‘ByteDance’s CEO needs to be tough and get prepared to withdraw from the US market’ Image from The Stand News. Used with permission. Since United States’ President Donald Trump threatened to ban TikTok in the U.S. as long as the social media app remained in the hands of a Chinese company, theContinue Reading
Tom Curran finished unbeaten at 10 off nine deliveries© BCCI/IPL The Indian Premier League (IPL) has never been short of drama, and it didn’t take much time for it to unfold during the ongoing edition too. During the fourth IPL 2020 fixture between Rajasthan Royals (RR) and Chennai Super KingsContinue Reading
A series of new measures has been announced to stem rising cases of coronavirus in the UK. People are again being encouraged to work from home if they can, while pubs and bars will be required to close at 10pm. Masks will be required for hospitality workers and passengers inContinue Reading
PSG chief Nasser Al-Khelaifi leaves Swiss Federal Criminal Court on the opening day of the trial.© AFP Swiss prosecutors on Tuesday called for Paris Saint-Germain president Nasser Al-Khelaifi and former FIFA number two Jerome Valcke to face prison for alleged corruption in the allocation of World Cup TV rights. TheContinue Reading
Tottenham recently defeated Southampton 5-2 in the Premier League© AFP Tottenham’s League Cup tie at Leyton Orient was called off on Tuesday after several of their League Two opponents tested positive for the coronavirus. Just two hours before Jose Mourinho’s side were due to play the third round match atContinue Reading
Ankita Raina defeated Jovana Jovic 6-4 4-6 6-4.© Twitter India’s Ankita Raina progressed to the second round of the French Open qualifiers with a hard-fought win over Jovana Jovic on Tuesday but Ramkumar Ramanathan’s bid to qualify for his maiden Grand Slam singles main draw fell flat. In a marathonContinue Reading
Delivered with energy, and with very punchy attacks on Boris Johnson and the government’s pandemic response, Keir Starmer’s first conference speech (delivered online due to the pandemic) as Labour party leader undoubtedly fulfilled his objectives. But, because of how bad Labour’s 2019 defeat was, we also saw how those objectivesContinue Reading
Ashok Mirpuri, Singapore’s ambassador to the US, recently said that achieving trust in diplomacy is “about the cues and nuances” that come from face-to-face interactions. What Mirpuri did not elaborate on, however, is that reading others when you’re in the same room together can just as easily reveal clues aboutContinue Reading
ImageFlow/Shutterstock In early January, the first genome sequence of Sars-CoV-2 – the virus that causes COVID-19 – was released under the moniker “Wuhan-1”. This string of 30,000 letters (the A, T, C and Gs of the genetic code) marked day one in the race to understand the genetics of thisContinue Reading
