After imposing travel restrictions to stop the spread of Covid-19, Saudi Arabia lifted a ban on travel to three countries including the United Arab Emirates on Tuesday. Saudi Arabia allowed the resumption of travel between the Kingdom and the United Arab Emirates, Argentina, and South Africa starting from September 8, the Ministry of Interior announced […]
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Argentina surpasses 100,000 Covid-19 deaths
Argentina on Wednesday became the fifth Latin American country to record more than 100,000 deaths from Covid-19, according to data from the health ministry. The South American country registered 614 new deaths over the last 24 hours taking its total to 100,250 among a population of 45 million. It has now had more than 4.7 […]
Doctors ‘killed’ Maradona via negligence, says nurse’s lawyer
A lawyer for a nurse under investigation in the death of Argentine football great Diego Maradona said Wednesday that doctors killed him through negligence. “They killed Diego,” attorney Rodolfo Baque told reporters after his client, nurse Dahiana Gisela Madrid, was questioned by prosecutors. Maradona died of a heart attack last November at the age of […]
Argentina hammers out plan for hosting all Copa America games
Argentina on Wednesday presented to South America’s football federation CONMEBOL its “strict protocol” to host all of the Copa America 2021 games, as the country suffers its worst moment of the Covid-19 pandemic. Argentine President Alberto Fernandez and CONMEBOL’s Alejandro Dominguez studied logistics and organizational challenges — including the preparation of additional stadiums — and […]
Colombia president appeals to football body over Copa America axing
Bogota: Colombia’s President Ivan Duque on Friday appealed to South America’s football federation over its decision to bar the country from hosting the Copa America tournament after social unrest swept the nation. CONMEBOL earlier in the week rejected a plea by the Colombian government to postpone the June 13-July 10 tournament that it was to share […]
No postponement for Copa America, federation says after Colombia withdraws
On Thursday, south American football’s governing body CONMEBOL rejected a request by Colombia to postpone the Copa America 2021 tournament it is co-hosting with Argentina. The games that were to be played in Colombia in the June 13-July 10 event will instead be moved to Argentina, CONMEBOL said, stating that it was “impossible” to move […]
Inca artefacts returned to Peru from US, Argentina
More than a hundred pre-Columbian treasures including clay idols and textiles from the Inca Empire have been returned to Peru from the United States and Argentina. The 130 artefacts, many of which were voluntarily returned after being illegally smuggled out of Peru, were displayed at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs building in the capital Lima […]
Avengers’ Thor thanks fans for making the film a success
As ‘Avengers – Endgame’, the final chapter from the ‘Avengers’ franchise broke all records globally by raking in $1.2 billion in its first weekend, actor Chris Hemsworth who stars as Thor in the film, thanked fans across the world for making it a success. Chris Hemsworth took to his Instagram on Tuesday to share a […]
Sri Lanka may need more IMF help as blasts threaten tourism
Sri Lanka faces a likely collapse in tourism following Easter Sunday bomb attacks on churches and hotels, which would deal a severe blow to the island’s economy and financial markets, and potentially force it to seek further IMF assistance. The International Monetary Fund extended last month a $1.5 billion loan for an extra year into […]
‘Turkey’s Erdogan may meet Saudi Crown Prince on G20 sidelines’
Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan could meet Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman on the sidelines of a G20 summit in Argentina next week amid tensions between Ankara and Riyadh, the Turkish presidential spokesman said Thursday. “We are looking at the programme,” spokesman Ibrahim Kalin said in Ankara. “There could be” a meeting between the […]