Football: Avoiding relegation will silence critics, says Villa boss Smith

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[caption id="attachment_6569" align="alignnone" width="951"] Aston Villa manager Dean Smith before the match, Jul 16, 2020. [/caption] LONDON: Aston Villa have a duty to prove their...

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Healthcare News

New COVID-19 cases in Russia lowest since late April

July 20, 2020July 20, 2020

[caption id="attachment_6630" align="alignnone" width="895"] A municipal worker cleans along an embankment of the Moika river in downtown Saint Petersburg on Jul 14, 2020, amid the...

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Afghan all-girls robotics team designs low-cost ventilator to treat COVID-19 patients

July 20, 2020July 20, 2020

[caption id="attachment_6622" align="alignnone" width="930"] Members of the Afghan all-female robotics team work on an open-source and low-cost ventilator, during the COVID-19 outbreak in Herat Province,...

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France says up to 500 COVID-19 clusters but no ‘second wave’ yet

July 20, 2020July 20, 2020

[caption id="attachment_6613" align="alignnone" width="966"] People queue to undergo a Covid-19 test, in Montargis on Jul 7, 2020, as part of a massive testing campaign in...

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Britain signs deals with Pfizer, BioNTech, Valneva for COVID-19 vaccines

July 20, 2020July 20, 2020

[caption id="attachment_6616" align="alignnone" width="944"] FILE PHOTO: Britain is one of a number of countries conducting vaccine trials for COVID-19. [/caption] LONDON: Britain has signed deals...

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News Sports

Human Rights Watch report documents abuse of child athletes in Japanese sport

July 20, 2020July 20, 2020

[caption id="attachment_6545" align="alignnone" width="957"] Japan is the most successful Olympic nation in judo. [/caption] TOKYO: A Human Rights Watch report has found child athletes in...

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Business News

PwC executive chairman Yeoh Oon Jin to succeed Lim Sim Seng as SLA board chairman

July 20, 2020July 20, 2020

[caption id="attachment_6508" align="alignnone" width="953"] Yeoh Oon Jin (left) will succeed Lim Sim Seng as board chairman of SLA. [/caption] SINGAPORE: Mr Yeoh Oon Jin, executive...

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Malaysia losing up to 25% of palm oil yield due to labour crunch: MPOA

July 20, 2020July 20, 2020

[caption id="attachment_6505" align="alignnone" width="957"] A worker collects palm oil fruits at a plantation in Bahau, Negeri Sembilan, Malaysia, Jan 30, 2019. [/caption] KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia...

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Muji says Singapore, Malaysia business not affected by US bankruptcy protection filing

July 20, 2020July 20, 2020

SINGAPORE: Japanese home-goods chain Muji said that its business in Singapore and Malaysia "will be as usual" despite the United States arm filing for bankruptcy...

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Goldman Sachs executives in Malaysia to discuss 1MDB: finance minister

July 20, 2020July 20, 2020

[caption id="attachment_6532" align="alignnone" width="948"] FILE PHOTO: Men walk past a 1 Malaysia Development Berhad (1MDB) billboard at the fund's flagship Tun Razak Exchange development in...