TOKYO: Japan lifted all coronavirus-related curbs on domestic travel on Friday (Jun 19), with Prime Minister Shinzo Abe calling on people to go sightseeing or attend concerts and other events to help the nation’s economy bounce back from a pandemic recession. Japan began lifting its pandemic lockdown in May as […]
Month: June 2020
SINGAPORE: Crowds were back at Singapore’s Orchard Road shopping district on Friday (Jun 19), with many customers eager to make purchases on the first day that retail outlets were allowed to reopen. As part of Phase 2 of Singapore’s reopening, physical shops were allowed to resume business after being shuttered […]
WASHINGTON: The U.S. Chamber of Commerce on Thursday underscored the importance of functional U.S.-China ties and urged Beijing to step up its purchases of U.S. goods and services as agreed under a Phase 1 trade deal despite delays caused by the coronavirus. The Chamber said the pandemic had clearly slowed […]
BRUSSELS: The European Commission is in advanced talks with pharmaceutical giant Johnson & Johnson to reserve or buy up-front doses of its COVID-19 vaccine under development, two officials familiar with the talks told Reuters. The move would be the first arranged by the European Union executive since it was mandated […]
REUTERS: Ford Motor Co said on Thursday that it will offer hands-free driving on its new Mustang Mach-E in fall 2021, six years after Tesla Inc and four years after General Motors Co introduced similar systems. The system, called Active Drive Assist, will be offered on several Ford models, most […]
PARIS: The rescheduled 24 Hours of Le Mans in September will be condensed into a four-day timetable incorporating free practice, qualifying, warm-up and the race, organisers announced on Thursday. In the past, practice and qualifying has started on the Wednesday before the race but the 2020 race has been postponed […]
A woman is comforted by a friend after a relative was gunned down by unknown assailants outside a garage, in Mexico City, Mexico, on Feb 12, 2020. MEXICO CITY/ACAPULCO, Mexico: The coronavirus is threatening to hamstring Mexico’s fight against some of its most vicious drug gangs, as police and […]
PARIS: Canadian Bianca Andreescu has announced that she will defend her US Open title, hours after six-time winner Serena Williams confirmed she would also play. Leading European players have expressed concern about US Tennis Association (USTA) plans to play the tournament in a bubble to minimise coronavirus risks. “I have […]
GUANGZHOU, China: The coronavirus has disrupted supply chains and demand across the global economy, but it is the prospect of Europe becoming a casualty in the US-China tech war that keeps the president of the European Chamber in China “awake at night”. “When two elephants dance it’s hard to stand […]
FILE PHOTO: Soccer Football – Bundesliga – RB Leipzig v Hertha BSC – Red Bull Arena, Leipzig, Germany – May 27, 2020 RB Leipzig’s Timo Werner, as play resumes behind closed doors following the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) Alexander Hassenstein/Pool via REUTERS REUTERS: Chelsea have reached an […]