News Archives for World - 2021-05-27

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Europe

Germany plans to offer children aged 12-16 COVID-19 shots from June 7

"Children and adolescents can then apply for a vaccination appointment after the end of the prioritisation, knowing that the prioritisation will generally be lifted on June 7," she said.

Published 27 May, 2021 11:05pm

Europe

France reports 3,206 people in intensive care units with COVID-19

The health ministry also reported 142 new coronavirus deaths in hospitals.

Published 27 May, 2021 10:29pm

Europe

Germany's Merkel says we can't say the pandemic is over

"We must not forget that we are still living in the pandemic and that we cannot now say 'the pandemic is over'," Merkel told a news conference after meeting regional leaders.

Published 27 May, 2021 10:24pm

USA

Microsoft, Mastercard sign on to VP Harris's Central America strategy

The meeting will be attended by top executives from yogurt maker Chobani, food giant Nestle's Nespresso unit, financial companies Bancolombia and Davivienda as well as language-learning website Duolingo.
The US vice president's push to spur regional economic growth will focus on six areas.

Published 27 May, 2021 07:15pm

USA

Biden to push $6 trillion US budget for next fiscal year

Citing documents it had obtained, the Times said the Democratic president planned to pay for his agenda through increased taxes on corporations and high earners, and that the budget deficits would start to decrease in the 2030s.
"It just seems like the trillions keep on coming," Republican US Senator Shelley Moore Capito, who is leading a group of colleagues pursuing a counteroffer to Biden's current $1.7 trillion infrastructure proposal.

Published 27 May, 2021 07:13pm

USA

Brazil's unemployment hits historic high 14.7pc in the first quarter

The official unemployment rate rose from 13.9% in the three months through December, statistics agency IBGE said, in line with the median forecast in a Reuters poll of economists.
Unemployment rates tend to rise at the beginning of each year as people hired at the end of the previous year are dismissed. These layoffs in the first few months of the year put pressure on the job market.

Published 27 May, 2021 07:06pm

South Asia

India scraps local trials for COVID shots, says Pfizer vaccine could arrive by July

The world's second-most populous country this month recorded its highest monthly COVID-19 death toll since the pandemic began last year, accounting for just over a third of the overall total.
India reported 211,298 new infections on Thursday, the world's highest daily rise, but nearly half the daily infections it recorded earlier this month.

Published 27 May, 2021 06:55pm

Europe

Not enough data to back use of inhaled steroids for COVID-19: EU regulator

Scientists have been studying the benefits of several inflammation-fighting medicines to treat COVID-19, including some arthritis treatments and corticosteroids such as dexamethasone and budesonide.
An infection of the novel coronavirus can cause swelling in organs, including the lungs, which can also lead to severe complications.

Published 27 May, 2021 06:49pm

USA

US Republicans unveil $928 billion infrastructure counteroffer

The plan, from a group of six Republicans led by Senator Shelley Moore Capito, represents their counter-offer to a week-old $1.7 trillion White House proposal that slashed more than $500 billion from Biden's original $2.25 trillion plan in a bid to reach a bipartisan agreement.
"Senate Republicans continue to negotiate in good faith," Capito told a news conference. "There is a real hunger for bipartisanship in the United States Senate."

Published 27 May, 2021 06:33pm

USA

Mexico calls for 'urgent' meeting with US over air safety rating

"We have sent the FAA administrator a new statement by email requesting an urgent meeting with its auditors to jointly review, with our specialists, the evidence submitted," Deputy Transport Minister Carlos Alfonso Moran said in a statement issued late on Wednesday.

Published 27 May, 2021 06:27pm

World

Malaysia to procure 12.8mn more doses of Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine

The procurement brings the total amount of doses secured from the US and German drugmakers to 44.8 million, enough to cover 70% of Malaysia's population, Khairy said.

Published 27 May, 2021 02:30pm

World

Israel's attacks on Gaza may constitute 'war crimes': UN rights chief

"Despite Israel's claims that many of these buildings were hosting armed groups or being used for military purposes, we have not seen evidence in this regard," she said.

Published 27 May, 2021 02:27pm

World

World may breach 1.5C warming within 5 years: WMO

"It tells us once again that climate action to date is wholly insufficient and emissions need to be reduced urgently to zero to halt global warming."

Published 27 May, 2021 02:22pm

World

Khamenei urges Iranians to ignore calls to boycott presidential poll

Do not pay attention to those who are campaigning and saying it is useless to go to the polls and that one should not go to the polls.

Updated 27 May, 2021 02:21pm

World

Biden urges ceasefire in Ethiopia's Tigray, says rights abuses 'must end'

Some of the conflict's worst atrocities, including mass rapes and massacres, are believed that have left hundreds dead.

Published 27 May, 2021 11:51am

USA

Eight killed by employee in California rail yard mass shooting

Bomb squads were deployed after dogs detected "some type of explosives material at the crime scene," Davis said.

Published 27 May, 2021 11:34am

World

UN aviation body to meet over Belarus plane diversion

The ICAO has no power to impose sanctions. But European leaders this week agreed to cut air links with Belarus and told airlines to avoid the country's airspace.

Published 27 May, 2021 11:23am

World

UN takes new step towards international cybercrime treaty

Cyberspace is often a prolific theater for espionage, blackmail, misinformation and aggression, often at the initiative of states or other groups.

Published 27 May, 2021 11:19am

World

Indian priests pray for mercy from coronavirus 'Goddess'

8 "Even doctors are unable to deal with the enormity of the situation. So, we turn to faith and God as a last resort," Anandbharathi said.

Published 27 May, 2021 11:11am

Africa

Macron in Rwanda to turn page on post-genocide tensions

The president tweeted that as his flight took off for Kigali, he felt "a deep conviction: over the coming hours, together we will write a new chapter in our relations with Rwanda and Africa".

Published 27 May, 2021 11:02am

World

Millions in Australia's second city ordered into snap Covid lockdown

"If more people were vaccinated, we might be facing a very different set of circumstances than we are today. But sadly we are not," he said.

Published 27 May, 2021 10:59am

World

EU privacy groups set sights on facial recognition firm

And last year, tech firms including Microsoft and Amazon suspended sales of facial recognition software to police forces when confronted with 2020's Black Lives Matter movement.

Published 27 May, 2021 10:50am

World

Latest Indian cyclone kills five, thousands homeless

In Odisha hundreds of trees were uprooted, some bringing down power lines, relief official Pradeep Kumar Jena said.

Published 27 May, 2021 10:47am

World

Australian ambassador barred from China spy trial

"This is deeply regrettable, concerning and unsatisfying," Fletcher told media outside the courtroom afterwards.

Published 27 May, 2021 10:45am

World

Volcano warning sparks evacuation order, exodus in DR Congo

There were several potential problems linked to this, he explained, among them the "destabilisation of the volume of gas dissolved in Lake Kivu and the emission of potentially dangerous gases at the surface".

Published 27 May, 2021 10:37am

World

Biden looks abroad for electric vehicle metals, in blow to US miners

NEW YORK: US President Joe Biden will rely on ally countries to supply the bulk of the metals needed to build...