Showing 1 - 10 of 12
Adidas cuts ties with Kanye West over anti-Semitic remarks
AFP, Published on 25/10/2022
» BERLIN - German sportswear giant Adidas said Tuesday it was ending its partnership with Kanye West after a series of anti-Semitic outbursts by the controversial rapper.
Golden Globes group approve bid to take Hollywood award show private
AFP, Published on 29/07/2022
» LOS ANGELES: The scandal-hit group behind Hollywood's Golden Globes has approved a bid to spin off the lucrative film and television awards show into a new, for-profit entity controlled by US billionaire Todd Boehly, it said Thursday.
Todd Boehly: Can he mimic Dodger title revamp at Chelsea
AFP, Published on 09/05/2022
» LOS ANGELES - For Todd Boehly, the billionaire US businessman heading the consortium buying Chelsea in a 4.25 billion-pound ($5.2 billion) deal, ownership of a Premier League club is a long-sought move.
Covid: Delta doubles hospital risk vs Alpha variant
AFP, Published on 28/08/2021
» PARIS - The Delta variant of the virus that causes Covid-19 doubles the risk of hospitalisation compared to the Alpha variant it has supplanted as the dominant strain worldwide, researchers reported Saturday in The Lancet.
Cambodia's giant life-giving Tonle Sap lake in peril
AFP, Published on 21/12/2020
» KOH CHIVANG, Cambodia: As night falls over his floating village, fisherman Leng Vann puffs on a cigarette and heaves a sigh for Tonle Sap, the great inland lake that has sustained Cambodia for centuries.
Cameroon army blames accident for village 'massacre'
AFP, Published on 17/02/2020
» YAOUNDé - Cameroon's army on Monday denied opposition charges that it had massacred villagers in a restive anglophone region, blaming instead an "unfortunate accident" caused by an explosion of fuel during a firefight.
China says virus spreading between humans as WHO set to meet
AFP, Published on 21/01/2020
» BEIJING - China has confirmed human-to-human transmission in the outbreak of a new SARS-like virus as the number of cases soared and the World Health Organization said it would consider declaring an international public health emergency.
SARS-like virus spreads in China, 136 new cases
AFP, Published on 20/01/2020
» BEIJING: A mysterious SARS-like virus has spread around China -- including to Beijing -- authorities said Monday, fuelling fears of a major outbreak as millions begin travelling for the Lunar New Year in humanity's biggest migration.
China reports 17 new cases of mystery virus
AFP, Published on 19/01/2020
» BEIJING: China reported 17 new cases of the mysterious SARS-like virus on Sunday, including three in a severe condition, heightening fears ahead of China's Lunar New Year holiday when hundreds of millions of people move around the country -- and thousands will come to Thailand.
Trio win Nobel Chemistry Prize for research harnessing evolution
AFP, Published on 03/10/2018
» STOCKHOLM - US scientists Frances Arnold and George Smith and British researcher Gregory Winter won the Nobel Chemistry Prize on Wednesday for applying the principles of evolution to develop enzymes used to make everything from biofuels to medicine.