News Archives for World - 2020-09-30

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South Asia

India allows states to reopen schools gradually amid rising coronavirus cases

India reported nearly 80,500 new coronavirus cases in the past 24 hours, taking its tally to 6.23 million.
Students may attend schools/institutions only with the written consent of parents.

Published 30 Sep, 2020 11:48pm

Europe

France and Turkey at odds as Karabakh fighting divides NATO allies

New clashes broke out on Sunday in decades-old conflict.
France and Turkey trade recriminations over fighting.
Dozens of people reported killed in Caucasus flare-up.
Fears for pipelines bringing oil, gas to world markets.

Published 30 Sep, 2020 11:31pm

USA

Pelosi, Mnuchin meet in bid to reach US COVID-19 relief deal

Hours before the meeting, Mnuchin said he thought that he and Pelosi could "reach a reasonable compromise" in the next day or two.
Pelosi said: "I'm hopeful. We'll just see what they come back with today and how our negotiations go next."

Published 30 Sep, 2020 11:28pm

USA

Voters will 'not stand for' Trump refusing to leave office, Biden says

Biden urged Americans to vote for him in large numbers to eliminate any possibility of the Republican Trump staying in the White House if he lost the election.
Trump, who won a four-year term in 2016, was asked at the debate in Cleveland whether he would accept the 2020 result and said:

Published 30 Sep, 2020 11:22pm

Europe

EU financial services chief will cut off City of London if necessary

After Dec. 31, when a transition deal ahead of a full-blown Brexit ends, financial services companies in Britain will have to access the EU via its "equivalence" system.
The EU has already granted temporary access to UK clearing houses from January under this regulatory regime.

Published 30 Sep, 2020 11:15pm

USA

Ex-FBI Director Comey defends FBI Russia probe in Senate hearing

The Senate Judiciary Committee hearing produced no new disclosures about the FBI investigation.
Senate Republicans say the FBI probe of Trump's campaign, later handed off to Special Counsel Robert Mueller.

Published 30 Sep, 2020 11:12pm

Europe

UK PM dodges internal rebellion on virus rules

"When you have the virus going up in the way that it is now in some parts of the country, you have to take strong, local action," Johnson told the Commons.

Published 30 Sep, 2020 08:02pm

World

UK nets post-Brexit fisheries deal with Norway

Britain's trade talks with the EU have been deadlocked on key issues including fishing rights.

Published 30 Sep, 2020 08:00pm

World

Azerbaijan 'determined' to fight until Armenian troops leave Karabakh

The long-simmering conflict erupted on Sunday with both sides blaming each other for the outbreak of violence.

Published 30 Sep, 2020 07:57pm

World

EU slams Hungary and Poland in rule of law report

The assessment prepared by the European Commission, the bloc's executive, voices "serious concern" about judicial independence in both Hungary and Poland.

Published 30 Sep, 2020 07:56pm

World

Pompeo calls for pope to show 'courage' over China

Pompeo is not meeting Pope Francis because the pontiff avoids such audiences in campaign periods, a Vatican source said.

Published 30 Sep, 2020 07:53pm

World

TikTok will be shut down if Oracle deal meeting U.S. security needs can't be closed: Mnuchin

U.S. treasury secretary says Oracle will be responsible for rebuilding the code, sanitizing the code, making sure it's safe in their cloud

Published 30 Sep, 2020 07:51pm

Exchange

Turkish inflation seen above 12pc again in September

Annual inflation last stood above 12pc in June and then dipped slightly below it in the last two months.

Published 30 Sep, 2020 07:50pm

Europe

UK PM Johnson tells ministers impact not immediate from new coronavirus measures

The PM said we took swift and decisive action last Tuesday, announcing a package of measures designed to stem the spread of the virus, whilst protecting education and the economy.

Published 30 Sep, 2020 07:49pm

USA

Brazil jobless rate hits record 13.8%

The rate is the highest since the current tracking method was introduced in 2012, and two percentage points above same period last year.

Published 30 Sep, 2020 07:48pm

Asia

China approves arrest of Hong Kong 'speedboat fugitives'

The prospect of Hong Kongers getting entangled in China's judicial system was the spark that lit seven months of protests last year.

Published 30 Sep, 2020 07:45pm

Europe

Hungary calls EU rule of law report 'absurd and false'

The report, Varga said, "is written by organisations from a centrally financed international network engaged in a coordinated political campaign against Hungary".

Published 30 Sep, 2020 07:43pm

Europe

Swiss middle schoolers protest over 'shaming' dress code enforcement

One sign at the protest asked: "When will there be a T-shirt of shame for teachers who sexualise their students?"

Published 30 Sep, 2020 07:41pm

Europe

Czech government announces state of emergency from Monday to curb COVID-19

Earlier, Health Minister Roman Prymula said the government would call the state of emergency for 30 days, and at least for the first two weeks would limit gatherings to 20 people.

Published 30 Sep, 2020 07:41pm

Europe

Poland's powerbroker Kaczynski joins govt as deputy PM

The PiS risked leading a minority government or snap elections after coalition MPs broke ranks last week over the adoption of a controversial animal rights bill.

Published 30 Sep, 2020 07:39pm

Africa

Kenya inflation slows to 4.20pc in year to September

Inflation has stayed within the government's preferred band of 2.5-7.5pc , giving policymakers flexibility while setting lending rates during the coronavirus crisis.

Published 30 Sep, 2020 07:39pm

Middle East

Kuwait's late emir buried after his successor is sworn in

Sheikh Sabah, who ruled the oil-rich nation for 14 years, died on Tuesday after undergoing treatment in hospital in Minnesota from July.

Published 30 Sep, 2020 07:36pm

USA

US Treasury's Mnuchin 'hopeful' for coronavirus aid compromise with Democrats

Mnuchin told a CNBC investor conference that he is continuing recently revived talks with House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and said he thinks they can "reach a reasonable compromise."

Published 30 Sep, 2020 07:32pm

Europe

Chile unemployment drops to 12.9pc, remains near decade-long high

The improvement in the unemployment rate beat market expectations, but remained above the same period the previous year.

Published 30 Sep, 2020 07:31pm

Middle East

Saudi government expects inflation to hit 3.7pc after VAT hike

The government expects inflation to hit 2.9pc in 2021, the document showed.

Published 30 Sep, 2020 07:26pm

Europe

Jordan reports 1,767 COVID-19 cases in highest daily tally since outbreak

The country's total number of confirmed infections now stands at 11,816 with 61 deaths since the first case surfaced in early March, Saad Jaber said in a statement.

Published 30 Sep, 2020 07:25pm

World

Political polarisation have made Americans more accepting of anti-democratic behavior, warns report

What if a respected politician, one with unanimously accepted positions on a wide range of issues, does or says something antidemocratic? Will that have any impact on the voting patterns and electoral behavior?

Updated 30 Sep, 2020 07:52pm

South Asia

Philippines records 2,426 new coronavirus cases, 58 deaths

In a bulletin, the ministry said total confirmed cases had increased to 311,694, nearly a third of which were reported in September alone, while deaths had reached 5,504.

Published 30 Sep, 2020 04:52pm

Asia

Indonesia reports 4,284 new coronavirus cases, 139 deaths

There were also 139 additional coronavirus-related deaths reported, taking the total number of fatalities to 10,740.

Published 30 Sep, 2020 04:44pm

Europe

Turkey will provide support if Azerbaijan requests it: foreign minister

Fighting between Azerbaijan and ethnic Armenian forces entered a fourth day on Wednesday in the biggest eruption of their decades-old conflict since a 1994 ceasefire.

Published 30 Sep, 2020 04:38pm

Europe

Merkel: Germany can avoid second coronavirus lockdown

The country reported 2,089 new coronavirus cases on Tuesday, bringing the total to 287,421, with 9,471 fatalities, the Robert Koch Institute for infectious diseases said.

Published 30 Sep, 2020 04:28pm

Europe

Belgium's coronavirus death toll crosses 10,000

The country of 11 million people recorded, on average, 1,550 new infections per day over the past week, up from about 80 a day in early July.

Published 30 Sep, 2020 04:25pm

Europe

Slovakia reports its largest single-day count of new COVID-19 cases

The central European country of 5.5 million people has one of Europe's lowest death tolls from the disease and kept case numbers low during an initial wave in March and April.

Published 30 Sep, 2020 04:10pm

Asia

India receives above average monsoon rains for second straight year

The extra June-September rainfall will help farmers expand areas under winter-sown crops such as wheat, rice, rapeseed and chickpeas, improving their earnings down the line.

Published 30 Sep, 2020 04:00pm

Europe

Russia to ban exports of some types of timber from 2022

Putin also called for effective and consistent management of forests and for a tough crackdown on criminality in the logging industry.

Published 30 Sep, 2020 03:56pm

Europe

Poland reports 1,552 new coronavirus cases

Poland announced new restrictions on Tuesday, saying restaurants and bars would have to close at 10 p.m. at the latest in areas worst affected by virus.

Published 30 Sep, 2020 03:47pm

Asia

Hong Kong Open postponed due to COVID-19 pandemic

The event, which is organised by the European and Asian Tours, was due to be held at the Hong Kong Golf Club at the end of November.

Published 30 Sep, 2020 03:44pm

Europe

Czech gov't plans state of emergency to impose stricter COVID-19 curbs

The country of 10.7 million reported 1,965 new coronavirus cases on Tuesday, the fourth straight day below 2,000 after a recent surge, Health Ministry data showed on Wednesday.

Published 30 Sep, 2020 03:25pm

Europe

Russian healthcare system prepared to handle any worsening in COVID-19 situation

Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said Russia had learned lessons from the first wave and saluted what he described as the titanic efforts of the country's federal and regional governments.

Published 30 Sep, 2020 03:19pm

World

Worldwide coronavirus deaths cross 1mn, cases exceed 33.63mn

Infections have been reported in more than 210 countries and territories since the first cases were identified in China in December 2019.

Published 30 Sep, 2020 03:08pm

World

WHO praises Pakistan once again for fighting COVID-19, saving economy

WHO chief said country deployed infrastructure built up over many years for polio to coronavirus.

Published 30 Sep, 2020 01:02pm

World

Indian court acquits all 32 accused in Babri Mosque demolition case

The acquitted includes two former presidents of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) L. K. Advani and Murli Manohar Joshi.

Published 30 Sep, 2020 12:51pm

World

Joe Biden drops 'InshaAllah' during first debate with Donald Trump

When Trump said he will release his taxes, Biden interrupted him asking 'when?' InshaAllah?'

Updated 30 Sep, 2020 11:32am

World

'Will you shut up, man?' - quotes from the first Trump-Biden debate

Biden, told by Trump he had adopted former Democratic presidential rival Bernie Sanders’ “socialized medicine” proposals, said of the president: “Everybody here knows he’s a liar. ... You picked the wrong guy on the wrong night at the wrong time.”

Published 30 Sep, 2020 10:34am

World

Boost for vaccine doses planned for poor as virus rages on

UN Secretary-General said that "responsible leadership matters" in steering the world through the pandemic.

Published 30 Sep, 2020 03:22am

South Asia

Roadside bomb kills 14 in Afghanistan

KABUL: At least 14 civilians, including women and children, were killed Tuesday by a roadside bomb in central...