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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Madrid (Reuters): European countries from Denmark to Greece announced new restrictions on Friday to mitigate the soaring COVID-19 cases in some of their largest cities, while Britain is considering a new national lockdown. Cases in the United Kingdom almost doubled to 6,000 per day in the latest reporting week, hospital admissions rose and infection rates […]
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ایک عدالتی بیان میں کہا گیا ہے کہ چین کے ایک رئیل اسٹیٹ ٹائیکون اور صدر شی جن پنگ کے واضح ناقد کو بدعنوانی، رشوت ستانی اور عوامی فنڈز کے غبن کے الزام میں منگل کو 18 سال قید کی سزا سنائی گئی۔ رین زیکیانگ – جو کبھی حکمران کمیونسٹ پارٹی کے اندرونی حلقوں میں سے تھا – مارچ میں عوام کی نظروں سے اوجھل ہو گیا، ایک مضمون لکھنے کے فوراً بعد […]
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A torrid row over Australia’s state border closures has pushed the country’s prime minister to tears, sparked bitter recriminations among rival regional leaders and even talk of secession. Travel between the nation’s independent-minded states and territories has been mostly banned since Covid-19 hit Australia in March. But an unhappy federal government is ratcheting pressure on […]
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The United Kingdom is on track for about 50,000 COVID-19 infections a day by mid-October and a surging death toll unless the public gets serious about preventive action, top British advisors warned on Monday. Rates of infection in England are replicating the strong resurgence of COVID-19 seen in France and Spain, roughly doubling every seven […]
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