FILE PHOTO: Dallas Federal Reserve Bank President Robert Kaplan. WASHINGTON: Systemic racism and high unemployment levels among black and Hispanic Americans create a drag on the US economy, Dallas Federal Reserve President Robert Kaplan said on Sunday (Jun 14). “A more inclusive economy where everyone has an opportunity will […]
Year: 2020
TOKYO: An explosion was reported at Honda Motor’s plant in central Japan, police said on Sunday (Jun 14), with two workers sent to the hospital with burns. The explosion at a switchboard occurred at around 9.15am local time (8.15am Singapore time) in Honda’s plant in Suzuka city, Mie prefecture, an […]
LONDON: Britain is urgently reviewing its social distancing rule and might be able to relax quarantine for travellers to help its economy recover from a COVID-19 crisis collapse, the country’s finance minister Rishi Sunak said. Progress in tackling the coronavirus pandemic meant Britain was able to take a “fresh look” […]
ATLANTA: The police chief in the US city of Atlanta resigned after an officer fatally shot a black man during an arrest, the mayor said on Saturday (Jun 13), with the new killing injecting fresh anger into protests against racism and police brutality. Demonstrators blocked an interstate highway and set […]
FIRA: From the emblematic island of Santorini, Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said on Saturday (Jun 13) that Greece is “ready to welcome tourists” in complete safety after the coronavirus lockdown, whose impact on tourism will be “significant”. “Greek tourism is back,” said Mitsotakis, two days before the reopening of […]
SYDNEY: Australia’s two largest states will further ease COVID-19 restrictions at libraries, community centres and nightclubs, officials said on Sunday (Jun 14), despite recording increases in new infections. New South Wales (NSW), the most populous state, said that from Jul 1, a 50-person limit on indoor venues such as restaurants […]
MEXICO CITY: Mexico’s health ministry reported 3,494 new confirmed coronavirus infections along with 424 additional fatalities on Saturday (Jun 13), bringing the total in the country to 142,690 cases and 16,872 deaths. The government has said the real number of infected people is likely significantly higher than the official count. […]
LONDON: The stance of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) in potentially banning athletes who kneel in support of anti-racism protests is a breach of human rights, the Global Athlete movement said on Sunday (Jun 14). Rule 50 of the Olympic Charter states that “no kind of demonstration or political, religious […]
Graduation Day at the US Military Academy at West Point in 2019. WASHINGTON: President Donald Trump on Saturday (Jun 13) addressed the new graduating class of the West Point military academy, praising the “righteous glory of the American warrior” but largely side-stepping recent controversies over racial unrest and the […]
LONDON: Sheffield United defender Chris Basham fears the introduction of the five substitutes rule for the rest of the season will favour the Premier League’s big clubs. Chris Wilder’s side are pushing for an unexpected place in the Champions League as the English top-flight season resumes on Wednesday with the […]