DUBAI: Football is back. But not as we know it. Signal Iduna Park, usually heaving with 80,000 fans on match day, was empty. The Yellow Wall, where Borussia Dortmund’s most colorful supporters stand, was missing the black and yellow scarfs and banners. And there was no pre-match rendition of “You’ll Never Walk Alone”. In the…
NEW DELHI: At least 25 migrant workers were killed Saturday when a truck they were packed into hit another vehicle in northern India during a nationwide coronavirus lockdown, officials said.The pre-dawn accident in Uttar Pradesh state was the latest involving some of the millions of migrants left stranded and jobless by the seven-week shutdown.Scores have…
DUBAI: Qatar’s number of novel coronavirus infections topped 30,000 on Saturday, according to a Reuters tally based on official figures.The health ministry reported 1,547 new cases on Saturday, according to the state-run Qatar News Agency. That took the cumulative total to 30,972, according to the Reuters count.
JEDDAH: The pandemic has sparked a global fear so intense that something as simple as grocery shopping feels like a life-threatening risk. Many people think they are experiencing coronavirus disease (COVID-19) symptoms when they have none. Aya Anan currently works with the American International School in Jeddah. She is a Saudi licensed assistant psychologist with…
YANGJU, South Korea: Players were ordered to keep two meters apart and there was no touching the flagsticks without gloves as women’s professional golf returned post-coronavirus in South Korea on Thursday. Spectators were barred from the Lakewood Country Club as the KLPGA Championship, a domestic tournament, got underway with world top-10 players Park Sung-hyun, Kim Sei-young…
PARIS: French officials called Friday for self-restraint as the country prepares for its first weekend since the coronavirus lockdown was eased, warning that police would break up any large gatherings of people taking too much advantage of newfound freedoms.Scenes of packed squares and riverbanks in Paris and other cities this week have the authorities worried…
TEHRAN: Iran on Friday reported its highest number of new coronavirus infections in more than a month as it warned of clusters hitting new regions.The Islamic republic has struggled to contain the virus that causes the COVID-19 disease since its first cases emerged in mid-February.Health ministry spokesman Kianoush Jahanpour said 2,102 new cases were confirmed…
RIYADH: A Saudi doctor has paid a heavy price for being on the frontlines of the Kingdom’s fight against the COVID-19 pandemic, as he and his family tested positive for the virus. “Never did I imagine that I would harm my mother and my brothers, nor could I ever imagine that one day we would…
GENEVA: Football faces losing many clubs to bankruptcy because of the coronavirus pandemic.A slowdown in the multi-billion-dollar transfer market, and possible defaults on payments from player deals made before the shutdown, were cited as concerns in a debate hosted by a FIFA-backed research center on Wednesday.“I think the biggest threat to club football in the…
United Nations Special Envoy Martin Griffiths will brief the Security Council on Thursday on the situation in Yemen, following recent military escalations and the onset of COVID-19 that threaten efforts to reach a resolution. Yemen’s government said earlier this week that forces will confront an “armed rebellion” by southern forces, in the latest developments of a…
