News Archives for World - 2020-02-14

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World

US consumer spending slowing; industrial production weak

Retail sales increase 0.3% in January Core retail sales unchanged; December revised lower Industrial prod

Published 14 Feb, 2020 09:45pm

Europe

IMF chief hopes for global policy response to mitigate coronavirus impact

Georgieva said the next few weeks would be crucial to build up a "bottom-up" picture of the impact of the virus in

Published 14 Feb, 2020 09:35pm

Middle East

Lebanon ex-premier Hariri blames political rivals for crisis

"We organised the Cedar conference, and we got $11 billion dollars for the economy based on reforms we agreed to an

Published 14 Feb, 2020 09:25pm

Africa

Egypt confirms first coronavirus case, says affected person is a foreigner

WHO Egypt said on Twitter the person was carrying the virus, but had not shown any symptoms and was in a stable con

Published 14 Feb, 2020 08:55pm

World

Trudeau demands from Iran independent probe into downed airliner

The promise I made to Canadians was to find answers for them and ensure that Iran leads a full investigation with t

Published 14 Feb, 2020 08:25pm

Middle East

Syrian chopper downed in NW Syria, killing crew

The attack in a region where Turkish troops and Russian-backed regime forces have engaged in multiple clashes came.

Published 14 Feb, 2020 08:15pm

Europe

Putin urges Ukraine's Zelensky to stick to peace plan

"Vladimir Putin has posed a direct question -- does Kiev intend to implement Minsk agreements in earnest," the Krem

Published 14 Feb, 2020 08:05pm

Europe

WHO defends China after US criticism over outbreak

Kudlow said that Chinese President Xi Jinping had assured US President Donald Trump that Beijing would accept US he

Published 14 Feb, 2020 07:25pm

Europe

France, Australia recommit to troubled subs deal

Both of us reaffirmed our full commitment to the programme, in particular with respect to the schedule and Australi

Published 14 Feb, 2020 07:15pm

World

Florida still reeling two years after Parkland shooting

PARKLAND: Two years after 17 students and faculty members were gunned down in one of the worst mass shootings in US

Published 14 Feb, 2020 07:05pm

World

Mexico's president commends cut to key interest rate

Mexico's central bank lowered its benchmark interest rate for a fifth straight meeting on Thursday, with a 25 basis

Published 14 Feb, 2020 03:50pm

Asia

China virus death toll nears 1,400, six health workers among victims

The grim figure comes a week after an outpouring of grief and public anger over the death of a whistleblowing docto

Published 14 Feb, 2020 11:24am

Africa

Amnesty urges probe into troops 'razing' of Nigerian villages

The rights group said its report was based on interviews with villagers in Borno state and satellite data analysis

Published 14 Feb, 2020 11:14am

Middle East

Yemen's Huthis drop 'tax' threat that jeopardised aid: UN official

United Nations leaders and humanitarian groups held crunch talks in Brussels on Thursday to address obstruction by

Published 14 Feb, 2020 11:09am

Europe

Macron's candidate for Paris mayor quits race over sex video

"A website and social networks have launched vile attacks concerning my private life. My family does not deserve th

Published 14 Feb, 2020 11:07am

Middle East

Turkey says to export fast-results coronavirus detection kit

China's coronavirus outbreak has showed no sign of peaking with health authorities reporting more than 5,000 new ca

Published 14 Feb, 2020 10:27am

Asia

Philippines to lift Taiwan travel ban

The move follows a warning by Taipei of possible retaliation against the ban. Taiwan's Central News Agency cit

Published 14 Feb, 2020 10:13am

Europe

Italy's Renzi boycotts cabinet meet, challenges PM to find a new govt

The cabinet approved a reform of the statute of limitations, which disbands trials if a verdict is not reached with

Published 14 Feb, 2020 10:09am

World

Bombardier exits commercial aviation with A220 sale to Airbus

Once the third largest aircraft maker, Canada's Bombardier on Thursday announced the sale of its A220 stake to Airbus and the Quebec government, effectively exiting commercial aviation after a failed expansion.