WELLINGTON (Reuters) – Double Olympic rowing champion Mahe Drysdale has regained the front running for New Zealand’s singles sculls selection at the Tokyo Games after having to row in other boats for the last two years. The 41-year-old was named on Wednesday in the single for two World Cup events […]
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Image copyright Getty Images Image caption The furniture store Ikea closed all its 33 shops in China in response to the outbreak The human cost of the coronavirus outbreak is climbing across China and beyond. The economic cost is also mounting, mainly, but not only, in China. That damage is, […]
“We have all lost a kind, funny, warm, creative and truly loving man whose uncompromising individuality, relentless intellect and extraordinary humour has given pleasure to countless millions across six decades. “His work with Monty Python, his books, films, television programmes, poems and other work will live on forever, a fitting […]
SJL Insurance is primarily a property specialist supplying cover including cyber for firms worldwide from security operators to hotels and oil rigs. Rare for the insurance industry in that it is owned by just one individual and their enterprise, over the last 15 years it has welcomed 26 apprentices into […]
TOKYO (Reuters) – Asian stocks edged up on Thursday, cheered by record closes in Wall Street benchmarks after encouraging economic data, although investors kept a wary eye on the developments in the coronavirus outbreak. FILE PHOTO – People walk past an electronic display showing world markets indices outside a brokerage […]
Robert Rodriguez/CNET China has been battling the outbreak of pneumonia-like illnesses, first detected in the central city of Wuhan in Dec. 2019, for over a month. The spate of illnesses is caused by a novel coronavirus, dubbed 2019-nCoV, which has now infected over 28,000 Chinese citizens and claimed more than […]
Vanessa Bryant posted a heartbreaking tribute to her daughter, Gianna, after the 13-year-old’s high school retired her old basketball number. Gianna, the daughter of Los Angeles Lakers legend Kobe Bryant, died along with the 42-year-old in a helicopter crash on January 26. The teenager was emerging as a promising basketball […]
The small figurine was uncovered at the ancient site of Çatalhöyük in southern Turkey. Scientists were immediately drawn to the human-like characteristics of the carving, it being the first of its kind ever recovered from what is thought to be the world’s first city. Interestingly, the material the figurine is […]