News Archives for World - 2021-09-16

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Europe

Turkey logs 28,118 new COVID-19 cases as infections climb

ISTANBUL: Turkey logged 28,118 new COVID-19 cases on Thursday, health ministry data showed, declining slightly from ...

Updated 16 Sep, 2021 11:11pm

USA

US retail sales unexpectedly rise in August; weekly jobless claims climb

Retail sales rebounded despite an ongoing global shortage of microchips, which is forcing automakers to cut production, leading to a scarcity of inventory at showrooms

Published 16 Sep, 2021 06:08pm

Europe

Spain to add more than 80,000 jobs in September, minister says

More than 20,000 people left the national ERTE furlough programme in the first half of September

Published 16 Sep, 2021 05:33pm

South Asia

UN envoy meets Afghan interior minister Sirajuddin Haqqani

A UN envoy has met Afghanistan's new interior minister. The meeting between Deborah Lyons, head of the UN mission in...

Published 16 Sep, 2021 04:21pm

Europe

France suspends 3,000 unvaccinated health workers

PARIS: Thousands of health workers across France have been suspended without pay for failing to get vaccinated...

Published 16 Sep, 2021 03:19pm

South Asia

China fully vaccinates more than 1 billion people

BEIJING: China has fully vaccinated more than one billion people against the coronavirus -- 71 percent of its...

Updated 16 Sep, 2021 03:21pm

Europe

Putin says 'several dozen' people in his circle have coronavirus

MOSCOW: Russian President Vladimir Putin said Thursday that dozens of people in his entourage tested positive for ...

Published 16 Sep, 2021 12:15pm

South Asia

Afghan envoys marooned abroad after Taliban's sudden return

The Taliban's abrupt return to power has left hundreds of Afghan diplomats overseas in limbo: running out of money ...

Published 16 Sep, 2021 11:44am

World

'A fantasy' to think UN can fix Afghanistan, Guterres says

The United States spent $1 trillion, only to see the Afghan government and military it supported collapse ahead of a full withdrawal of US and other foreign forces in August

Published 16 Sep, 2021 11:42am

USA

US helped at least 36 citizens leave Afghanistan since August 31: State Dept

WASHINGTON: The United States has facilitated the departure of at least 36 US citizens and at least 24 lawful...

Published 16 Sep, 2021 09:09am

World

Taliban's Baradar says reports he was hurt in internal clash are false

Afghanistan's acting deputy prime minister Abdul Ghani Baradar appeared in a video interview posted on Wednesday to...

Updated 16 Sep, 2021 09:08am

South Asia

Philippines' Duterte will not cooperate with ICC drug war probe: lawyer

MANILA: Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte will not cooperate with the International Criminal Court's probe into...

Published 16 Sep, 2021 08:29am

South Asia

Two killed, dozens injured as shallow quake hits China's Sichuan province

BEIJING: Two people were killed and dozens injured when a shallow earthquake struck southwestern China in the early...

Published 16 Sep, 2021 08:27am

World

Top US general’s office pushes back on reported secret calls with China

WASHINGTON: The office of America’s top general on Wednesday pushed back against a report in a new book that he...