NASCAR returned to the track in May after suspending its season in March as the coronavirus spread. Kevin Harvick has won two of the past three weeks and will look to keep his hot streak going in Kentucky for the Quaker State 400. He has an 85-point lead over Chase Elliott in the Cup Series standings … Read more
Image copyright PA Media The UK coastguard is coordinating a search-and-rescue operation after several boats of migrants crossing from France were spotted in the Channel. Two Border Force vessels, the Dover lifeboat and a Coastguard aircraft are working alongside French authorities. It is thought up to 200 migrants tried to cross the Channel on Sunday. … Read more
West Indies delivered the first blow on England in the 3-match series as they outclassed the hosts by 4 wickets in the first Test in Southampton on Sunday to take a 1-0 lead. Chasing 200 for victory on Day 5, the Windies rode on a superb 95 from Jermaine Blackwood to win the match in … Read more
Image copyright BBC Chinese Image caption Xu Zhangrun was detained on Monday An outspoken critic of China’s rulers, Professor Xu Zhangrun, has been released after six days in police custody, friends say. The Beijing constitutional law professor was already under house arrest when he was detained on 6 July. He had criticised China’s response to … Read more
More than 15,000 new cases of the coronavirus were announced on Sunday in Florida, marking the highest single-day total of known cases in any state since the start of the pandemic. Florida’s surge soared past the previous record, set in New York, of more than 12,000 cases in a day. That occurred in April, during … Read more
Trezeguet (left) had scored only three goals in his previous 30 Premier League matches Trezeguet scored twice as Aston Villa beat Crystal Palace to keep alive their hopes of avoiding relegation in a game which included two controversial video assistant referee decisions. Mamadou Sakho thought he had put Palace ahead when the ball appeared to … Read more
The Crystal Palace and Ivory Coast star wrote on Twitter, “Woke up to this today,” then showed what he had been sent by a user who appeared to be a fan of Palace’s opponent in Sunday’s match, Aston Villa. “You better not score tomorrow you black c**t. Or I’ll come to your house dressed as … Read more
Areas of southern China have been hit by heavy flooding, and the country’s flood response alert has been raised to the second highest level. Levels in Poyang lake have reached a record high, with thousands of soldiers dispatched to shore up its banks. Source link
Image copyright EPA Image caption The plane came down shortly after taking off from Tehran Iran has said the misalignment of air defence equipment was responsible for the accidental downing of a Ukrainian passenger plane in January. In a report released on Saturday, the Civil Aviation Organisation of Iran (CAOI) blamed “human error” and poor … Read more
The Income Tax department on Sunday said it has made available to banks and post offices a new utility to ascertain TDS rate applicable on cash withdrawal of over Rs 20 lakh in case of a non-filer of ITR and that of above Rs 1 crore in other cases. Explaining the details of this facility, … Read more