WASHINGTON: The global downturn sparked by the coronavirus pandemic will not be as bad as originally feared, IMF Chief Kristalina Georgieva said on Wednesday, but she also warned that the “crisis is far from over”. “The picture today is less dire … allowing for a small upward revision to our global forecast for 2020,” she said […]
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MUMBAI: Bollywood actress Rhea Chakraborty was granted bail on Wednesday after being arrested nearly a month ago for allegedly buying drugs for her former boyfriend, actor Sushant Singh, who died by suicide, leaving India’s film industry under the spotlight for mental health as well as drug use. Rajput, 34, was found dead in June in his […]
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Amid the hot issue of the raging Armenia and Azerbaijan clash – that has kept the netizens quite busy since the decades-long territorial dispute re-emerged on Sunday — the Pakistani actress, Armeena Khan has asked Twitteratis not to confuse her name spelling with the former Soviet republic ‘Armenia’. Clarifying the confusion on Twitter, the Janaan […]
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YEREVAN: Two ex-Soviet republics in the Caucasus, Armenia, and Azerbaijan, are engaged in a decades-long territorial dispute which has re-erupted with the heaviest clashes in years on Sunday. Here are the key factors surrounding their conflict: Nagorny Karabakh At the heart of the standoff between Yerevan and Baku is the contested Nagorny Karabakh region. The Soviet […]
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Queues of up to 7,000 heavy-goods vehicles could develop in southeast England from January if Britain leaves the European Union without a Brexit trading deal, the government forecast Wednesday. Outlining a “reasonable worst-case scenario”, senior minister Michael Gove said the government remained committed to a deal with the EU but urged businesses to prepare. Based […]
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US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Wednesday accused China of trying to foment unrest in the United States through its criticism of racism. Pompeo, known for his hawkish views on China, went on the attack on Beijing in an unusual address to state lawmakers in Wisconsin, a crucial swing state in November elections. The […]
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CAIRO: After a seven-month suspension due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, Saudi Arabia will allow pilgrims residing inside the country to offer Umrah beginning on October 4, state news agency SPA reported. Umrah is an Islamic pilgrimage to Mecca and Medina undertaken any time of the year, attracting 19 million people last year. Saudi Arabia […]
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Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi was featured in TIME’s 100 list for 2020 most influential people, apparently, for all the wrong reasons. The annual list – which puts down 100 of the year’s most influential artists, icons, leaders titans, and pioneers — was released on Tuesday night. In the category for world leaders, Modi was named among the world’s […]
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States on Monday will sanction more than two dozen people and entities involved in Iran’s nuclear, missile, and conventional arms programs, a senior US official said, putting teeth behind UN sanctions on Tehran that Washington argues have resumed despite the opposition of allies and adversaries. Speaking on the condition of […]
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SINGAPORE/NEW YORK (Reuters) – Asian stocks inched up on Friday, despite Wall Street declines, but struggled to make deeper gains as worries about a faltering economic recovery kept investors to the sidelines or seeking safer harbour in assets such as the Japanese yen. Oil prices held hefty overnight gains after OPEC flagged a crackdown on […]
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