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 […]
Year: 2020
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. […]
A request for such extraordinary approval would have to come from the vaccine developer, Stephen Hahn told the Financial Times. The head of the US Food and Drug Administration raised the possibility in an interview published Sunday that a future vaccine against the coronavirus might be given emergency approval before […]
Investigators said the shooting was related to an argument that started inside the club and then moved outside where several people fired shots. The shooting Sunday was the first reported at the nightclub since the January shooting. Four people were shot and injured Sunday at a night club […]
LONDON: British universities should scrap plans to reopen next month to prevent travelling students from fuelling the country’s coronavirus pandemic, a union said, calling for courses to be taught online. Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s government has come under fire over its moves to restart education, especially after a row over […]
Abe and his cabinet will run the government until a new premier is elected but will not be able to adopt new policies. The winner of the party election will hold the post until the end of Abe’s LDP term in September 2021. The abrupt resignation of Japan’s longest-serving prime […]
JAKARTA: Indonesia today reported 2,858 new coronavirus infections and 82 more deaths, taking the total number of cases to 172,053 and fatalities to 7,343, data by the country’s health ministry showed.