LONDON: No England cricketer tested positive for the coronavirus prior to a training group assembling at the Ageas Bowl ahead of next month’s Test series against the West Indies, it was announced Wednesday (Jun 24). The England and Wales Cricket Board said all results came back negative from 702 tests […]
Day: June 24, 2020
Sony WF-XB700 review: Here we will find out how the new Sony WF-XB700 perform in real life and if they are worth Rs 9,990 or not. A few months back I had decided to stop reviewing truly wireless earphones, with some exceptions. One such exception is Sony deciding to offer […]
SYDNEY: Australia’s Qantas is axing at least 20 per cent of its workforce and grounding 100 planes for at least a year in a US$10 billion cost-cutting blitz in response to the COVID crisis, the airline announced Thursday (Jun 25). CEO Alan Joyce said the three-year plan to save Australia’s […]
MELBOURNE: Australia’s military announced on Thursday (Jun 25) that it would send 1,000 troops to Melbourne in an effort to help contain the country’s only significant coronavirus outbreak over fears of a second wave. Victoria state has seen a spike in COVID-19 cases, recording almost 150 new infections over the […]
WELLINGTON: A magnitude-5.9 earthquake struck near Milford Sound in the southwest of New Zealand’s South Island on Thursday (Jun 25), government seismic monitor Geonet said. Thousands of people in the area reported on Geonet to have felt the earthquake, which was very shallow at a depth of 5km, but there […]
FRANKFURT AM MAIN: Lufthansa’s top shareholder on Wednesday (Jun 24) said he would back a nine billion euro government rescue package, removing the threat of a last-minute veto that could have plunged the German airline into bankruptcy. “I will vote for the agreement,” German billionaire Heinz Hermann Thiele told the […]
LONDON: Liverpool are on the brink of clinching the Premier League title after the leaders powered to a 4-0 win against Crystal Palace, while Anthony Martial hit a hat-trick in Manchester United’s 3-0 victory over Sheffield United on Wednesday (Jun 24). Jurgen Klopp’s side took control thanks to first-half goals […]
The economics profession widely overlooked the importance of social and institutional pre-conditions, says former World Bank chief economist Kaushik Basu. ITHACA, NEW YORK: The COVID-19 pandemic has caused massive disruptions to markets, supply chains, and world trade. This has forced a reckoning with many traditional policies and should be treated […]
GENEVA: The coronavirus pandemic has yet to peak in the Americas, the World Health Organization warned on Wednesday (Jun 24), as it said global infections were likely to hit 10 million within a week. The WHO said the length and height of peaks would be determined by government actions, without […]
WASHINGTON, DC: The Trump administration has determined that top Chinese firms, including telecoms equipment giant Huawei Technologies and video surveillance company Hikvision, are owned or controlled by the Chinese military, laying the groundwork for new US financial sanctions, according to a document seen by Reuters on Wednesday (Jun 24). A […]