LONDON: The United Kingdom recorded 853 new cases of Covid-19 in the latest daily statistics published today, down from 1,041 yesterday, government figures showed. Four people died after testing positive for the coronavirus within the previous 28 days, compared with six deaths announced yesterday.
Year: 2020
LISBON: Manchester City chairman Khaldoon Al Mubarak said his club wants to develop a “constructive relationship” with European football’s governing body Uefa after the end of their bitter legal battle over financial rules. Uefa had banned City from European competition for two years after ruling they had breached Financial Fair […]
LONDON: Newcastle United have signed Ireland midfielder Jeff Hendrick on a four-year contract, the Premier League club said yesterday. Hendrick, who has 54 caps, arrives at St James’ Park on a free transfer after leaving Burnley at the end of his contract last month. The 28-year-old made 139 appearances for […]
JOLO: At least 14 people were killed and 75 wounded—including members of the security forces and civilians—in twin bombings today involving a suicide attacker on a southern Philippine island that is a stronghold of Islamist militants, officials said. The apparently coordinated attacks happened in Jolo in Muslim-majority Sulu, where government-backed […]
WELLINGTON: The daughter of a woman killed in the New Zealand mosque shootings challenged white supremacist Brenton Tarrant at his sentencing hearing to use his life in prison to consider the beauty of the diversity and freedom he sought to destroy. The daughter of Linda Armstrong sobbed as she addressed […]
NEW YORK: Slovan Bratislava have forfeited their Champions League first qualifying round tie against Faroe Islands side KI Klaksvik after a player from the Slovakian club tested positive for Covid-19, Uefa said yesterday. The match was initially scheduled for August 19 but postponed to August 21 after a member of […]
HAVANA: Tropical Storm Laura pounded Cuba with heavy rains yesterday as it barrelled toward the US, where forecasters predicted it would strengthen to a hurricane after leaving 24 people dead and a swath of destruction in the Caribbean. “Strengthening is expected when the storm moves over the Gulf of Mexico, […]
SAN FRANCISCO: More dry-lightning storms hit California yesterday after sparking 625 fires last week as authorities warned the state was trapped in a “megafire era” triggered by climate change. The worst of the wildfires, including the second and third largest in California history, burned in the San Francisco Bay Area […]
BUENOS AIRES: Argentina confirmed a record 8,713 new cases of coronavirus yesterday and 381 resulting deaths in just 24 hours, as the Latin American nation battles a surge of contagions. The country’s health ministry said that just weeks into a stricter quarantine in the capital Buenos Aires and its suburbs, […]
SYDNEY: The Australian state at the centre of the country’s coronavirus second wave today reported 148 new Covid-19 cases, more than the previous day but well down from peak levels, and eight deaths. The majority of new cases reported in recent weeks were in the city of Melbourne, Australia’s second […]