KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysian police on Friday (Jul 10) called in a group of Australian journalists from Al Jazeera for questioning over a documentary about the arrest of migrants, as the broadcaster expressed shock at the investigation. The probe into the Qatar-based network’s programme has added to concerns about a widening […]
Day: July 9, 2020
MELBOURNE: Australia’s national cabinet met on Friday (Jul 10) to discuss slowing the number of citizens allowed to return to the country from overseas, as authorities grapple with a COVID-19 outbreak in the country’s second most populous state. Victoria reimposed lockdowns in the country’s second largest city, Melbourne, on Thursday […]
WELLINGTON: New Zealand’s former prime minister Helen Clark warned if the world remained “flat-footed” in its response to pandemics it faces future economic, social and political crisis, after she was appointed by the World Health Organization (WHO) to lead a review of the global response to the COVID-19 pandemic. WHO […]
ANAHEIM, California: Disney’s California theme park reopening may have been thwarted by coronavirus, but hundreds lined up early on Thursday (Jul 9) to buy Mickey Mouse merchandise from an adjacent shopping plaza. Downtown Disney District – which borders the world-famous Disneyland and Disney California Adventure theme parks near Los Angeles […]
WASHINGTON: Record-breaking coronavirus cases and deaths in several US states are dimming hopes of economic recovery, with cellphone data showing shoppers are staying away from stores in areas where cases are rising the most. In Arizona, Texas, Florida, Georgia and South Carolina, which were among the first states to reopen […]
WASHINGTON: The United States reported more than 56,300 new COVID-19 cases on Thursday (Jul 9), the third day in a row infections have risen by at least 55,000, according to a Reuters tally. With California, Florida and Texas recently breaking records, hopes are fading for an economic rival and US […]
WASHINGTON: The United States on Thursday (Jul 9) took its first major action to stop “horrific” abuses against China’s Uighurs and other Turkic Muslims, slapping sanctions on several senior officials. Three officials will be refused US visas and see any US-based assets frozen including Chen Quanguo, the Chinese Communist Party […]
REUTERS: Amazon.com Inc plans to create at least US$100 million in stock awards to retain the 900-plus employees of Zoox, the self-driving car startup it offered to buy last month, and can walk away from the deal if large numbers of them turn down job offers from the technology giant. […]
WASHINGTON: The US Supreme Court on Thursday firmly rejected President Donald Trump’s arguments for sweeping presidential immunity and ruled that a New York prosecutor can obtain his financial records but prevented – at least for now – Democratic-led House of Representatives committees from getting similar documents. The twin 7-2 rulings […]
More airline bankruptcies are inevitable as debts mount and revenues recover very slowly, says Brendan Sobie. SINGAPORE: The bottom for the global airline industry in terms of passenger traffic has passed but the financial implications from COVID-19 have only just started and bankruptcies are likely to continue at a steady […]