News Archives for World - 2021-06-14

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World

EXCLUSIVE NATO approaches Qatar to seek training base for Afghan forces after withdrawal

"We are holding talks to earmark a base in Qatar to create an exclusive training ground for senior members of the Afghan forces," said a senior Western security official in Kabul.

Published 14 Jun, 2021 11:39pm

World

US will not support Afghanistan forces with airstrikes after troop withdrawal, reports VOA

CENTCOM head says such an endeavor will only be pursued when attack plans have been discovered to strike US or its allies

Updated 15 Jun, 2021 12:30am

Europe

Erdogan says he discussed Turkey's Russian missiles with Biden

At a press conference on the sidelines of a NATO summit in Brussels, Erdogan said the meeting with Biden was positive for the future. Biden told him he might come to Turkey, he added.

Updated 14 Jun, 2021 11:44pm

World

Pakistan elected as regular member of the governing body of the International Labour Organization

Becomes one of four newly-elected regular members from Asia-Pacific Group for the 2021-2024 term

Published 14 Jun, 2021 07:49pm

World

Saudi Arabia allows women to register for Hajj without male guardian

Has limited this year’s pilgrimage to only its citizens

Published 14 Jun, 2021 07:47pm

Africa

Zambia's former president Kaunda hospitalised: official

Kaunda ruled Zambia for 27 years, taking the helm after the country gained independence from Britain in October 1964.

Published 14 Jun, 2021 07:34pm

USA

US Supreme Court revives LinkedIn bid to shield personal data

The justices threw out a lower court ruling that had barred LinkedIn from denying hiQ access to the information that LinkedIn members had made publicly available.
LinkedIn, which has more than 750 million members, told hiQ in 2017 to stop scraping LinkedIn's public profiles or face liability under the anti-hacking law.

Published 14 Jun, 2021 07:16pm

South Asia

Philippines extends military deal with US: foreign minister

The two countries held scaled-down joint drills in April, after last year's war games were cancelled due to Covid-19.

Published 14 Jun, 2021 07:09pm

South Asia

Taj Mahal to reopen as India eases Covid-19 restrictions

The Taj Mahal is in the northern state of Uttar Pradesh, which was badly hit during the massive wave of infections and deaths.

Published 14 Jun, 2021 06:48pm

South Asia

India's May retail inflation picks up to 6.30pc y/y, highest in six months

The Reserve Bank of India earlier this month warned that high energy prices could stoke inflation while cutting the growth forecast to 9.5% from 10.5% for the current fiscal year beginning April.
Annual retail inflation rose 6.30% year-on-year, up from 4.29% in April. Analysts had forecast retail inflation at 5.30%.

Updated 14 Jun, 2021 07:07pm

Europe

Ahead of summit, Putin denies Russia cyberattacks on US

US companies, including a major fuel pipeline network, have been hit by cyberattacks in recent months, often forcing temporary shutdowns until ransoms are paid.

Updated 14 Jun, 2021 06:49pm

Africa

Egypt upholds death penalty for 12 Brotherhood members: judicial sources

Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood held power briefly for a year before their military ouster in 2013.

Published 14 Jun, 2021 06:10pm

Europe

Ukraine leader says Biden should have met him before Putin summit

The 43-year-old leader spoke to journalists as the US and Russian presidents prepare to hold their first summit meeting in Geneva on Wednesday.

Published 14 Jun, 2021 06:08pm

Europe

Biden says defence of Europe a ‘sacred obligation’

Biden arrives at NATO after G7 summit.
Tough NATO message on China follows G7 criticism.
China says West should not meddle in its affairs.
NATO also to discuss relations with Russia.

Published 14 Jun, 2021 05:56pm

Africa

World Bank approves $250mn loan to support Botswana's economic recovery

Botswana has registered relatively few cases, but lockdown restrictions disrupted economic activities and caused loss of income in key sectors such as diamond mining and sales.
The pandemic led to a real gross domestic product (GDP) contraction of 7.9% in Botswana in 2020 - the largest in the country's history.

Published 14 Jun, 2021 05:51pm

South Asia

Man with 39 wives dies in India

Aged 76, he leaves behind at least 127 children and grandchildren

Published 14 Jun, 2021 05:36pm

South Asia

Myanmar's Aung San Suu Kyi goes on trial

Suu Kyi, 75, faces a slew of charges since being overthrown by the army in a Feb. 1 coup that cut short a decade of tentative democratic reforms and has plunged the Southeast Asian country into chaos.
She also faces charges of incitement - with hearings set for Tuesday - and more serious charges of violating the Official Secrets Act and under the Anti-Corruption Law.

Published 14 Jun, 2021 05:26pm

USA

Brazil 2021 inflation, GDP and interest rate forecasts surge to new highs: survey

The median forecast for 2021 inflation from more than 100 economists in the central bank's weekly FOCUS survey jumped to 5.8% from 5.4%, more than two percentage points above the bank's year-end goal of 3.75% and well above the 5.25% upper limit of its wider range.

Published 14 Jun, 2021 05:22pm

South Asia

Junta trial of Myanmar's Suu Kyi gets underway

A mass uprising has been met with a brutal military crackdown that has killed more than 850 civilians, according to a local monitoring group.

Updated 14 Jun, 2021 05:38pm

World

Biden rallies NATO against 'new challenges' from Russia, China

"We have Russia that is not acting in a way that is consistent with what we had hoped, as well as China," he said.

Published 14 Jun, 2021 04:47pm

World

German president to visit Israel under new govt

Steinmeier aims to "honour and strengthen the friendship and special partnership between Germany and Israel".

Published 14 Jun, 2021 04:37pm

Middle East

Bodies of 25 migrants recovered off Yemen after boat capsized: official

"We found 25 bodies of Africans who drowned when a boat carrying dozens of them sank off the Yemeni shores," said one of the fishermen.

Published 14 Jun, 2021 04:32pm

Middle East

Iran's navy receives two new warships

It has the capacity to "cover long distances" and is equipped to "destroy all aerial threats", along with underwater threats.

Published 14 Jun, 2021 04:32pm

South Asia

US journalist detained in Myanmar released: lawyer

Maung had faced charges under a colonial-era law that criminalises encouraging dissent against the military, she added.

Published 14 Jun, 2021 03:47pm

Europe

Britain set to delay full lifting of virus restrictions

Johnson is due to announce the government's next step of its roadmap out of stay-at-home measures, after easing began in March.

Published 14 Jun, 2021 03:33pm

Europe

Putin expects 'constructive' cooperation with new Israeli PM

Their alliance ended Netanyahu's 12 years in power.

Published 14 Jun, 2021 01:47pm

Europe

UK's Johnson set to announce delay to end of COVID restrictions

Foreign minister Dominic Raab said the critical issue was data on the link between transmission of the virus and hospitalisations.

Published 14 Jun, 2021 01:07pm

Europe

NATO welcomes Biden in 'pivotal' post-Trump summit

A pledge to make NATO militaries carbon-neutral by 2050 is also expected.

Published 14 Jun, 2021 12:48pm

Asia

China reports 23 new coronavirus cases on June 13

China also reported 24 new asymptomatic infections, versus 18 a day earlier.

Published 14 Jun, 2021 12:37pm

Europe

Germany's confirmed coronavirus cases rise by 549

The reported death toll rose by 10 to 89,844, the tally showed.

Published 14 Jun, 2021 12:20pm

Asia

India reports 70,421 new COVID-19 infections, 3,921 deaths

The South Asian country's total COVID-19 case load now stands at 29.51 million.

Published 14 Jun, 2021 12:11pm

Asia

Suu Kyi's trial set to start in Myanmar, junta rejects UN rights chief's statement

The junta has branded a rival National Unity Government set up by supporters of Suu Kyi as a terrorist group and blamed it for bombings, arson and killings.

Published 14 Jun, 2021 12:07pm

Africa

Algeria awaits results after voters snub election

Two prominent journalists detained on the eve of the election and released Saturday, Khaled Drareni and Ihsane El Kadi, condemned their "arbitrary" arrests.

Published 14 Jun, 2021 11:43am

USA

Judge dismisses vaccine lawsuit from Texas hospital workers

Across the United States, more than 173 million people -- over 50 percent of the population -- have received at least one dose of a Covid-19 vaccine so far.

Published 14 Jun, 2021 11:41am

USA

Biden to rebuild 'sacred' NATO bond shaken by Trump

And he clashed publicly with counterparts the last time leaders met in 2019, before abruptly heading home early.

Published 14 Jun, 2021 11:12am

World

Pacific islanders likely found Antarctica first: study

The study said that Maori carving and weaving also supported accounts of early Antarctic exploration.

Published 14 Jun, 2021 11:07am

Asia

Key facts about Iran's June 18 presidential vote

An elected council of vetted clerics, the Assembly of Experts oversees the work of the supreme leader.

Published 14 Jun, 2021 11:01am

World

New Zealand to apologise for 'racist' historic police raids

Sio fought back tears as he described his own family's experiences.

Published 14 Jun, 2021 10:35am

Asia

China slams G7 'manipulation' after Xinjiang, Hong Kong criticism

The coronavirus first emerged in central China in late 2019, and the World Health Organization sent a team of international experts in January to probe its origins.

Published 14 Jun, 2021 10:28am

Europe

For Putin, Biden summit is all about respect

With cooperation off the table, observers say, Biden and Putin will be happy to settle for moves towards a more predictable form of confrontation.

Published 14 Jun, 2021 10:26am

World

New UK news channel fends off claims it will be a British Fox

LONDON: GB News — the first dedicated television news channel to launch in Britain in more than two decades —...