Britain is about to pass a significant landmark – at midnight on Wednesday it will have gone two full months without burning coal to generate power. A decade ago about 40% of the country’s electricity came from coal; coronavirus is part of the story, but far from all. When Britain […]
Month: June 2020
MINNEAPOLIS: A Minneapolis judge set a US$1 million bail for police officer Derek Chauvin on Monday (Jun 8) as he made his first court appearance charged with the murder of George Floyd, the 46-year-old African-American man whose death sparked nationwide protests. Chauvin, who was filmed on May 25 pressing his […]
LONDON: Manchester City and England footballer Raheem Sterling on Sunday (Jun 7) insisted that racism is “the only disease right now”. The 25-year-old, who has often and powerfully spoken out on discrimination, admitted his remarks may appear ill-chosen as the globe fights the coronavirus pandemic. “I know this might sound […]
SEOUL: The de facto leader of Samsung Group, Jay Y Lee, appeared before a South Korean court on Monday (Jun 8), awaiting a ruling on whether new allegations including accounting fraud and stock manipulation will send him back to jail after more than two years of freedom. Prosecutors on Thursday […]
LONDON: Williams driver George Russell completed a hat-trick of esports wins on Sunday (Jun 7) to knock Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc off the top of Formula One’s virtual grand prix standings with one race remaining. The Briton, who failed to score a point on the real racetrack last year in an […]
TOKYO: Japan’s economy braced for its worst postwar slump even as first-quarter GDP contracted less than initially thought, as the cornonavirus crisis slams the brakes on global growth and raises pressure on Tokyo to cushion the blow to business and consumers. Banks are doing their bit to help as lending […]
WELLINGTON: New Zealand’s Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said on Monday (Jun 8) that all COVID-19 measures in the country will be lifted from Tuesday, barring border closure restrictions, as the coronavirus had been eliminated from the country. The country would move to national alert level 1 from midnight on Monday, […]
SHANGAI: Six Chinese under-19 internationals have been banned from playing for six months and forced to write self-criticism essays after flouting COVID-19 prevention rules to go drinking late at night. The Chinese Football Association (CFA) suspended the six until the end of November and the players were hit with additional […]
WASHINGTON: The police department in the US city of Minneapolis will be dismantled and rebuilt, city councilors said late Sunday (Jun 7) after the death in custody of George Floyd sparked nationwide protests about racism in law enforcement. “We committed to dismantling policing as we know it in the city […]
SINGAPORE: Singapore Airlines (SIA) said on Monday (Jun 8) that it had secured about US$1 billion in credit facilities, in addition to the S$8.8 billion it recently raised from a rights issue, to help it weather the COVID-19 pandemic. Global airlines have taken a huge blow as curbs imposed to […]