Ex-boxing champion Mayweather to pay for Floyd funeral: Report

Retired ring great Floyd Mayweather will pay for the funeral services for George Floyd, Mayweather Promotions chief executive Leonard Ellerbe told ESPN on Monday. George Floyd died last week after...

Working towards Indian Premier League if that happens, says Kiwis’ Ferguson

New Zealand gun-quick Lockie Ferguson has said he is looking forward to training and is working towards an Indian Premier League (IPL) if that happens amid the COVID-19 pandemic. The...

Bright Melody out to continue fine start in G3 Classic Trial

Debut winner Bright Melody steps up to the G3 level for the Classic Trial over 10 furlongs on Polytrack at Kempton Park in UK on Wednesday. The three-year-old champion...

World should resist land grab by Israel

Israeli Defence Minister Benny Gantz’s statement that he has ordered the military to step up preparations for Israel’s annexation of parts of occupied West Bank is a dangerous provocation....

Dangerous mindset

Sure every life matters no matter what colour or caste or the boxes that humans seek to put them into. However, that’s very good on paper. Reality is different. And...

Topsy-turvy and troubling weather patterns

Scorching heat waves, then deafening thunderstorms – India’s weather woes continue even as the country is attempting to open up after a series of lockdowns. While many parts of northwest,...

Jacob Rees-Mogg genuinely believes parliament must return to ‘set an example’ to the rest of the country

Tom Peck, The Independent Outside a pub in Somerset, Jacob Rees-Mogg’s mum once tried to explain to me how it was that she had come to raise a son who...

This is why American racism is a uniquely white trait

Dahleen Glanton, Tribune News Service White people don’t like watching hardcore racism. Even some law-and-order conservatives are uncomfortable seeing a white cop hold his knee on a black man’s neck...

Sharjah initiates Dhs4 billion liquidity support to counter impact of virus

The Sharjah Finance Department, SFD, recently established a framework worth Dhs4 billion to enhance liquidity for the banking system in the emirate. The move aims to provide additional financial assistance...

Sharjah initiates Dhs4b liquidity support to counter impact of virus