PERTH: One person died and two others were injured after a ceiling collapsed at a building under construction at Curtin University in Perth, Australia, on Tuesday (Oct 13). Two men in their 20s were taken to hospital after the incident at the university’s campus in Bentley, news outlet the West […]
Month: October 2020
As many as 7,550 coronavirus patients were confirmed to have recovered over the last day, up from 3,793 on Monday, bringing the total number of discharges to 1,031,785. Russia has registered 13,868 Covid-19 cases in the past 24 hours, up from 13,592 on Monday, breaking the daily growth record and […]
AMSTERDAM: A new round of social restrictions will be announced by the Dutch government on Tuesday (Oct 13) evening, including the possible closure of cafes and restaurants, as the Netherlands battles to control the coronavirus in one of Europe’s major hotspots. The number of cases in the country of 17 […]
SINGAPORE: A S$400 million Hyundai innovation centre in Singapore focusing on future mobility research and development is set to be completed by the end of 2022. The facility will develop new automotive technologies, including for the production of electric cars, said Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong at the virtual groundbreaking […]
The Crown’s fourth season will mark the return of Oscar winner Olivia Colman as UK monarch Queen Elizabeth II, Tobias Menzies as Prince Philip and Helena Bonham Carter as Princess Margaret. Actor Gillian Anderson, who is set to play Margaret Thatcher on the royal period drama The Crown, says fans […]
LONDON: Britain’s unemployment rate rose by more than expected to 4.5 per cent in the three months to August, up from 4.1 per cent in the three months to July, even before the end of the government’s broad coronavirus job protection plan. Economists polled by Reuters had expected the unemployment […]
Conte signed a decree that focuses especially on bars and restaurants, as the government seeks to avert a new national lockdown that the economy, ravaged by one of the strictest and longest in the continent earlier this year, could ill afford. Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte imposed a series of […]
SYDNEY: Australia’s most populous state said on Tuesday (Oct 13) it will ease restrictions despite reporting the biggest one-day jump in new COVID-19 cases in six weeks. New South Wales (NSW) said that from Oct 16 venues that offer outdoor dining will be allowed to have double the number of […]
BEIJING: China’s imports grew at their fastest pace this year in September, while exports extended their strong gains as more trading partners lifted coronavirus restrictions in a further boost to the world’s second-biggest economy. Exports in August rose 9.9 per cent from a year earlier, customs data showed on Tuesday […]
SINGAPORE: Singapore’s first institute dedicated to green finance research and talent development was launched on Tuesday (Oct 13) by the Imperial College Business School and Lee Kong Chian School of Business at Singapore Management University (SMU). The institute is supported by the Monetary Authority of Singapore and its launch was […]