Lloyd’s Expects to Pay £5BN for COVID-19 Customer Claims
September 10, 2020
Lloyd’s of London confirmed on Thursday that it expects to pay out up to £5 billion in COVID-19 customer claims,
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You can always get what you want: Stones open new store in Carnaby St
September 9, 2020
The Rolling Stones on Tuesday defied the gloom of the coronavirus outbreak to launch the band’s first flagship store
South African economy shrinks by half in second-quarter ‘gut punch’
September 9, 2020
South Africa’s economy shrank by more than half in the second quarter, an unprecedented decline, as the coronavirus pandemic took its toll on the continent’s most industrialised state, the statistics agency said Tuesday.
Pakistani Man Sentenced to Death Over ‘Blasphemous’ Texts
September 9, 2020
A Pakistani court on Tuesday sentenced a Christian man to death after convicting him of sending text messages containing “blasphemous
First 5G iPhone expected at Apple online event Sept 15
September 8, 2020
Apple on Tuesday fired off invitations to a September 15 online event expected to star the first iPhone tailored
AFP takes action against Google over copyright impasse
September 8, 2020
Agence France-Presse announced Tuesday that it had lodged a complaint with French regulators over a standoff with Google, saying the US giant is refusing to move forward on paying to display the agency’s content in web searches.
the 7 best Premium Rum Brands
September 8, 2020
Increasingly rum as an industry has been waking up to the ever-expanding market for premium spirits, and has been promoting some mature rums, far from the image of partying pirates singing yo-ho-ho and a bottle of rum, and fighting instead with your grandfather’s whiskies for attention.
Khashoggi’s fiancee calls Saudi verdict ‘farce’
September 7, 2020
The Turkish fiancee of slain journalist Jamal Khashoggi on Monday branded a Saudi court ruling overturning five death sentences in his 2018 murder a “farce”.
Tokyo Olympics will go ahead ‘with or without Covid’
September 7, 2020
By Martin Parry Tokyo’s postponed Olympics will go ahead next year regardless of the coronavirus pandemic, IOC vice-president
British Pound Drop as Johnson Resurrects Spectre of No-Deal Brexit
September 7, 2020
The British pound sank Monday after Prime Minister Boris Johnson appeared to revive investor fears of a no-deal Brexit, dealers said.