News Archives for World - 2021-07-28

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USA

US goods trade deficit widens; inventories rise

Goods trade deficit increases 3.5% in June
Wholesale inventories rise 0.8%; retail stocks up 0.3%

Published 28 Jul, 2021 08:08pm

USA

Canada's annual inflation rate slows but remains above Bank of Canada target

Earlier this month, the Bank of Canada said inflation was expected to remain at or above 3% - the top of the bank's 1%-3% control range - through the rest of 2021, easing back to the 2% target by 2022.

Published 28 Jul, 2021 07:22pm

World

China recommends tracing Covid-19 origin in multiple countries

Says Covid-19 origin tracing is a scientific issue and should not be politicised

Published 28 Jul, 2021 06:41pm

World

China says Taliban expected to play 'important' Afghan peace role

Nine Taliban representatives have met Foreign Minister Wang Yi in the northern Chinese city of Tianjin on a two-day visit

Published 28 Jul, 2021 04:57pm

Europe

AstraZeneca finds small clot risk after 1st COVID shot, less after 2nd

The EU drug regulator in May advised against a second AstraZeneca shot for people reporting TTS after the first

Published 28 Jul, 2021 02:22pm

Europe

UK to offer 817,000 COVID vaccines to Kenya

The 9 million shots is the first tranche of the UK's commitment to share 100 million vaccine doses internationally by next June

Published 28 Jul, 2021 02:21pm

Asia

Eighteen killed in India as truck slams into overcrowded bus

At least 10 people were injured and sent to the state capital of Lucknow for treatment, he said

Published 28 Jul, 2021 11:57am

Europe

UK's Johnson is talking with US on COVID travel corridor

We want people to be able to come from the US freely in a way that they normally do

Published 28 Jul, 2021 11:51am

Europe

UK PM Johnson urges London mayor to get tough with crime gangs

Johnson said London police chief Cressida Dick was a formidable officer but that a decision on renewing her contract was for the London mayor and Home Secretary Priti Patel

Published 28 Jul, 2021 11:42am

USA

US tells vaccinated people in high Covid risk areas to mask again

Forty-nine percent of the US population is fully vaccinated, but the vaccination rate is heavily skewed towards politically liberal parts of the country

Published 28 Jul, 2021 10:19am

Africa

Conflict 'behind us', Ivory Coast's Ouattara says after greeting rival

Gbagbo, for his part, called for the release of prisoners held since the crisis, which was sparked by his refusal to accept defeat at the ballot box to Ouattara

Published 28 Jul, 2021 10:14am

Asia

Tropical storm makes landfall in northern Japan

Japan's typhoon season runs from around May to October, peaking in August and September

Published 28 Jul, 2021 10:11am

Europe

Macron promises transparency over French Polynesia nuclear tests

The tests were conducted from 1966 to 1996 as France developed nuclear weapons

Published 28 Jul, 2021 10:07am

World

Sydney lockdown extended by four weeks as virus outbreak grows

Australia's biggest city had been due to exit five weeks of lockdown on July 30

Published 28 Jul, 2021 10:05am

Middle East

'Wounded soul': Beirut blast haunts scarred survivors

The latest extraction was a centimetre-long sliver above his knee pit

Published 28 Jul, 2021 09:58am

Middle East

US moves to shield secrets in Saudi spy case in Canada

The legal drama exposes the power plays within the secretive royal family

Published 28 Jul, 2021 09:58am

World

‘Success story’: Bhutan vaccinates most of population after donations

THIMPU (Bhutan): Bhutan has inoculated most of its eligible population with second doses of Covid-19 vaccinations in...