BERLIN: The EU warned yesterday of a new row brewing with Italy over its budget, barely a few months after both sides agreed on a hard-fought deal with Rome’s disputed 2019 finances. “I’m really worried. In no other EU member state has the economy cooled so dramatically. Already in our
KUALA LUMPUR: Nacho Elvira edged closer to a maiden European Tour trophy after he posted a six-under-par 66 to gain a two-shot advantage over David Lipsky at the Maybank Championship penultimate round yesterday. The title, however, remains up for grabs with Australian Scott Hend, Germany’s Maximilian Kieffer and Thai stalwart
MIAMI: Novak Djokovic put his Indian Wells disappointment behind him on Friday at the ATP and WTA Miami Open with a ruthless 7-6 (7/2) 6-2 destruction of Australian Bernard Tomic to move into the third round. The Serbian world number one endured a meek exit at the hands of German
MIAMI: Robert Garrigus, an American golfer who hailed conquering substance abuse in 2010 after his lone PGA title, was banned three months Friday by the tour for a positive drug test. The 41-year-old Phoenix resident, ranked 450th in the world, was found to have violated the PGA Tour anti-doping program
MIAMI: Defending champion Paul Casey fired a five-under par 66 to grab a share of the 36-hole lead alongside American Austin Cook at the US PGA Tour Valspar Championship on Friday. England’s Casey and Cook each stood on six-under 136 after two rounds at the Innisbrook Resort Copperhead course in
LOS ANGELES: China’s Yu Liu made the most of her early morning start, firing an eight-under par 64 on Friday to join world number one Park Sung-hyun atop the leaderboard of the LPGA Founders Cup. Liu matched France’s Celine Boutier, a former teammate at Duke University, for low round of
WASHINGTON: The Inter-American Development Bank said Friday its annual meeting would exit China after the United States led objections to Beijing’s refusal to grant a visa to the Venezuelan representative backed by Washington. The bank, which provides development funding for Latin America and in which Washington holds 30 percent of
SAN FRANCISCO: Pinterest, the online visual discovery platform with an estimated 250 million users, filed for a public share offering Friday, the latest of the big venture-backed startups to hit Wall Street. The San Francisco-based bulletin board that connects people with interests including food, fashion, travel and lifestyle said it
BEIJING: Apple chief executive Tim Cook on Saturday urged China to keep opening up its economy as local rivals bit into the profits of the US tech giant caught in the crosshairs of a trade spat between Beijing and Washington. “We have seen China continue to change and evolve… We encourage
BEIJING: China can speed up the opening of its financial sector if the United States is unhappy with the pace because it will be good for both countries, Fang Xinghai, vice chairman of the China Securities Regulatory Commission, said on Saturday. “If the U.S. side complains that we have opened