JERUSALEM: Israel’s president on Sunday rejected parliament speaker Benny Gantz’s request for more time to form a government, a task that could now fall to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Ex-military chief Gantz was given the mandate to form a government four weeks ago by President Reuven Rivlin following Israel’s March 2 election, the country’s third […]
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MINSK: Belarus is the only country in Europe still playing soccer amid the coronavirus pandemic but a growing number of fans are boycotting league matches, anxious about catching the disease. In the western city of Grodno, local team FC Neman Grodno drew with FC Belshina Bobruisk on Friday in front of almost empty stands. Just […]
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MANCHESTER: Paul Pogba’s stint on the sidelines has made him more determined to succeed on his return from a layoff for a foot injury, the Manchester United midfielder has said. Pogba’s injury restricted him to eight appearances so far this season, but he was primed to return before professional football in England was suspended because […]
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LONDON: Former Liverpool player and manager Kenny Dalglish, who tested positive for the coronavirus, has been released from hospital, British media reported on Sunday. Liverpool said on Friday that Dalglish, 69, was admitted to hospital for an infection. He required intravenous antibiotics but was asymptomatic. The former Scotland international is now back home where he […]
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MONTREAL: The women’s Rogers Cup tournament in Montreal, one of the key build-up events ahead of the US Open, was axed on Saturday and will not be played until 2021, officials said. The event, scheduled for August 7-16, had been in jeopardy after Quebec Province requested that all sporting and cultural events be cancelled through […]
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It may be two decades since the Hansie Cronje corruption scandal rocked cricket, but even now the ripples are still being felt. This month marks the 20th anniversary of Cronje being stripped of the South Africa captaincy following an extraordinary sequence of events in 2000. In January, come the last day of a ‘dead’ Test […]
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KARACHI: Wholesalers have further increased pulses’ rates despite the government’s decision of bringing down advance tax on imports to zero per cent from 2pc and falling transportation cost on account of Rs20 per litre cut in diesel rate. In another development, flour millers reduced the rates of various flour varieties by Rs5 per kg owing […]
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ISLAMABAD: The Independent Power Producers Advisory Council (IPPAC) has said neither the IPPAC nor any Independent Power Producer (IPP) was consulted or approached in preparing the inquiry committee’s report over alleged losses in the power sector. The allegations being levelled against the IPPs about unfair agreements and misappropriation in tariff and fuel consumption rates are […]
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ISLAMABAD: Pakistan faces sharp economic recession along with a skyrocketing fiscal deficit as fallout from the prevailing global coronavirus pandemic, the World Bank said on Sunday. In addition, the country’s external position will come under serious stress as remittances can see a significant fall while portfolio outflows continue and the “non-traditional debt” from countries like […]
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BAKU: The Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries, Russia and other oil producing nations agreed on Sunday to cut output by a record amount, representing around 10 percent of global supply, to support oil prices amid the coronavirus pandemic. The group, known as OPEC+, agreed to reduce output by 9.7 million barrels per day (bpd) for […]
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