LOS ANGELES: Young players have been physically abused and left without schooling at NBA basketball academies in China, which were described as “sweat camp(s) for athletes”, an ESPN report said. Multiple coaches have complained about physical punishment at the academies including a facility in Xinjiang, the region where China is […]
Month: July 2020
It’s often said that about half of all missions to Mars have failed. But getting a more precise figure for successful and unsuccessful Mars shots is more complicated than it sounds. If it was all just down to basic maths, working out the percentages of successful and unsuccessful Mars missions […]
Irrepressible AC Milan forward Zlatan Ibrahimovic likened himself to film character Benjamin Button after scoring twice in a 4-1 Serie A win at Sampdoria. REUTERS: Irrepressible AC Milan forward Zlatan Ibrahimovic likened himself to film character Benjamin Button after scoring twice in a 4-1 Serie A win at Sampdoria. “People […]
ZURICH: Nestle cut its full-year underlying sales growth forecast to 2 to 3 per cent on Thursday (Jul 30), saying demand had slowed as customers worked their way through cupboards they stocked up with food at the start of coronavirus related-lockdowns. Packaged food companies have weathered the crisis better than […]
BANGKOK: Thailand’s finance ministry on Thursday (Jul 30) slashed its 2020 economic forecast to a record 8.5 per cent contraction in gross domestic product from the 2.8 per cent growth it projected in January, due to the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic. The ministry also cut its 2020 estimate for […]
SHANGHAI: Enterprising Chinese Super League football fans skirted a COVID-19 ban on spectators by renting rooms at a hotel overlooking one of the closed stadiums. Chanting supporters of Shanghai SIPG and Tianjin Teda packed out the Sports International Hotel in Kunshan and were clearly audible as SIPG won 3-1 thanks […]
PARIS: Airbus announced Thursday (Jul 30) net losses of 1.9 billion euros (US$2.2 billion) in the first six months after aircraft delivery halved as a result of the coronavirus crisis. The leading European company delivered 196 planes over the first six months of 2020 as airlines around the globe slashed […]
SINGAPORE: Minister for Transport Ong Ye Kung has warned that Singapore cannot take for granted that it will remain an aviation hub even when the COVID-19 pandemic ends. Mr Ong was speaking to reporters on Thursday (Jul 30) after attending a ceremony at the Causeway to mark the official resumption […]
French carmaker Renault posted a record net loss of 7.292 billion euros in the first half of this year, dragged down by the impact of losses at alliance partner Nissan and the COVID crisis hitting sales. PARIS: French carmaker Renault posted a record net loss of 7.292 billion euros in […]
SHENZHEN: China’s Huawei overtook Samsung Electronics as the world’s biggest seller of mobile phones in the second quarter of 2020, shipping 55.8 million devices compared to Samsung’s 53.7 million, according to data from research firm Canalys. While Huawei’s sales fell 5per cent from the same quarter a year earlier, South […]