U.S. job growth likely slowed further in August as financial assistance from the government ran out, threatening the economy’s recovery from the COVID-19 recession. WASHINGTON: U.S. job growth likely slowed further in August as financial assistance from the government ran out, threatening the economy’s recovery from the COVID-19 recession. The […]
Day: September 3, 2020
SYDNEY: Virgin Australia’s creditors voted on Friday (Sep 4) in favour of the purchase of Australia’s second-biggest airline by US private equity group Bain Capital, administrator Deloitte said, paving the way for a strategic overhaul. The deal will allow the carrier to emerge from voluntary administration, which it had entered […]
KATHMANDU: Police in Nepal used tear gas and water cannon yesterday to break up a religious rally that defied a government ban on public gatherings imposed to fight the coronavirus pandemic. Despite the ban, about 2,000 residents poured into a major thoroughfare of Lalitpur, near Nepal’s capital Kathmandu, to pull […]
COLOMBO: Indian warships yesterday aided Sri Lanka’s navy to extinguish a fire on a massive oil tanker off the island’s eastern coast, officials said. Sri Lankan authorities said there was no immediate danger to the coastline should there be a leak from the New Diamond, which was carrying 270,000 tonnes […]
SYDNEY: Australian writer Yang Hengjun, detained by Chinese authorities for 18 months, has told family he has refused to make a false confession, as his case appears to move closer to trial. Yang’s lawyer was yesterday allowed access to the Beijing detention facility where the 55-year-old writer is being held, […]
RIO DE JANEIRO: Brazil topped four million Covid-19 cases yesterday as health ministry officials said infections were beginning to slow in the world’s second worst-hit country. Since the first case came to light on February 26, the South American colossus has registered more than 4.04 million infections and over 124,600 […]
TOKYO: Japan’s Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga is now the most preferred candidate among the public to become the next prime minister, surging in popularity after he entered his party’s leadership race, an Asahi Shimbun survey showed today. The survey highlights the growing momentum for Suga, the government’s chief spokesman, […]
TOKYO: Amazon Japan has submitted a plan to the country’s fair trade regulator on how it will improve practices suspected of violating anti-trust rules, the Asahi Shimbun reported on Friday (Sep 4). The unit of Amazon.com was raided by the Japan Fair Trade Commission in 2018 on suspicion of demanding […]
Four Republican state attorneys general led by Texas backed President Donald Trump’s push to narrow the ability of social media companies to remove objectionable content and require new transparency rules. WASHINGTON: Four Republican state attorneys general led by Texas backed President Donald Trump’s push to narrow the ability of social […]
NEW YORK: Match Group Inc said on Thursday (Sep 3) the US Department of Justice has closed its investigation relating to a lawsuit filed by the Federal Trade Commission on the dating apps owner’s business practices. The DOJ has also released the owner of Tinder and OkCupid dating apps from […]