LONDON: The British government apologised on Thursday for its treatment of Britons of Caribbean origin who were wrongly detained or deported for being illegal immigrants, after the publication of a devastating official report. The inquiry found that successive governments trying to show they were tough on illegal immigration displayed a “complete disregard” for the “Windrush” […]
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COLOMBO: Sri Lanka’s Election Commission (EC) Chairman Mahinda Deshapriya announced on Thursday that the general election will not be held on April 25 as scheduled on account of the coronavirus pandemic. Sri Lanka has up till Thursday recorded 59 coronavirus patients, with the first patient, a tourist tour guide having fully recovered early this week. […]
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The pharmaceutical industry expects it will take 12 to 18 months to roll out a coronavirus vaccine, executives said on Thursday, as they jointly pledged to make it available worldwide based on need. Bureaucracy could be slashed to speed up the process — but the time needed for safety testing could not be compromised, industry […]
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India executed four men on Friday for the gang-rape and murder of a woman on a Delhi bus in 2012 that sparked huge nationwide protests and international revulsion. The four were hanged before dawn at Tihar Jail in the Indian capital, the head of the prison Sandeep Goel told AFP, in India’s first execution since 2015. “All […]
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NEW DELHI: Indian legend Sachin Tendulkar has offered an unusual take on the coronavirus fight by comparing it to Test cricket, urging patience and teamwork, and warning “we have to defend well”. “While the world battles the COVID-19 pandemic, this is probably the time for us to draw lessons from the grand old format of […]
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SYDNEY: Australia’s two-time World Cup-winning former skipper Ricky Ponting considers the 2008 ‘Monkeygate’ scandal the lowest point of his captaincy stint as he feels he was not in control of what was happened at that time. The scandal unfolded when senior Indian off-spinner Harbhajan Singh was charged with racially abusing Australian all-rounder Andrew Symonds during […]
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LONDON: English football will be suspended until at least April 30 due to the coronavirus crisis, but the current season can be extended indefinitely, the English game’s governing bodies said in a joint statement on Thursday. The Football Association, Premier League, EFL and women’s professional game bodies, along with players and managers associations, agreed to […]
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SLAMABAD: Former skipper Ramiz Raja said on Thursday that the fifth edition of Pakistan Super League (PSL) has provided the country with some exciting and breakout batting talent. “For the past several years we were eager to see whether the PSL would provide the country talent in batting or not. Finally, after four years of […]
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ATHENS: Tokyo 2020 organisers received the Olympic flame in a scaled-down handover ceremony in the Greek capital on Thursday, amid the coronavirus spread that has cast doubt on the global, multi-billion dollar event. In a brief ceremony closed to spectators in Athens’ Panathenaic stadium, site of the first modern Games in 1896, the torch was […]
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ISLAMABAD: Ahead of wheat harvesting season, Ministry of National Food Security and Research on Thursday proposed restrictions on intra-district movement of wheat crop and ban on private sector from procuring the crop until public sector targets are achieved. The meeting, chaired by Minister for National Food Security and Research Makhdoom Khusro Bakhtyar reached a consensus […]
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