MANCHESTER: Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola said the individual achievements of his players must be viewed in relation to the team’s success and consistency after Raheem Sterling’s brace sealed a 4-0 Premier League win over Watford on Tuesday (Jul 21). City forward Sterling’s first-half goals took his league tally to […]
Day: July 21, 2020
SINGAPORE: A risk management framework for business events of up to 50 attendees has been developed by the Singapore Tourism Board (STB), and it will be trialed with two pilot events before gradually scaling up to other events. Business-to-business (B2B) events such as meetings, conventions, exhibitions and trade shows have […]
CHICAGO: A shootout outside a funeral left 14 people wounded Tuesday (Jul 21) in Chicago, as President Donald Trump threatens to send federal agents to a handful of US cities led by Democratic mayors. The episode started when occupants of a vehicle “began firing at attendees of a funeral. At […]
SYDNEY: Australia’s second most populous state of Victoria reported on Wednesday (Jul 22) two new deaths from the coronavirus and logged a record daily increase of 484 new cases compared with 374 cases a day earlier. Two men in their 90s died overnight from the virus, Premier Daniel Andrews said […]
TOKYO: The delay of the Tokyo 2020 Olympics forced by the coronavirus pandemic means next year’s Games will be smaller and simpler, but will that make them more sustainable? Tokyo 2020 organisers have said sustainability will be a “core concept” for the Games and have touted a range of initiatives, […]
TOYKO: The development of a coronavirus vaccine or treatment will be key to allowing the postponed Tokyo 2020 games to open in a year’s time, organising committee president Yoshiro Mori said Wednesday (Jul 22). Asked what factors will be crucial for the rescheduled Games to go ahead, Mori said “it […]
WASHINGTON: The US Justice Department on Tuesday (Jul 21) indicted two Chinese nationals over their role in what the agency called a decade-long cyber espionage campaign that targeted defence contractors, COVID-19 researchers and hundreds of other victims worldwide. US authorities said Li Xiaoyu and Dong Jiazhi stole terabytes of weapons […]
BRASILIA: A Chinese-made vaccine against COVID-19 entered the final stage of testing on Tuesday (Jul 21) in Brazil, where volunteers received the first doses of what officials hope will be a game-changer in the pandemic. The vaccine, developed by private Chinese pharmaceutical firm Sinovac, became the third in the world […]
SYDNEY: Hong Kong’s Cathay Pacific Airways said on Wednesday (Jul 22) it had reached agreement with Airbus to delay the delivery of A350s and A321neos and was in advanced talks with Boeing about deferring its 777-9 orders. The airline said the A350s due to arrive in 2020 and 2021 were […]
LONDON: Royal Bank of Scotland has hired climate change expert Nicholas Stern to help shape its sustainability strategy as the state-backed lender prepares to rebrand as NatWest Group. RBS Chief Executive Alison Rose has made helping to tackle climate change a big part of her strategy to rebuild its brand […]