had grabbed two early wickets at the Basin Reserve on Sunday.
Colin de Grandhomme, Kyle Jamieson and Trent Boult counter-attacked to help New Zealand post 348 at lunch on the third day of the first test after India's pace bowlers had grabbed two early wickets at the Basin Reserve on Sunday.
REUTERS: Japan's Yoshihito Nishioka fought back from a sluggish start to overpower sixth seeded Frenchman Ugo Humbert in a rain-interrupted semi-final at the Delray Beach Open in Florida on Saturday. After winning only one game in the opening set, the unseeded Nishioka closed out the deciding ...
REUTERS: Japan's Yoshihito Nishioka fought back from a sluggish start to overpower sixth seeded Frenchman Ugo Humbert in a rain-interrupted semi-final at the Delray Beach Open in Florida on Saturday. After winning only one game in the opening set, the unseeded Nishioka closed out the deciding ...
REUTERS: Japan's Yoshihito Nishioka fought back from a sluggish start to overpower sixth seeded Frenchman Ugo Humbert in a rain-interrupted semi-final at the Delray Beach Open in Florida on Saturday. After winning only one game in the opening set, the unseeded Nishioka closed out the deciding ...
The number of confirmed Covid-19 coronavirus cases has soared to at least 76 in Italy, forcing authorities to introduce increasingly strict containment and quarantine measures in the northern regions of Lombardy and Veneto.
A 78-year-old man died of the infection near Padua, Veneto region on Friday night, becoming the second victim of the virus in Italy, after a 76-year-old woman was found dead on Thursday some 50 km south of Milan.
At least 17 people were confirmed infected in Veneto so far, including the latest victim’s wife and daughter, as authorities are still mulling whether the Carnival of Venice events should be cancelled. In the neighboring Lombardy there are 54 cases, including one in Milan – a city with a population of some 1.4 million where Women’s Fashion Week is currently taking place.
The outbreak is believed to have originated in a town southeast of Milan, where some 50,000 residents of Codogno and nearby towns were ‘advised’ to stay indoors and avoid public gatherings that are now being cancelled en masse.
The quarantine measures affected not only schools and universities, but also football matches. It is unclear when the cancelled Sunday clashes between Inter Milan and Sampdoria, Atalanta against Sassuolo and Hellas Verona against Cagliari might be rescheduled.
REUTERS: Japan's Yoshihito Nishioka fought back from a sluggish start to overpower sixth seeded Frenchman Ugo Humbert in a rain-interrupted semi-final at the Delray Beach Open in Florida on Saturday. After winning only one game in the opening set, the unseeded Nishioka closed out the deciding ...
SHANGHAI: China's central Hubei province had 630 new confirmed cases of coronavirus infections on Saturday (Feb 22), the province's health commission said on Sunday, up from 366 new cases the previous day. That brings the total accumulated number of confirmed cases in Hubei to 64,084. The death ...
French President Emmanuel Macron on Saturday said he was "not sure" it would be possible for the European Union and Britain to reach a trade deal by the end of the year.
ROME: Italian authorities have ordered the postponement of three Serie A football matches in the Lombardy and Veneto region on Sunday (Feb 23) over coronavirus fears in northern Italy. The matches between title-chasing Inter Milan and Sampdoria, Atalanta against Sassuolo and Hellas Verona versus ...
