News Archives for World - 2021-10-04

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World - 2021-10-04

Europe

Pandora Papers revelations: EU must do more says Von der Leyen

HELSINKI: The European Union must do more to combat tax evasion and aggressive tax planning, EU Commission President...

Updated 04 Oct, 2021 11:52pm

World

Lowest global coronavirus death toll for 11 months

PARIS: The weekly number of coronavirus deaths worldwide has fallen to levels unseen for almost a year, according to...

Updated 04 Oct, 2021 08:55pm

South Asia

Displaced Afghans plead for aid as desperation grows

We calls on the international community and the UN to help us as soon as possible, says Nori

Published 04 Oct, 2021 06:32pm

Europe

UK unveils new pandemic support for workers

MANCHESTER: Britain's finance minister unveiled on Monday measures to help people find jobs after the government ...

Published 04 Oct, 2021 06:14pm

World

Swedish cartoonist who drew blasphemous sketches killed in car crash

STOCKHOLM: Swedish artist Lars Vilks, who stirred worldwide controversy in 2007 with blasphemous sketches of the ...

Published 04 Oct, 2021 06:13pm

South Asia

Church claims attack by Hindu mob in India

NEW DELHI: Some 200 men armed with rods and sticks stormed a church in northern India during Sunday prayer service,...

Updated 04 Oct, 2021 06:19pm

World

Recent winners of the Nobel Medicine Prize

STOCKHOLM: Here is a list of the winners of the Nobel Medicine Prize in the past 10 years: 2021: US duo David ...

Published 04 Oct, 2021 05:38pm

Middle East

Iran says foresees nuclear talks resuming by early November

TEHRAN: Iran foresees talks with world powers aimed at reviving its nuclear deal resuming by early November, foreign...

Published 04 Oct, 2021 05:38pm

Europe

Johnson says UK energy production to go 100% green by 2035

LONDON: Britain will aim to shift all of its energy production to renewable sources by the middle of the next ...

Published 04 Oct, 2021 05:24pm

Europe

Iran cannot set new conditions for resuming nuclear talks

Iranian foreign minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian's demands for assets worth 10 billion dollars to be released as a goodwill gesture

Published 04 Oct, 2021 04:34pm

USA

Biden struggles to secure his 'New Deal' to transform US economy

President Biden's "Build Back Better" agenda, the multi-trillion dollar jobs, infrastructure, and climate plan that's on thin ice in Congress now

Updated 04 Oct, 2021 04:34pm

Europe

Kremlin dismisses Pandora Papers as 'unsubstantiated'

MOSCOW: Russia on Monday dismissed revelations leaked in the Pandora Papers as "unsubstantiated claims" after an...

Published 04 Oct, 2021 04:04pm

Europe

World tourism surges in July, but falls short of pre-Covid levels

MADRID: World tourism surged in July, thanks to vaccination rollouts and fewer travel restrictions, but traveller...

Published 04 Oct, 2021 03:55pm

World

Coronavirus toll at 1000 GMT Monday

PARIS: The novel coronavirus has killed at least 4,798,207 people since the outbreak emerged in China in December...

Published 04 Oct, 2021 03:55pm

South Asia

Indian farmers to step up protests after eight killed in clashes

NEW DELHI: Farmers in India vowed on Monday to intensify their months-long protest against laws aimed at ...

Published 04 Oct, 2021 03:01pm

World

Jordanian King Abdullah's property abroad not a secret, privately funded

AMMAN: Jordan's King Abdullah owns properties in the United States and Britain and this was not a secret, the royal...

Published 04 Oct, 2021 02:36pm

Europe

UK to study Pandora tax revelations

LONDON: British finance minister Rishi Sunak said the country's tax officials would look at a leak of financial...

Published 04 Oct, 2021 02:08pm

Europe

UK's Sunak says it's his duty to tell Johnson not to overspend

LONDON: British finance minister Rishi Sunak said on Monday that part of his job was to tell Prime Minister Boris...

Updated 04 Oct, 2021 01:23pm

Europe

Russia test fires submarine-launched hypersonic Tsirkon missile for first time

MOSCOW: Russia said on Monday it had successfully test launched a Tsirkon (Zircon) hypersonic cruise missile from a...

Published 04 Oct, 2021 12:52pm

World

Panama law firm heavily implicated in 'Pandora Papers' revelations

PANAMA CITY: A prestigious Panamanian law firm was named in the so-called "Pandora Papers" as implicated in the...

Published 04 Oct, 2021 12:30pm

World

Pandora Papers: Document dump allegedly links world leaders to secret wealth

WASHINGTON: A massive leak of financial documents was published by several major news organisations on Sunday that...

Published 04 Oct, 2021 11:41am

World

Taliban in, funding out? Afghan ex official fears climate gains 'jeopardised'

NEW DELHI: From creating a national carbon inventory to securing more than $90 million for green projects, gains...

Published 04 Oct, 2021 11:31am

World

IMF urged to create new trust to bolster work on climate resilience

WASHINGTON: The International Monetary Fund (IMF) should create a new instrument that lets richer countries channel...

Published 04 Oct, 2021 10:49am

World

Taliban say Islamic State cell destroyed after mosque attack

KABUL: The Taliban said on Monday they had destroyed an Islamic State cell in the Afghan capital, hours after a...

Published 04 Oct, 2021 10:34am

World

US Marines whose comrades died defending Kabul airport return home

CAMP PENDLETON: US Marines who had been deployed to Afghanistan reached their home base on Sunday, hugging their...

Published 04 Oct, 2021 10:12am

World

Singapore parliament to debate bill to tackle foreign interference

SINGAPORE: Singapore's parliament is set on Monday to debate a proposed law to counter foreign interference that has...

Published 04 Oct, 2021 10:10am

World

New Zealand drops its COVID-19 elimination plan as Delta persists

WELLINGTON: New Zealand on Monday abandoned its strategy of eliminating coronavirus, easing some COVID-19 lockdown...

Published 04 Oct, 2021 10:08am

World

Australia sees COVID-19 outbreak levelling off

MELBOURNE: Australia's Delta outbreak appears to have levelled off, with more than half the country in extended...

Published 04 Oct, 2021 10:06am

World

North Korea says will restore severed communications with South

SEOUL: North Korea will restore cross-border communications with its southern counterpart from Monday after dropping...

Published 04 Oct, 2021 09:42am

World

Vanessa Nakate's hope giving voice to climate vulnerable

MILAN: Vanessa Nakate, a 24-year-old Ugandan activist who campaigns for climate justice for vulnerable communities ...

Published 04 Oct, 2021 09:34am

World

Covid vaccines a shoo-in? Medicine opens Nobel season

STOCKHOLM: The Nobel season opens on Monday with the pioneers of mRNA Covid-19 vaccines and immune system research...

Published 04 Oct, 2021 09:28am

World

Fumio Kishida to be approved Japan's next PM

TOKYO: Japan's parliament votes Monday to approve Fumio Kishida as the country's next prime minister, with the new...

Published 04 Oct, 2021 09:26am

World

Ethiopia's Abiy: From peace laureate to wartime ruler

ADDIS ABABA: Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed came to power vowing sweeping reforms that earned him a Nobel Peace...

Published 04 Oct, 2021 09:19am

Asia

N Korea accuses UN of double standards over missile tests

SEOUL: North Korea said on Sunday the United Nations Security Council applied double standards over military...