ST IVES: US President Joe Biden will announce plans on Thursday to buy and donate 500 million doses of the Pfizer coronavirus vaccine to more than 90 countries, while calling on the world’s democracies to do their part to help end the deadly pandemic, the White House said. Biden will […]
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SYDNEY: Nick Kyrgios has pulled out of next week’s Queen’s Club Championships grasscourt event due to neck pain, raising doubts about the Australian’s participation at Wimbledon later this month. Kyrgios, who last played at the Australian Open in February, was due to make his return for the grasscourt season after […]
BENGALURU: An Indian state has raised its Covid-19 death toll sharply higher after the discovery of thousands of unreported cases, lending weight to suspicion that India’s overall death tally is significantly more than the official figure. Indian hospitals ran out of beds and life-saving oxygen during a devastating second wave […]
SHANGHAI: Police in China arrested more than 1,100 people suspected of using cryptocurrencies to launder illegal proceeds from telephone and Internet scams in a recent crackdown, the Ministry of Public Security said. The arrests came as authorities in China step up their crackdown on cryptocurrency trading. Last month, three industry […]
WASHINGTON: Alphabet’s Google said on Wednesday (Jun 9) it was building an undersea cable that would connect the United States, Brazil, Uruguay and Argentina, to bolster internet connection capacity between these regions. The cable, called Firmina, will be the longest cable in the world, Google said in a blog post, […]
There’s always an Easter Egg or a teaser at the end of every Marvel production but Loki episode 1 skipped the tradition, like WandaVision and The Falcon and The Winter Soldier before it. For over a decade, Marvel fans have been compelled into staying till the end of the credits […]
PARIS: Rafael Nadal reached the French Open semi-finals for the 14th time on Wednesday, setting up a potential blockbuster against Novak Djokovic, while Maria Sakkari stunned defending champion Iga Swiatek. Nadal, chasing a 14th title in Paris and record-setting 21st Grand Slam, defeated Argentina’s Diego Schwartzman 6-3, 4-6, 6-4, 6-0, […]
BEIJING: Beijing today accused Washington of “paranoid delusion” after the US Senate passed a sweeping industrial policy bill aimed at countering the surging economic threat from China. America’s political parties overcame partisan divisions to support pumping more than US$170 billion into research and development, one of the most significant achievements […]
TOKYO: Japan’s economy shrank at a slower-than-initially reported pace in the first quarter, on smaller cuts to plant and equipment spending, but the coronavirus pandemic still dealt a huge blow to overall demand. The slower contraction provides a relief for policymakers hoping Japan’s economic recovery will not lag those of […]
SAN FRANCISCO: Apple Inc yesterday said a new “private relay” feature designed to obscure a user’s web browsing behaviour from internet service providers and advertisers will not be available in China for regulatory reasons. The feature was one of a number of privacy protections Apple announced at its annual software […]