Australian states fracture over opening borders for domestic tourism
Australian state and territory leaders bickered on Thursday over whether to reopen internal borders, a major step to rejuvenating the country’s A$80 billion ($50 billion)...
Pompeo: HK’s treatment of activists makes autonomy assessment more difficult
U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Wednesday recent treatment of Hong Kong pro-democracy activists made it more difficult to assess that the territory...
LPGA cancels 2020 Q-school and Meijer Classic
The LPGA has decided to cancel Tour qualifying “Q-schools” this year because of the coronavirus pandemic with most players retaining their status for the 2021...
Hamlin earns second win of NASCAR season in rain-hit race
Denny Hamlin won the rain-shortened Toyota 500 at Darlington Raceway on Wednesday for the Joe Gibbs Racing driver’s second victory of the season in the...
Strides Pharma to conduct trials in India for potential COVID-19 drug
Indian pharmaceutical company Strides Pharma Science Ltd said on Thursday it has obtained regulatory approval to conduct clinical trials of antiviral drug favipiravir, a potential...
China says U.S.’s Pompeo ‘blackmailing’ Hong Kong government
China said on Thursday U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo is “blackmailing” the Hong Kong government with the Hong Kong Human Rights and Democracy Act...
Japan’s Abe wants to build ventilators that hospitals probably don’t need
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has pledged to build 2,000 new ventilators for coronavirus patients that even the government says hospitals are unlikely to need....
Exclusive: Schlumberger names new top executives to oversee corporate overhaul
Schlumberger, the world’s largest oilfield services firm, will reshuffle top executives and operations in coming months to deal with this year’s historic decline in the...
Coronavirus ‘does not spread easily’ by touching surfaces or objects, CDC now says. But it still ‘may be possible’. – USA TODAY
Coronavirus ‘does not spread easily’ by touching surfaces or objects, CDC now says. But it still ‘may be possible’. USA TODAY ‘We’ve been muzzled’: CDC sources...
NHL mulls return with 24-team playoffs
The NHL and NHL Players’ Association are mulling a return to action this summer with a playoff format featuring 24 teams in a conference-based setup,...