News Archives for World - 2021-06-28

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Europe

Italy reports 28 coronavirus deaths on Monday, 389 new cases

The number of patients in hospital with COVID-19 - not including those in intensive care - stood at 1,723 on Monday, down from 1,743 a day earlier.

Updated 29 Jun, 2021 12:09am

USA

US Covid cases hit new plateau as Delta variant rises

The seven-day-average of new daily cases has hovered at around 11,500 since June 16.

Updated 28 Jun, 2021 09:48pm

South Asia

Hong Kong bans flights from UK over Delta Covid variant

The UK would now be designated in the "extremely high-risk" category of countries, it added, the most severe rating the city has for pandemic travel.

Updated 28 Jun, 2021 07:56pm

Europe

Britain on course to lift COVID restrictions on July 19, Johnson says

Johnson had hoped to unlock Britain's economy last week.

Published 28 Jun, 2021 05:36pm

Europe

Moscow posts record daily Covid deaths

Covid-19 infections have been surging in Russia for weeks, blamed on the highly transmissible Delta variant first identified in India.

Published 28 Jun, 2021 05:15pm

World

Ukraine, US launch Black Sea drills after warship incident

The exercises will last two weeks and involve around 30 ships, including the missile destroyer USS Ross.

Published 28 Jun, 2021 05:00pm

Middle East

US presses allies to bring back IS fighters

"This situation is simply untenable. It just can't persist indefinitely," Blinken said.

Published 28 Jun, 2021 04:59pm

World

Coronavirus toll at 1000 GMT Monday

At least 181,026,780 cases of coronavirus have been registered.

Published 28 Jun, 2021 04:57pm

World

Delayed doses of AstraZeneca jab boost immunity: study

"There is an excellent response to a second dose, even after a 10-month delay from the first."

Published 28 Jun, 2021 04:54pm

Africa

South African top court to rule Tuesday on Zuma defiance

Zuma is accused of enabling the plunder of state coffers during his nearly nine-year stay in office.

Published 28 Jun, 2021 04:52pm

Middle East

Iran says 'no decision' taken to erase nuclear site tapes

"No decision has been taken on the deletion of the data" recorded by the IAEA cameras, said Iranian foreign ministry spokesman Saeed Khatibzadeh.
"I insist that no negative or positive decision regarding the cameras and the previous agreement with the agency has been taken," Khatibzadeh said on Monday.

Published 28 Jun, 2021 01:49pm

World

Swedish PM Lofven resigns in wake of no-confidence vote

He had until midnight tonight to find fresh backing in parliament, enabling him hand over the job of finding a new government to the speaker with the expectation of being reappointed, or to call a snap election.
The centre-left and centre-right blocs are now evenly balanced in parliament and opinion polls show a general election might not change the picture.

Published 28 Jun, 2021 01:40pm

Europe

Ukraine, US to start Black Sea military drills despite Russian protest

Russia's embassy in Washington called last week for the drills to be cancelled, and the Russian defence ministry said it would react if necessary to protect its own national security.
Relations between Kyiv and Moscow plummeted after Russia seized Crimea and over Russia's support for a separatist rebellion in eastern Ukraine.

Updated 28 Jun, 2021 01:30pm

South Asia

Sydney lockdown seen slicing 0.1% off Australia's GDP

"The outbreak clearly highlights that until the vaccine rollout is completed the pandemic will remain a source of downside risk," Sean Langcake.

Published 28 Jun, 2021 10:46am

South Asia

Hong Kong home prices rise for fifth straight month in May

An index of home prices rose 0.6% last month, according to the data, compared to a revised 0.4% gain in April. The index has climbed 3.6% so far this year, and is off just 0.8% from its all-time high hit in May 2019.

Published 28 Jun, 2021 10:44am

Middle East

More infectious COVID-19 variants account for most UAE cases

On Saturday, the UAE recorded 10 deaths, its highest single daily toll since March, according to the Reuters COVID-19 tracker.
The Beta variant, first detected in South Africa, is the most dominant variant in the UAE, accounting for 39.2% of cases, it said.

Published 28 Jun, 2021 10:37am

Middle East

Palestinian labour minister quits amid anti-govt protests

RAMALLAH, (Palestinian Territories): The labour minister in the Palestinian Authority resigned Sunday, a member of...