CANBERRA: Travellers to Australia will have to show a negative Covid-19 test before they can get on their plane, the prime minister said today, as the city of Brisbane went into lockdown after the discovery of a case of a virulent new coronavirus variant. The more than two million residents […]
Day: January 8, 2021
WASHINGTON: Congressional Democrats were moving closer to a historic step today as they weighed impeaching President Donald Trump for a second time, two days after his false claims of election fraud helped encourage a mob that breached the US Capitol. Top Democratic leaders, including House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi […]
BANGKOK: Three Indonesian players have been banned from all badminton-related activities for life after being found guilty of offences related to match fixing, match manipulation and betting, the Badminton World Federation (BWF) said on Friday. Five players known to the trio were also found guilty of breaching the governing body’s […]
LONDON: The Professional Footballers’ Association (PFA) has reminded players to embrace a sensible approach to celebrating goals amid the Covid-19 crisis and refrain from hugging or getting too close to each other, The Times newspaper reported. Four Premier League games and over 50 games in the English Football League — […]
MELBOURNE: Novak Djokovic and Rafa Nadal will be among top men and women players heading to Adelaide to serve their 14-day mandatory quarantine before travelling to Melbourne for next month’s Australian Open, organisers have said. Hundreds of players and entourages will arrive in Australia from Jan. 15 and undergo a […]
BEIJING: China has sealed off a large city near Beijing, cutting transport links and banning millions of residents from leaving, as authorities move to stem the country’s largest Covid-19 outbreak in six months. The pandemic has so far broadly been brought to heel by Chinese authorities since its emergence in […]
WASHINGTON: US Capitol police officer Brian Sicknick has died of injuries suffered during a riot led by supporters of President Donald Trump, the force said in a statement late yesterday. Wednesday’s breach of the building was a stunning assault on American democracy at a time when Congress was certifying the […]