Vietnam has added to concerns over global supplies of coffee as the South East Asian country’s biggest city remains in lockdown. The exporting hub of Ho Chi Minh has been kept under tough travel restrictions after a surge cases of the Delta variant of the coronavirus. Vietnam is a major […]
Month: August 2021
LONDON: Manchester United should play Cristiano Ronaldo as a striker if they are to get the best out of the 36-year-old, who has returned to the Premier League club after 12 years, former United captain Wayne Rooney said. Rooney, United’s all-time top scorer, added that his former team mate’s “winning […]
North Korea appears to have restarted its Yongbyon nuclear reactor, the UN atomic agency has said in a report. Plutonium, which is used for nuclear weapons, is believed to be produced at the reactor’s complex. The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) was expelled by Pyongyang in 2009 but relies on […]
WELLINGTON: New Zealand reported 53 new cases of COVID-19 on Monday (Aug 30), all in its biggest city Auckland, taking the total number of active cases in the latest community outbreak to 562. The total number of community cases in Auckland is now 547 and 15 in the capital Wellington.
WASHINGTON: The Biden administration expects the Taliban to continue allowing safe passage for Americans and others to leave Afghanistan after the US military withdrawal is completed next week, according to a top official. “The Taliban have both communicated privately and publicly that they will allow for safe passage,” said Jake […]
LONDON: The UK government today faced a torrent of criticism after its hurried withdrawal from Afghanistan ended, leaving hundreds eligible for relocation behind. Prime Minister Boris Johnson hailed a mission “unlike anything we have seen in our lifetimes” after the UK airlifted over 15,000 people in the last two weeks. […]
The increase in oil NSE -1.33 % output agreed last month by OPEC+ nations could be reconsidered at its next meeting on Sept. 1, Kuwait’s oil minister said on Sunday. The Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) and allies including Russia, collectively known as OPEC+, will meet on Wednesday […]
BEIJING: China today announced new rules to limit the power of computer programmes used to drive the choices of the country’s consumers, who must instead be encouraged to use online culture to “spread positive energy”. The measures are part of a broader crackdown by Beijing on the tech sector and […]
Democratic Republic of Congo’s government is reviewing its US$6 billion “infrastructure-for-minerals” deal with Chinese investors as part of a broader examination of mining contracts, Finance Minister Nicolas Kazadi told Reuters. President Felix Tshisekedi said in May that some mining contracts could be reviewed because of concerns they are not sufficiently […]
Toyota Motor said on Friday it had suspended all self-driving e-Palette transportation pods at the Tokyo Paralympic Games village, a day after one of the vehicles collided with and injured a visually impaired pedestrian. In a YouTube video https://youtu.be/QJXhG_hFNK4, Toyota Chief Executive Akio Toyoda apologized for the incident and said […]