Zandile Mafe, 49, appeared on Tuesday in a courtroom in Cape Town. A man accused of setting a fire that destroyed parts of South Africa’s historic parliament complex faces a new charge of terrorism. Zandile Mafe, 49, appeared on Tuesday in a courtroom in Cape Town for a bail hearing, […]
Day: January 11, 2022
Campaigners have called for Martin Reynolds, one of Boris Johnson’s top Number 10 aides, to be sacked after he invited staff to boozy Downing Street drinks during the first Covid-19 lockdown. Mr Reynolds is accused of sending an email invite to a party to more than 100 Downing Street Staff […]
WARSAW: Poland’s total number of coronavirus-related deaths surpassed 100,000 on Tuesday (Jan 11), the health minister said, as the country struggles to convince people to get vaccinated despite persistently high infection rates. The number of deaths per one million inhabitants was last week among the highest in the world, according […]
Twitter Inc has picked up a minority stake in Aleph Group Inc, the digital advertising firm said on Tuesday as it seeks to go public in the United States. Aleph did not reveal any financial terms of the investment but said Twitter’s stake buy would help the company expand its […]
TOKYO: Japanese supermarket chain Ito-Yokado will undertake a government-backed trial to offer variable discounts on more than a dozen products including bread and desserts as their expiry dates approach in an effort to cut waste. Some analysts warn that such a dynamic pricing approach in which the same goods are […]
SYDNEY: Tokyo Olympics gold medallist Belinda Bencic said today she felt “a little bit wobbly” in her first match after Covid, warming up for the Australian Open with a low-key win. The 24-year-old Swiss cruised into the second round of the Sydney Tennis Classic with a 6-3, 6-2 victory over […]
MANCHESTER: Ralf Rangnick says he is unsure why Marcus Rashford is struggling to make an impact after the Manchester United forward toiled in their 1-0 FA Cup win against Aston Villa. The England forward, who has scored just three goals this season, failed to make an impact in yesterday’s third-round […]
President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev blamed the unrest on foreign-backed ‘terrorists’. The president of Kazakhstan has announced that a Russia-led security alliance will start pulling out its troops from the country in two days after completing its mission. The mostly Russian troops were deployed to Kazakhstan last week by the Collective Security […]
MADRID: Spain’s PharmaMar said on Tuesday (Jan 11) trials made in vitro and on animals showed its Plitidepsin drug had positive antiviral effects on the variants of COVID-19, including Omicron. The results of Phase I trials have shown the drug, also known as Aplidin, had a powerful antiviral activity against […]
The KCC said Apple plans to allow alternative payment systems for a lower service fee versus the current 30% commissions. South Korea’s telecommunications regulator said on Tuesday that Apple had submitted plans to allow third-party payment systems on its app store, to comply with a law banning major app store […]