News Archives for World - 2021-06-04

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Europe

Erdogan says Turkey discovered 135 bcm additional natural gas in Black Sea

Turkey's Fatih drill ship discovered 405 bcm of natural gas in the western Black Sea region's Sakarya field, in the country's biggest discovery.

Published 04 Jun, 2021 10:45pm

World

Russia expects WHO to approve Sputnik V vaccine within 2 months

WHO has been provided with all basic existing information on the vaccine

Published 04 Jun, 2021 10:29pm

World

Facebook suspends former US President Trump's account until 2023

Facebook has announced changes to how it will treat rule-breaking world leaders in the future

Published 04 Jun, 2021 10:25pm

Europe

Switzerland approves Pfizer/BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine for 12-15 year olds

"Swissmedic has carefully examined the indication-extension application submitted by Pfizer," the regulator said in a statement, after giving the shot temporary ordinary authorisation for 12- to 15-year-olds.

Published 04 Jun, 2021 08:59pm

Africa

COVAX hopes to deliver delayed AstraZeneca shots to Africa in June, July

"We are working hard with AstraZeneca and with our scheduling and we are about to reschedule about 16 million doses to try and cover those second doses" to be shipped out in late June and early July, he said.

Published 04 Jun, 2021 08:56pm

Europe

Facebook's Marketplace in EU, UK antitrust crosshairs

EU, UK launch competition investigations.
Probes looking at competition with advertisers.
Facebook says they are without merit.

Published 04 Jun, 2021 07:40pm

USA

US job growth picks up in May; unemployment rate falls to 5.8pc

Nonfarm payrolls increased by 559,000 jobs last month, the Labor Department said in its closely watched employment report on Friday.
A worker shortage blamed on childcare complications, generous unemployment checks and lingering fears over COVID-19 sharply restrained hiring. There are a record 8.1 million job openings.

Published 04 Jun, 2021 07:40pm

Europe

Global airline body blasts EU safety regulator over Belarus ban

"This is a retrograde and disappointing development," Walsh said in a statement issued by the International Air Transport Association, which counts most of the world's major airlines among its 293 members.

Published 04 Jun, 2021 07:16pm

USA

Canada loses more jobs than expected in May as lockdowns weigh

"The weakness was driven by ongoing restrictions in May," said Doug Porter, chief economist at BMO Capital Markets. "I would point out that almost all the declines were in part-time jobs, which is one mildly encouraging feature here."

Published 04 Jun, 2021 07:02pm

World

EU opens antitrust probe into Facebook over advertisers' data

Britain's competition regulator is also investigating Facebook to determine whether the network is abusing its dominant position in social media

Published 04 Jun, 2021 03:28pm

USA

Fauci calls on China to release medical records of Wuhan lab workers

The origin of the virus is hotly contested, with US intelligence agencies still examining reports that researchers at a Chinese virology laboratory in Wuhan were seriously ill in 2019 a month before the first COVID-19 cases were reported.

Published 04 Jun, 2021 10:23am

World

No evidence mystery UFOs are alien spacecraft, report finds: NY Times

The Pentagon last year released videos taken by US Navy pilots showing in-flight encounters with the unusual aircraft.

Published 04 Jun, 2021 10:16am

USA

US may have seen massive rehiring in May despite labor troubles

However, continued fears of the virus, the availability of generous government unemployment benefits in some states and workers' continued difficulties accessing childcare, public transportation and education have created labor shortages.

Published 04 Jun, 2021 10:14am

Asia

India's scammers profit from Covid misery

In another case, a gang repainted fire extinguishers and sold them as oxygen cylinders, while another posed as doctors offering non-existent hospital beds.

Published 04 Jun, 2021 10:12am

World

Pedro Castillo, rural teacher with a shot at Peru's presidency

He had not ranked among the top five choices in opinion polls ahead of a first voting round contested by a record 18 candidates.

Published 04 Jun, 2021 10:09am

World

Clown helps Mumbai kids fight Covid

He spends around 15,000 rupees ($205) -- a third of his monthly salary -- on buying costumes, make-up supplies and sanitation equipment.

Published 04 Jun, 2021 10:05am

World

Japan donates more than 1 million AstraZeneca jabs to Taiwan

"We have received requests from various countries and areas for the provision of vaccines," Toshimitsu Motegi told reporters in Tokyo.

Published 04 Jun, 2021 10:04am

World

US condemns 'escalatory' Chinese military flights off Malaysia and Taiwan

Faced with dramatically improved Chinese military capabilities, Wilsbach also said the US Air Force was looking to cycle assets around the region and away from large bases, to make them more difficult to target.

Published 04 Jun, 2021 10:00am

Asia

International experts deployed for Sri Lanka oil spill

Sri Lankan authorities believe the fire was caused by a nitric acid leak which the crew apparently knew about nine days before the blaze started.

Published 04 Jun, 2021 09:59am

World

Biden order bans investment in dozens of Chinese defense and tech firms

The order prevents U.S. investment from supporting the Chinese military-industrial complex, as well as military, intelligence, and security research and development programs, Biden said in the order.

Published 04 Jun, 2021 09:21am

World

Papers reveal UK royals' ban on 'coloured' office staff

LONDON: Senior aides to Queen Elizabeth II barred the hiring of "coloured immigrants or foreigners" in office roles...