WELLINGTON: Schools and businesses reopened in Auckland today after the lifting of a lockdown in New Zealand’s largest city to contain the resurgence of the coronavirus, but face masks were made mandatory on public transport across the country. The Pacific nation of 5 million people had appeared to have succeeded […]
Day: August 30, 2020
TOKYO: Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe told US President Donald Trump that the strengthening of their two nations’ alliance would be maintained even after Abe’s departure from office, a Japanese government spokesman said today. Abe announced on Friday he was resigning because of poor health, his long-running battle with ulcerative […]
Shinzo Abe announced on Friday he was resigning because of poor health, his long-running battle with ulcerative colitis ending his tenure as Japan’s longest-serving prime minister. Tokyo: Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe told U.S. President Donald Trump that the strengthening of their two nations’ alliance would be maintained even after […]
Global coronavirus infections soared past 25 million, as countries tightened restrictions to halt the health crisis that has upended life for most of humanity. The United States neared six million coronavirus cases on Sunday, nearly a quarter of the planet’s total, as nations around the world battle to contain the […]
SYDNEY: Australia reported a record daily rise in Covid-19 deaths today, although the number of new infections in the country’s virus epicentre fell to a near two-month low. Victoria state said its Covid-19 death toll rose by 41, including 22 fatalities which came from aged care facilities in the weeks […]
The International Labour Organisation said that the reform “effectively dismantles the “kafala” sponsorship system and marks the beginning of a new era for the Qatari labour market.” Geneva: The United Nations labour agency on Sunday commended Qatar for abolishing an exploitative employment system that required migrant workers to seek their […]
China COVID-19 Updates: China has largely brought the spread of the novel coronavirus under control — since it first emerged in the central city of Wuhan in December 2019 — with strict lockdowns, aggressive contact tracing and close monitoring of neighbourhoods. Beijing: Nearly 5,800 people suspected of killing health workers, […]
President Trump to visit Kenosha on tuesday, meet with law enforcement officers and survey damage done during protests. One person was shot dead late on Saturday in Portland, Oregon, as a large caravan of US President Donald Trump’s supporters and Black Lives Matter protesters clashed in the streets. It wasn’t […]
The string of messages enlivened criticism from Democrats, including presidential candidate Joe Biden, that Trump is looking to inflame unrest in US cities because he believes it will help his re-election campaign. President Donald Trump unleashed a tweetstorm early Sunday about Portland, Oregon, hours after a man was killed there […]
The nation has been wracked by sporadic racial justice protests since the May 25 death of George Floyd, a Black man who died while in custody of the Minneapolis police. Most of the protests have been peaceful, but there have been instances of property damage and clashes with law enforcement. […]