WASHINGTON: Hours after hundreds of President Donald Trump’s supporters stormed the US Capitol in a harrowing assault on American democracy, a shaken Congress today formally certified Democrat Joe Biden’s election victory. Immediately afterward, the White House released a statement from Trump in which he pledged an “orderly transition” when Biden […]
Year: 2021
LOS ANGELES: NBA superstar LeBron James called the decision not to bring charges in the police shooting of Jacob Blake in Wisconsin “a blow to the heart” on Tuesday. “To hear what happened in Kenosha today was a blow to the heart and to the gut,” James said after the […]
SEOUL: South Korea rolled out mass testing for 52 prisons in the country after a massive prison outbreak and may extend flight suspensions from Britain in a bid to prevent the spread of coronavirus cases, the health minister said on today. Over half of the total 2,292 inmates and personnel […]
LONDON: England defender Kieran Trippier told a friend to “lump on” (bet heavily) his transfer from Tottenham Hotspur to Atletico Madrid, according to a written statement by the English Football Association’s independent regulatory commission published Tuesday. Trippier was banned for 10 weeks and fined £70,000 (RM383,174) in December for breaching […]
LONDON: Ole Gunnar Solskjaer on Tuesday hit back at Jurgen Klopp’s jibes about Manchester United’s penalty record as the Old Trafford boss claimed Premier League managers are trying to influence referees. Liverpool boss Klopp highlighted the large number of penalties given to United since Solskjaer took charge in a rant […]
ATLANTA: Democrats and Republicans were locked in tight US Senate races in Georgia today as final votes were counted in a showdown that will decide whether President-elect Joe Biden enjoys control of Congress or faces stiff Republican opposition to his reform plans. The leads swung back and forth between Republican […]
Rowan Atkinson, who is currently working on an animated Mr Bean movie, said he doesn’t enjoy playing the character anymore as there is too much responsibility to deliver. Rowan Atkinson may be recognised globally for his performance as Mr Bean, but the actor-comedian says he finds playing the popular character […]
Tanya Roberts death, at Cedars-Sinai Hospital, was confirmed by her companion, Lance O’Brien, on Tuesday morning. He said she had died overnight. Written by Anita Gates Tanya Roberts, the breathy-voiced actress who found fame in the 1980s as a detective on Charlie’s Angels and as a brave earth scientist in […]
DOHA (Qatar): The Gulf crisis which has pitted regional players against Qatar could be moving closer to resolution as the key countries prepare to meet in Saudi Arabia on Tuesday. Riyadh led a coalition of countries in the Gulf and beyond in 2017 to cut ties with Doha over charges […]
WASHINGTON: The United States yesterday saw its highest number yet of coronavirus cases recorded in one day, with more than 277,000 infections. The hardest-hit country in the world by the pandemic, the United States has marked 20.4 million cases overall and just under 350,000 deaths. Infections have been surging in […]