BERLIN: Germany is headed for weeks, if not months, of protracted coalition haggling as Chancellor Angela Merkel’s conservatives insisted Monday on trying to form a government even after losing to the Social Democrats in a tight race. Finance Minister Olaf Scholz, who led the Social Democrats’ (SPD) campaign, said Europe’s […]
Month: September 2021
BANGKOK : Thailand’s economy is forecast to grow 1per cent this year, down from the 2.2per cent projected in July, hit by a spike in COVID-19 cases and a delayed reopening to visitors, the World Bank said on Tuesday, as the country fights its biggest virus outbreak to date. Southeast […]
PORT-AU-PRINCE: Elections and a constitutional referendum scheduled for the coming months in Haiti have been postponed indefinitely after the Monday dismissal of members of the electoral administration, plunging the country into further uncertainty. Since their September 2020 appointment by late president Jovenel Moise, who was assassinated in July, the nine […]
SYDNEY : Australian retail sales dived for a third straight month in August as half the population were trapped in coronavirus lockdowns, though reopening is in sight as vaccinations race toward world-beating levels. Figures from the Australian Bureau of Statistics on Tuesday showed retail sales fell 1.7per cent in August […]
MELBOURNE:Hess Corp sees oil markets remaining tight in the short term and supporting strong prices as demand recovers more quickly than supply post-pandemic with U.S. shale producers holding back capital spending, its president said on Monday. The oil producer expects a V-shaped recovery in demand and a U-shaped recovery in […]
KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia is targeting economic growth of 4.5per cent to 5.5per cent per annum between 2021 and 2025, Prime Minister Ismail Sabri Yaakob said on Monday. The government expects the Southeast Asian nation’s financial position to improve in 2023 when the economy strengthens, the premier said while launching Malaysia’s […]
BANGKOK: Thailand’s economy is still expected to grow 1.3per cent this year and the government is maintaining a target of 4-5per cent growth next year as it makes a push to revitalise the economy through measures, the finance minister said on Monday. The finance ministry’s growth outlook this year is […]
Shang-Chi And The Legend Of Ten Rings surpasses Marvel’s Black Widow as the highest-grossing film of 2021 and the pandemic at the domestic box office. As expected, Disney-Marvel’s Shang-Chi And The Legend Of Ten Rings is raging through the box office, and is standing ground after minting 3.6 million dollars […]
On Iron Man star Gwyneth Paltrow’s 49th birthday, we take a quick look at the sweet friendship she shares with fellow MCU actor Robert Downey Jr. The actor had opened up on kissing Downey Jr during Iron Man. MCU star and Hollywood actor Gwyneth Paltrow shares a deep friendship with […]
UNITED NATIONS: The United Nations General Assembly in New York ends on Monday (Sep 27), but without speeches by those in power in Afghanistan and Myanmar, one of many quirks at this year’s diplomatic marathon that saw 100 leaders defy COVID-19 fears to meet in person. The UN representative of […]