LONDON: Nigerian sprinter Blessing Okagbare has been banned for 10 years for doping and refusing to cooperate with the investigation, the Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU) said today. Okagbare, who won silver in the long jump at the Beijing 2008 Games, was provisionally suspended last year after testing positive for human […]
Month: February 2022
PARIS: Renault is looking at creating separate divisions for electric and combustion engine cars, an idea other automakers have resisted in case it weakens their ability to use profits from polluting vehicles to fund a cleaner future. The French automaker announced its “strategic studies” on Friday (Feb 18) as it […]
LONDON : Volta Trucks said on Friday that it had raised 230 million euros ($260 million) in Series C funding round, which will finance it through the launch of series production of its Volta Zero electric truck in late 2022. Stockholm-based Volta Trucks, which also operates in the UK, said […]
Italian and Greek boats rushed to evacuate 290 people on board a ferry that burst into flames near Corfu in the Ionian Sea early on Friday. The Greek coastguard said later that 11 people were missing and rescuers were trying to reach two people trapped on the Euroferry Olympia. The […]
Brad Pitt is suing his ex-wife Angelina Jolie for selling her stake in the French vineyard they bought together. The couple purchased a controlling interest in Chateau Miraval in 2008 and got married there six years later. Pitt says he and his former wife agreed not to sell their stakes […]
LONDON: Manchester United captain Harry Maguire has denied reports of a power struggle with Cristiano Ronaldo as the club battle to end the season in the Premier League’s top four. Maguire has been well below his best this season and it has been reported that the United skipper feels undermined […]
DETROIT: Nissan Motor Co said on Thursday (Feb 16) it will invest US$500 million to retool its US assembly plant near Canton, Mississippi, to build two new electric vehicles, part of the Japanese automaker’s US$18 billion program to expand its electric vehicle fleet through 2030. Nissan said it plans to […]
NEW YORK : A team of quantum computing engineers from JPMorgan Chase & Co, Toshiba Corp and Ciena Corp say they have successfully shown that a powerful, newly-developed encryption network can be used to protect communications on the blockchain, according to a paper published Thursday. The group of researchers say […]
WASHINGTON: Russia has expelled the US deputy chief of mission to Russia, Bart Gorman, a State Department spokesperson said today, warning of a US response amid heightened fears of a Russian invasion of Ukraine. “Russia’s action against our DCM was unprovoked and we consider this an escalatory step and are […]
BRUSSELS: The United States has seen Russia stocking up on blood supplies, inching troops closer to Ukraine’s borders and flying in more combat aircraft, US Defence Secretary Lloyd Austin said today, dismissing Moscow claims of withdrawal. “I was a soldier myself not that long ago. I know firsthand that you […]