Thursday 30 April 2020

Apple Sees iPhone Revenues Fall, as Services and Wearables Help It Grow

Apple on Thursday reported profit slipped as it boosted revenue from services and wearables in a pandemic-cobbled start to the year for the iPhone maker.

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Thailand reports six new coronavirus cases, no deaths



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Umar Akmal suffers from epilepsy, plays for himself: Najam Sethi

Former PCB Chairman Najam Sethi has revealed that Umar Akmal suffers from epilepsy and during his term the latter refused to take treatment. Epilepsy is a neurological disorder in which brain activity becomes abnormal, causing seizures or periods of unusual behaviour, sensations, and sometimes loss of awareness. Umar was recently slapped with a three-year ban for not reporting corrupt approaches.

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Jordan Spieth denied ace because of COVID-19 safety measures

Jordan Spieth's return to tournament golf on Thursday was underscored by the three-time major winner falling victim to new safety measures put in place because of the coronavirus pandemic.

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Horse racing: Churchill Downs to open for spectator-free racing on May 16

Churchill Downs, the home of the Kentucky Derby, said on Thursday it will open for spectator-free racing on May 16 under strict guidelines to mitigate risks from the COVID-19 pandemic and hopes to have fans in attendance for its famous race in September.

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Ross Taylor wins NZ Cricket's top award, eyes World Cup exit in India

Veteran batsman Ross Taylor won New Zealand Cricket's top award for the third time Friday and vowed to bat on until the 2023 World Cup in India. The 36-year-old was awarded the Sir Richard Hadlee Medal in a virtual ceremony held online because of COVID-19 restrictions.

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Adam Scott live-streams 'round with a mate'

Action-starved golf fans tuned in to watch Australia's only Masters champion Adam Scott have a hack around his local Queensland club "with a mate" Friday, live on Instagram.

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Brazil's president wants soccer to return amid pandemic

Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro wants to see soccer competitions start back up again soon despite the country's high number of coronavirus cases, arguing that players are less likely to die from COVID-19 because of their physical fitness.

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Afghanistan likely facing corona 'health disaster': US watchdog

The spread of Covid-19 has significantly impacted Afghanistan from complicating the peace initiative to forcing border crossing closures that have disrupted commercial and humanitarian deliveries, according to a a watchdog report to the US Congress.

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Serena Williams, NFL players to compete in charity virtual tennis event

Tennis stars Serena Williams, Venus Williams and Naomi Osaka plus NFL players DeAndre Hopkins and Ryan Tannehill are among the celebrities who will participate in a virtual charity tennis tournament.

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Portuguese league could resume on May 30, says Prime Minister

The final 10 rounds of Portugal’s top-flight Primeira Liga soccer season could be played from May 30, Prime Minister Antonio Costa announced on Thursday as the country begins to ease its COVID-19 lockdown to kick-start an ailing economy.

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Pak National Assembly Speaker tests COVID-19 positive

Pakistan's National Assembly (NA) speaker Asad Qaiser has tested positive for the novel coronavirus and went into self-isolation, he confirmed in a tweet.

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UK universities hit by virus outbreak fallout

With conferences cancelled and revenues hit because of a lack of rent from student accommodation, Britain's universities are reeling from the global coronavirus pandemic. Schools have already lost millions of pounds thanks to enforced closures under lockdown, and things could get worse still.

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COVID19: FIFA World Cup 2022 ambassador tests positive

An ambassador for the 2022 World Cup in Qatar has tested positive for the new coronavirus, the tournament's organisers said on Thursday.

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When Lionel Messi scored his first goal 15 years ago

It was on May 1, 2005, exactly 15 years ago today, that Lionel Messi roared into the consciousness of the football aficionados when he scored his first-ever goal against Albacete at Camp Nou.

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NASCAR to resume season in mid-May without spectators

NASCAR will be the first major sport in the United States to return to action amid the Covid-19 pandemic after the organisers of the popular racing series said on Thursday that the season will resume without fans in mid-May. NASCAR, which postponed racing in mid-March due to pandemic, said its season will resume on May 17 at Darlington Raceway in South Carolina.

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Former world snooker champion Peter Ebdon quits to avoid spinal surgery

Former world snooker champion Peter Ebdon on Thursday said he was retiring from the sport to avoid having to endure daunting spinal surgery.

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PGA Tour extends exempt player membership to next season

The PGA Tour will extend its exempt player membership status into next season due to the COVID-19 pandemic which has interrupted this year's schedule, it said on Thursday.

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Trump officials are said to press spies to link virus and Wuhan labs

Senior Trump administration officials have pushed US spy agencies to hunt for evidence to support an unsubstantiated theory that a government laboratory in Wuhan, China, was the origin of the coronavirus outbreak, according to current and former US officials.

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Chuni Goswami: An all-rounder in the truest sense

Legendary forward Subimal 'Chuni' Goswami, who at 82 breathed his last in Kolkata on Thursday, was the poster boy of Indian football, a cricketer par excellence who once took Bengal to the Ranji Trophy final in the 1971-72 season and helped India demolish the mighty West Indies in a tour match.

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Andy Murray wins Virtual Madrid Open title after connection hiccup

Andy Murray won the Virtual Madrid Open title on Thursday, helped by a semi-final walkover when opponent Diego Schwartzmann, logging in from Argentina, suffered a connection glitch.

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WHO should be ashamed of itself, it is like a PR agency for China: Trump

"I think that the World Health Organization should be ashamed of themselves because they are like the public relations agency for China," Trump told reporters in the East Room of the White House.

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UN chief: World should follow South Korea on COVID-19 fight

The United Nations chief said he hopes many countries in the world will follow the ``remarkable example'' of South Korea, which he said has been ``extremely successful'' in addressing the coronavirus pandemic and is planning to tackle climate change in its recovery from COVID-19.

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Wednesday 29 April 2020

Twitter Opens Up Data of COVID-19 Tweets for Researchers to Study

Twitter will grant researchers and software developers access to a real-time data stream of tens of millions of daily public tweets about COVID-19, which they can use to study the spread of the...

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Microsoft Sees Teams, Xbox Usage Rise Thanks Remote Work and Lockdowns

Microsoft on Wednesday beat Wall Street sales and profit expectations, powered by sharp demand for its Teams chat and online meeting app and Xbox gaming services as the world shifted to working and...

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Happy Birthday Rohit Sharma: India's 'Hitman' turns 33

As the ace cricketer Rohit Sharma turns 33 on Thursday, let's go down the memory lane and relive the three double tons scored by the right-handed batsman in the ODI format.

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Hall of Fame motocross rider Marty Smith dies in crash

Marty Smith, an AMA Motocross Hall of Famer and one of the sport's earliest icons, has died in a dune buggy accident with his wife. He was 63.

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Facebook Reports 'Signs of Stability' in Ad Spending After Coronavirus Drop

Facebook beat analysts' estimates for quarterly revenue on Wednesday and said it has seen "signs of stability" for sales in April after a plunge in March, in yet another signal that tech giants may...

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Trump says he's not extending social distancing guidelines

President Donald Trump said the federal government will not be extending its coronavirus social distancing guidelines once they expire Thursday, and his son-in-law and adviser, Jared Kushner, predicted that by July the country will be "really rocking again."

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AIBA hits out at BFI, accuses it of not paying past host fee as well

The Boxing Federation of India has still not paid "almost two third" of the host city fee for conducting the 2018 women's world championship, the International Boxing Association (AIBA) has said, accusing the BFI of failing to "comply with its obligations."

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Former Leeds and England defender Trevor Cherry dies aged 72

Former Leeds United and England defender Trevor Cherry has died aged 72, his old club announced Wednesday. The death of Cherry, a member of the Leeds side crowned English champions in 1973/74, comes less than a fortnight after the passing of his former team-mate and club great Norman Hunter.

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Moeen Ali eager for 'fresh start' after ending Test exile

Moeen Ali is keen to make a "fresh start" and regain his place in England's Test side after ending his self-imposed exile from the five-day game.

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Usman Khawaja, Shaun Marsh miss out on Australia contracts

Top order batsman Usman Khawaja has been omitted from Australia's annual list of 20 elite, contracted players in 2020 after falling out of favour with selectors midway through last year's Ashes.

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US records 2,502 coronavirus deaths in past 24 hours

The United States recorded 2,502 coronavirus deaths in the past 24 hours, according to the latest real-time tally on Wednesday reported by Johns Hopkins University.

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Britain's hero of the hour 'Captain Tom' turns 100

Britain will celebrate on Thursday the 100th birthday of the World War II veteran whose staggering fundraising efforts inspired the country during the depths of its coronavirus outbreak.

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SC upholds tax liability of PILCOM for 1996 World Cup

Nearly a quarter century after PILCOM organised ICC World Cup matches in India, Pakistan and Sri Lanka, the Supreme Court has dismissed its appeal against tax liability of Rs 39 lakh to the Indian income tax department with interest from 1996.

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Road ahead is tough, but we are ready to battle it out: Rasquinha

It's not only countries, sports ministries & federations, and individual athletes across the world who have had their plans flung over the roof after the postponement of the Tokyo Olympics.

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Diego Maradona pleads for 'Hand of God' to end pandemic

Argentine football legend Diego Maradona has asked the "Hand of God" to deliver the world from the coronavirus pandemic and allow normal life to resume.

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Austrian F1 Grand Prix 'must be behind closed doors', insists minister

The Austrian Grand Prix, now set to be the first race of the coronavirus-hit Formula One world championship, will only be given the green light on condition it is raced behind closed doors.

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Spanish clubs to start testing in preparation for return to training

La Liga clubs will begin testing players for the novel coronavirus next week as the first step towards restarting the season in June, a source familiar with the league's plans said on Wednesday.

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Police want power to call off English season if fans break rules

British police want to be able to cancel the football season if fans do not respect social-distancing guidelines once matches return after a halt due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Britain's highest-ranking football police officer has said.

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Britain's hero of the hour 'Captain Tom' turns 100

Having served his country in the last century, "Captain Tom" Moore recently thrust himself into the thick of Britain's latest battle by doing 100 laps of his garden and raising over £29 million (33 million euros, $36,000) for healthcare workers treating coronavirus patients.

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Trump says China wants him to lose his bid for re-election

President Donald Trump said he believes China's handling of the coronavirus is proof that Beijing "will do anything they can" to make him lose his re-election bid in November. He said he believes Beijing wants his Democratic opponent Joe Biden to win the race to ease the pressure on China over trade and other issues.

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Don't believe polls that show Biden ahead in presidential race: Trump

President Donald Trump told Reuters on Wednesday he does not believe opinion polls that show his likely Democratic presidential opponent, Joe Biden, leading in the 2020 race for the White House. During an interview in the Oval Office, the Republican president said he did not expect the election to be a referendum on his handling of the coronavirus pandemic and added he was surprised the former vice president was doing well.

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Coaches have had to become creative: Rahul Dravid

Rahul Dravid, head of cricket at the National Cricket Academy says that there are much larger things at play currently and the future is uncertain because of the crisis and safety is the priority for everyone right now.

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Redmi Note 9, Mi Note 10 Lite Expected to Launch Today: Watch Live Stream

Xiaomi is all set to host its global launch event today, wherein it is expected to unveil the Redmi Note 9 and the Mi Note 10 Lite phones. The two phones have leaked on multiple occasions in the past,...

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Tuesday 28 April 2020

Biden wins Ohio's mail-in primary delayed by coronavirus

Joe Biden won Ohio's presidential primary Tuesday, clinching a contest that was less about the Democratic nomination and more about how states can conduct elections in the era of the coronavirus. The primary was the first major test of statewide elections via mail amid an outbreak. There were reports of confusion but no widespread disruption with a strong turnout.

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OnePlus 8 Pro, OnePlus 8 Are Now Listed for Pre-Bookings in India

OnePlus 8 Pro and OnePlus 8 pre-bookings have been kicked off in India. The pre-bookings are live through Amazon, with the sale date for both OnePlus 8 phones scheduled for May 11.

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Google Ad Sales Steady After Coronavirus Drop, Warns of Difficult Q2

A drop in Google ad sales steadied in April and some consumers returned to using the search engine for shopping in addition to finding novel coronavirus information, parent Alphabet said on Tuesday.

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US closer to testing international air travelers: Trump

President Donald Trump said his administration is considering requiring travelers on certain incoming international flights to undergo temperature and virus checks to help stop the spread of the coronavirus.

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New research say athletes at risk of coronavirus spread to lungs

The research, produced by Italian immunologists and lung specialists based at institutes in Berlin, Rome and Verona, suggests that due to strenuous exercise, elite athletes are more likely to inhale virus particles and direct them to the lower areas of the lung.

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Henry cooks and waits for MLS to decide on season

Like much of North American sport, MLS shut down in mid-March and ever since has been planning for a return to action that remains far from certain.

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You have to be bit strange for being 'genius': Ben Stokes on Steve Smith

England all-rounder Ben Stokes has lauded world number one Test batsman Steve Smith and has labelled the Australian as a "genius".

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Tom Latham, Tim Southee win top NZ Cricket awards

Opener Tom Latham has won the Redpath Cup as New Zealand's best batsman, breaking a seven-year streak in which the trophy was won by either Kane Williamson or Ross Taylor.

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No. of coronavirus cases in US crosses 1 million, fatalities 58,000

“We continue to pray for the victims as well as for those Americans who are grieving their lost ones and their loved ones. There's never been anything like this. We suffer with one heart but we will prevail. We are coming back, and we're coming back strong,” US President Donald Trump said at the White House during his remarks on the Paycheck Protection Program.

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'Failure to stop corona at source led to nations going through hell'



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Football shouldn't be played until Sept: FIFA medical chief

"This is the most dramatic situation we have lived in since the Second World War. We should not underestimate it, we must be realistic,” said FIFA's medical committee chairman Michel D'Hooghe.

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