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World - 2021-01-26
UK passes 100,000 COVID deaths
Europe

UK passes 100,000 COVID deaths

  • The death toll in Britain from the coronavirus pandemic passed 100,000 people on Tuesday as the government battled to speed up vaccination delivery and keep variants of the virus at bay.
  • Britain has the world’s fifth highest toll from COVID-19 and reported a further 1,631 deaths and 20,089 cases on Tuesday.
Published 26 Jan, 2021 10:57pm
Vaccine concerns divide nations at Davos
Europe

Vaccine concerns divide nations at Davos

  • The Commission is demanding answers from British-Swedish group AstraZeneca and US company Pfizer about delays both have announced to their deliveries to the European Union.
Published 26 Jan, 2021 09:23pm
IMF cuts Britain's 2021 growth outlook after COVID surge
Europe

IMF cuts Britain's 2021 growth outlook after COVID surge

  • The IMF was slightly more optimistic than in its last set of forecasts in October, upgrading the outlook for global growth in 2021 by 0.3 percentage points to 5.5%.
  • The IMF estimates Britain was the worst-hit of the world's seven largest advanced economies last year, suffering a 10.0% decline in output.
Published 26 Jan, 2021 08:48pm
House Democrats deliver Trump impeachment charge to Senate
USA

House Democrats deliver Trump impeachment charge to Senate

  • he U.S. House of Representatives delivered to the Senate on Monday a charge that former President Donald Trump incited insurrection in a speech to supporters before the deadly attack on the Capitol.
  • Trump, a Republican, is the only U.S. president to have been impeached by the House twice and is set to become the first to face trial after leaving office. His term ended last Wednesday.
Published 26 Jan, 2021 08:24pm
Italy PM tenders resignation: president
Europe

Italy PM tenders resignation: president

  • Conte is expected to seek a new mandate for what would be his third consecutive government in three years, but this depends on his ability to expand his parliamentary majority.
Published 26 Jan, 2021 08:20pm
Iran urges Biden to lift sanctions affecting medicines as it fights COVID-19
South Asia

Iran urges Biden to lift sanctions affecting medicines as it fights COVID-19

  • Tehran also said it had approved Russia's Sputnik V coronavirus vaccine for domestic use, and that it was trying to buy vaccines from AstraZeneca and other companies.
  • He also threatened that Iran would block short-notice inspections of Iran's nuclear facilities by the United Nations atomic agency if Washington did not lift sanctions.
Published 26 Jan, 2021 07:55pm
Expected rise in 2021 US restaurant sales not enough to offset pandemic losses: report
USA

Expected rise in 2021 US restaurant sales not enough to offset pandemic losses: report

  • Sales for the hard-hit industry fell nearly 24% in 2020 to $659 billion from $864.3 billion the year before, according to the National Restaurant Association's report.
  • Of those closed permanently, many were neighborhood fixtures. The majority had been open for 16 years on average, and 16% had been in business for at least 30 years.
Published 26 Jan, 2021 07:41pm
Saudi economy forecast to grow 2.6pc this year: IMF
Middle East

Saudi economy forecast to grow 2.6pc this year: IMF

  • Saudi Arabia itself has estimated its economy could swing back to growth of 3.2% this year after a 3.7% contraction in 2020.
  • The IMF said that multiple vaccine approvals and the launch of vaccinations in some countries in December had boosted hopes of an eventual end to the pandemic.
Published 26 Jan, 2021 07:35pm
Merkel hopes to step up work on digital tax with Biden administration
Europe

Merkel hopes to step up work on digital tax with Biden administration

  • I hope that with the new American administration we can now continue and intensify the work of the OECD on the minimum taxation of digital companies.
  • She added that she hoped "that we will succeed in once again anchoring the central role of competition law globally and preventing the emergence of monopolies."
Published 26 Jan, 2021 07:25pm
Tunisian protesters gather at parliament
Middle East

Tunisian protesters gather at parliament

  • The government that only uses police to protect itself from the people - it has no more legitimacy.
  • In parliament, Prime Minister Hichem Mechichi proposed a new cabinet, a move President Kais Saied had on Monday rejected as unconstitutional.
Published 26 Jan, 2021 07:08pm
Britain is confident of COVID-19 vaccine supplies
Europe

Britain is confident of COVID-19 vaccine supplies

  • We continue to work closely with our suppliers and ... we are confident of our supplies.
  • We continue to vaccinate hundreds of thousands of people per day and we will continue to roll out the vaccination programme throughout this month and next month.
Published 26 Jan, 2021 07:00pm
WHO issues new clinical advice on treating COVID-19 patients
Europe

WHO issues new clinical advice on treating COVID-19 patients

  • The other things in the guidance that are new are that COVID-19 patients at home should have the use of pulse oximetry.
  • The WHO advised clinicians to put patients into the awake prone position, on their front, shown to improve the oxygen flow, she said.
Published 26 Jan, 2021 06:06pm
UK sells arms to 80% of countries under restrictions: Report
Europe

UK sells arms to 80% of countries under restrictions: Report

  • British officials have approved the sale of arms to nearly four-fifths of countries subject to arms embargos, sanctions and other restrictions, over the past five years.
  • The United Kingdom has exported military hardware to 58 countries, out of 73 listed as subject to restrictions by the Department for International Trade, including Pakistan, Kenya and China.
Updated 26 Jan, 2021 07:27pm
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