CDC says Delta variant as contagious as chickenpox
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has described the Delta variant of the coronavirus to be as contagious as chickenpox and could cause severe illness, the ...
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Sydney readies for the army as lockdown fails to squash Delta outbreak
Sydney’s poorest neighbourhoods on Friday braced for military enforcement of the city’s toughest and longest lockdown of the COVID-19 pandemic as the infection numbers held persistently high five ...
Tokyo Olympics least watched in history
Broadcasters will not be taking home any gold medals for how many people have watched the Tokyo Olympic Games so far.
In several major markets around the world, the TV ...
US swimmer sparks doping controversy, high octane BMX marred by crashes
An American swimmer sparked controversy at the Tokyo Games on Friday when he said it would take a long time to clear his sport of doping after losing his Olympic ...
Olympics: Rowing – Ntouskos (video), Twigg win, titans fall in men’s and women’s eights
The final day of Olympic rowing at Tokyo’s Sea Forest Waterway delivered thrills as four-time Olympian Emma Twigg of New Zealand and Greece’s Stefanos Ntouskos raced Olympic best ...
Afghan villagers search for survivors as flash flood kills at least 40
Afghan villagers searched desperately for survivors after flash flood swept down a narrow valley in a Taliban-controlled area, killing at least 40 people and destroying dozens of houses in the early ...
Malta government carries responsibility for journalist’s murder, inquiry finds
An independent inquiry into the car bomb murder of anti-corruption journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia found on Thursday that the state had to bear responsibility after creating a “culture of impunity”.
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Without Bolt, the 100m is suddenly a race again
The post-Usain Bolt era in the Olympic 100 metres begins this weekend as the United States seek to regain supremacy in the event they dominated for more than a century.
Jamaican ...
ECDC puts popular Greek islands in high-risk travel zone
Greece’s south Aegean islands were marked ‘dark red’ on the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control’s COVID-19 map on Thursday after a rise in infections, meaning all ...
Bencic goes for gold as Djokovic cruises into semis
Belinda Bencic could become the first woman to clinch a singles tennis gold for Switzerland after she booked a place in the Olympic final with a hard-won 7-6(2) 4-6 6-3 ...
Israel to offer third shot of Pfizer jab to people over 60
Israel will begin offering a third shot of the Pfizer/Biontech COVID-19 vaccine to people over 60, Israel’s Kan public radio and Channel 13 TV said on Thursday.
The campaign, a ...
Unilever rejects boycott movement
Coming under fire for Ben & Jerry’s decision to stop selling ice cream in Israeli-occupied territories, parent company Unilever sought to assuage concerns of several American Jewish groups, repudiating ...
Tesla-chaser Volkswagen lifts margin outlook again after record profit
Europe’s largest carmaker Volkswagen (VOWG_p.DE) raised its profit margin target on Thursday for the second time in less than three months, pointing to record earnings in the ...
Pound highest in over a month as dollar dips
The pound hit its highest in over a month against the dollar on Thursday, extending gains driven by a fall in coronavirus cases in Britain and as a dovish US ...
AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine sales jump
Second-quarter sales of AstraZeneca’s COVID-19 vaccine more than tripled to $894 million from the previous three months, but the drugmaker once again delayed its US application for approval.
The vaccine ...
Russia wants UK and France in nuclear talks, the US wants China
Russia said on Thursday that it wanted Britain and France to be included in wider nuclear arms control talks with the United States, while it said that Washington wanted China ...
Scientists stunned by rare Arctic lightning storms north of Alaska
Meteorologists were stunned this week when three successive thunderstorms swept across the icy Arctic from Siberia to north of Alaska, unleashing lightning bolts in an unusual phenomenon that scientists say ...
One dead, 10 people stranded in south Turkey wildfire
One person has died and 10 people were trapped in a forest fire which was burning for a second day in southern Turkey on Thursday, Agriculture Minister Bekir Pakdemirli said, as ...
Azerbaijan, Armenia accuse each other of ceasefire violations
Armenia and Azerbaijan accused each other on Thursday of flouting a Russian-backed ceasefire that both sides had accepted the previous day to halt deadly border clashes.
Armenia’s defence ministry ...
Quake measuring 8.2 strikes Alaska Peninsula, tsunami alert issued
A shallow earthquake of magnitude 8.2 struck the Alaska Peninsula late on Wednesday, prompting tsunami warnings in the region, authorities said.
The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) said the quake, which ...
Sydney posts record daily rise in COVID-19 cases, seeks military help
Australia’s biggest city Sydney posted a record one-day rise in local COVID-19 cases on Thursday and warned the outbreak would get worse, as authorities sought military help to enforce ...
Shopify sees record Q2 revenue as worldwide consumers spend more online
Canada’s e-commerce giant Shopify announced record second-quarter revenue on Wednesday, as consumers continue to spend big online.
The company’s revenue rose 57 per cent to $1.12 billion for the quarter ...
Puberty not sole factor in transgender eligibility says IOC
Male puberty is not the sole factor in ascertaining whether transgender athletes have an advantage over competitors, the International Olympic Committee’s medical chief said on Thursday.
New Zealand’s ...
Is WhatsApp compliant with privacy laws? Investigation to decide in 1 month
EU privacy watchdog EDPB on Wednesday gave the Irish data protection agency a month to issue a long-delayed decision on compliance by Facebook’s (FB.O) WhatsApp after its peers ...