LOSA ANGELES: Los Angeles Lakers guard Avery Bradley has opted out of playing when the NBA resumes the 2019-20 season, telling ESPN he doesn’t want to risk his family’s health. Powered by four-time NBA Most Valuable Player LeBron James, the Lakers led the Western Conference at 49-14 when the league […]
Month: June 2020
LONDON: The Premier League has launched a new system for players to report racist abuse on social media. Just two days after Burnley fans organised a plane to fly over their team’s match at Manchester City towing a banner reading ‘White Lives Matter’, the Premier League has stepped up its […]
BERLIN: Mario Goetze will miss out on making a final appearance for Borussia Dortmund this weekend due to coronavirus regulations, the Bundesliga club said Wednesday (Jun 24). The 28-year-old, whose contract expires this month, has been regularly visiting hospital following the premature birth of his son in June. Bundesliga rules […]
Premier League – Manchester City v Burnley MANCHESTER, England: Manchester City striker Sergio Aguero underwent knee surgery in Barcelona on Wednesday and said the operation had gone well. “Everything went well, and I’ll soon begin recovery,” Aguero said on Twitter with a photograph of himself lying in a hospital […]
Google will be matching Facebook’s effort in adding fact-check labels to photos and videos to combat online misinformation. SAN FRANCISCO: Alphabet Inc’s Google on Monday (Jun 22) said it would start showing fact-checking labels on Google Images search results globally, as tech companies come under increasing pressure to combat […]
SAN FRANCISCO: Alphabet Inc’s Google on Monday (Jun 22) said it would start showing fact-checking labels on Google Images search results globally, as tech companies come under increasing pressure to combat the viral spread of misleading claims online. Google will display the “fact check” labels underneath thumbnails that appear in […]
WASHINGTON: White House trade adviser Peter Navarro said on Monday (Jun 22) the trade deal with China is “over,” and he linked the breakdown in part to Washington’s anger over Beijing’s not sounding the alarm earlier about the COVID-19 outbreak. “It’s over,” Navarro told Fox News in an interview when […]
PARIS: Nearly 260 million children had no access to schooling in 2018, a United Nations agency said in a report Tuesday (Jun 23) that blamed poverty and discrimination for educational inequalities that are being exacerbated by the coronavirus outbreak. Children from poorer communities as well as girls, the disabled, immigrants […]
SINGAPORE: Property agents are gearing up to serve more home buyers who want to view showrooms and resale residential units in person, in Phase 2 of Singapore’s post-“circuit breaker” reopening. Potential buyers were unable to do so for more than two months due to COVID-19 restrictions, prompting some of them […]
WASHINGTON: Two more members of US President Donald Trump’s campaign staff who helped organise his weekend election rally in Tulsa, Oklahoma, have tested positive for coronavirus, the campaign said Monday (Jun 22). The two staffers, members of the advance team, attended the rally but “were wearing masks during the entire […]