News Archives for World - 2021-07-09

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USA

Canada adds 230,700 jobs in June, unemployment falls to 7.8pc

The country added 230,700 jobs in June, beating analyst expectations of 195,000, as public health restrictions were eased in several regions of the country, Statscan said. The unemployment rate was 7.8%, just short of expectations of 7.7%.

Published 09 Jul, 2021 06:12pm

South Asia

Taliban capture border crossing with Turkmenistan

KABUL: The Taliban said Friday they had captured Afghanistan's key border crossing with Turkmenistan, as the...

Published 09 Jul, 2021 05:43pm

USA

Biden's executive order to promote competition in the US economy includes over 70 initiatives

"Inadequate competition holds back economic growth and innovation," the White House fact sheet said. "The rate of new business formation has fallen by almost 50% since the 1970s as large businesses make it harder for Americans with good ideas to break into markets."

Published 09 Jul, 2021 05:21pm

Europe

G20 finance chiefs in Venice back global tax deal: draft

Draft shows G20 backing for global tax deal.
G20 to urge hold-out nations to join.
Call for financial stability to be ensured.

Updated 09 Jul, 2021 05:20pm

South Asia

Taliban says controls 85 percent of Afghan territory

Group's claims cannot be independently verified, but Taliban negotiator Shahabuddin Delawar says '85 percent of Afghanistan's territory' is under the group's control, including some 250 of the country's 398 districts

Updated 09 Jul, 2021 05:24pm

South Asia

US donation of 1.4mn COVID-19 vaccine doses arrives in Afghanistan

A second shipment of vaccines donated by the United States through the COVAX global sharing program will bring the total to 3.3 million doses, UNICEF said.
"These vaccines arrive at a critical time for Afghanistan as the country faces a difficult surge in COVID-19 infections," said UNICEF.

Updated 09 Jul, 2021 05:08pm

World

Nile dam deal between Egypt, Ethiopia and Sudan is possible, UN says

The Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) has drawn the ire of Egypt and Sudan since construction began in 2011, with both fearing for their water resources

Published 09 Jul, 2021 03:20pm

Asia

Zika virus detected in India's Kerala state

A 24-year-old pregnant woman was found to be infected with the mosquito-borne disease and was undergoing treatment at a hospital in Thiruvananthapuram city

Updated 09 Jul, 2021 03:20pm

Europe

Italian fans must not travel to UK for Euro final-British minister

England face Italy on Sunday in the final at London's Wembley Stadium

Published 09 Jul, 2021 12:05pm

South Asia

At least 52 killed in Bangladesh factory fire

RUPGANJ: A massive blaze tore through a Bangladesh factory killing at least 52 people trapped by flames that forced...

Updated 09 Jul, 2021 05:32pm

Asia

Afghan Taliban say capture key border crossing with Iran

The port of Islam Qala is now under our full control and we will try to put it back in operation today, Zabihullah Mujahid

Published 09 Jul, 2021 11:39am

USA

Biden lost faith in the US mission in Afghanistan over a decade ago

On a trip to Kabul in January 2009, shortly before he was sworn in as vice president, Biden had warned Afghanistan's then-President Hamid Karzai that he could lose Washington's support

Updated 09 Jul, 2021 10:42am

Asia

South Korea to raise Covid-19 restrictions to highest level in capital

The country had previously been held up as a model of how to combat the pandemic

Published 09 Jul, 2021 09:54am

World

People living in famine-like conditions rose sixfold in 2020: Oxfam

The coronavirus pandemic has exacerbated existing crises sparked by conflict and climate change -- the "three lethal Cs" -- according to the group

Published 09 Jul, 2021 09:42am

World

Sydney tightens lockdown as Delta outbreak intensifies

Sydney is now in its third week of lockdown, but continues to post record new infections among a population that is overwhelmingly unvaccinated

Published 09 Jul, 2021 09:39am

USA

Pfizer pushes for 3rd shot as variant drives global outbreaks

This led the World Health Organization to warn that the world was at a "perilous point" as the official global death toll passed four million

Published 09 Jul, 2021 09:32am

Europe

EU parliament urges officials to skip Beijing Olympics

The European Parliament vote was another sign of souring ties between the EU and China

Published 09 Jul, 2021 09:28am

Africa

Riek Machar: Wily warlord with pivotal role in South Sudan's bloody history

Born in 1953 in the oil-producing state of Unity, Machar was the son of a chief and comes from the Nuer

Published 09 Jul, 2021 09:24am

World

Haiti police blame Colombian, US suspects in president's slaying

One day after Moise was killed and his wife Martine wounded by gunmen in their Port-au-Prince home

Published 09 Jul, 2021 09:09am

World

Red Crescent warns of 'inhuman' Syria aid route closure

ANKARA: The Turkish Red Crescent chief on Thursday denounced as "inhuman" a possible closure of a key aid route into...