News Archives for World - 2020-08-17

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World - 2020-08-17

Africa

Nigeria eyes record 12.65trn naira spending plan for 2021

The spending by Africa's largest economy, still reeling from low oil prices and the new coronavirus pandemic, is a 17.2% jump.
The projected debt servicing payments would consume 3.1 trillion naira of the spending, or just under 25%.

Updated 18 Aug, 2020 01:01am

G7 ministers to consider extending debt freeze for low-income countries: Treasury

The ministers repeated their call for all official bilateral creditors to fully implement the G20 debt freeze for the poorest countries.
The Group of 20 countries to extend their Debt Service Suspension Initiative (DSSI) given the economic impact of the pandemic.

Published 17 Aug, 2020 11:09pm

USA

US CDC reports 169,350 deaths from coronavirus

The CDC reported its tally of cases of the respiratory illness known as COVID-19.
The CDC figures do not necessarily reflect cases reported by individual states.

Published 17 Aug, 2020 10:44pm

Cotton

Congressional Democrats plan vote on Postal Service as Trump defends cuts

No, we're not tampering," Trump said in an interview with Fox News amid an outcry from Democrats and other critics.
We want to make it run efficiently, run good. We want to make it run for less money, much better, always taking care of our postal workers.

Published 17 Aug, 2020 10:38pm

Europe

Spain's daily virus cases at 1,833, below last week's record highs

Cumulative cases, which include results from antibody tests on patients who may have already recovered, rose to 359,082.
The government's most senior coronavirus expert, Fernando Simon, said more testing was part of the reason for the surge.

Published 17 Aug, 2020 10:34pm

USA

As US homebuilder confidence matches record high, mortgage delinquencies rise

The National Association of Home Builders/Wells Fargo Housing Market Index rose 6 points to 78, matching a series record set in 1998.
Housing has clearly been a bright spot during the pandemic and the sharp rebound in builder confidence over the summer has led NAHB to upgrade its forecast for single-family starts.

Published 17 Aug, 2020 10:29pm

USA

Brazil lower house speaker Maia confident of tax reform approval this year

Maia said he was convinced tax reform will be approved, and also said that Brazil needs to implement some form of basic income program.

Published 17 Aug, 2020 10:27pm

Europe

UK records 713 new daily cases of COVID-19

Three more people have died within 28 days of testing positive for the coronavirus.

Published 17 Aug, 2020 09:19pm

Mexican president volunteers to try Russian coronavirus vaccine

The governments of Mexico and Argentina have partnered with pharmaceutical company AstraZeneca Plc to produce a vaccine.

Published 17 Aug, 2020 09:10pm

USA

Trump says US watching 'terrible' situation in Belarus closely

The situation in Belarus, a strategically important country that carries Russian energy exports to the West, is fluid after the biggest demonstration yet against his rule on Sunday.

Published 17 Aug, 2020 09:05pm

USA

Trump says may hold memorial service for brother at White House on Friday

Robert Trump, 71, died on Saturday night at a hospital in New York of an undisclosed illness.

Published 17 Aug, 2020 09:03pm

USA

Trump approves emergency aid for Iowa after storm

Trump, who is scheduled to speak on Monday in Minnesota and Wisconsin, said he aimed to visit Iowa.

Published 17 Aug, 2020 09:00pm

Europe

Spain reports 1,833 new coronavirus infections, below last week's record highs

Daily infection statistics tend to dip on Monday due to fewer diagnoses taking place on Sunday.

Published 17 Aug, 2020 08:42pm

Europe

Russia reports nearly 5,000 new coronavirus cases

Authorities said 55 people had died across the country in the last 24 hours, increasing Russia's official coronavirus death toll to 15,740.

Published 17 Aug, 2020 06:18pm

Asia

Indonesia reports 1,821 new coronavirus cases, 57 deaths

The Southeast Asian country also added 57 new deaths, taking its fatalities to 6,207, the highest coronavirus death toll in Southeast Asia.

Published 17 Aug, 2020 04:57pm

South Asia

Philippines records 3,314 new coronavirus cases, 18 deaths

The country has so far registered a total of 164,474 infections and the death toll from COVID-19 has risen to 2,681, according to ministry data.

Published 17 Aug, 2020 04:48pm

South Asia

Hong Kong records 44 new coronavirus cases as social distancing restrictions extended

Out of the 44 cases recorded on Monday, 31 of them were local transmissions.

Published 17 Aug, 2020 04:43pm

Europe

Blast hits Turkish-Russian joint patrol in Syria's Idlib

No Russian soldiers were hurt in the incident, it said.

Published 17 Aug, 2020 04:31pm

South Asia

Japan PM leaves hospital after check-up amid health concerns

Health Minister Katsunobu Kato, a close aide to the premier, said he understood it was a regular check-up and he was "not at all" worried about Abe's health.

Published 17 Aug, 2020 04:19pm

Asia

India's COVID-19 death toll surpasses 50,000 as pandemic spreads beyond big cities

Experts have said India's testing rates are far too low, and this could obscure the true extent of the coronavirus outbreak.

Published 17 Aug, 2020 04:12pm

Worldwide coronavirus cases cross 21.74 million, death toll at 774,785

Infections have been reported in more than 210 countries and territories since the first cases were identified in China in December 2019.

Published 17 Aug, 2020 04:10pm

Europe

Putin, Erdogan discuss conflicts in Libya, Syria in phone call

The Kremlin said the call's main focus was on the crisis in Libya, highlighting the need to make real steps towards a sustainable ceasefire.

Published 17 Aug, 2020 04:07pm

Europe

EU funds should be used to support Belarus, says Polish deputy minister

The EU has an instrument in the form of the European endowment for democracy," Marcin Przydacz, deputy foreign minister said in a committee meeting in Poland's parliament.

Published 17 Aug, 2020 03:46pm

Europe

Bulgaria's jobless rate eases to 7.9pc in July

There were some 14,800 fewer unemployed people in the Balkan country of 7 million than a month earlier, but around 85,900 more than a year before, the agency said.

Published 17 Aug, 2020 03:43pm

South Korea battles worst coronavirus outbreak in months, warns of crisis

The latest cases brought its total infections to 15,515 including 305 deaths.

Published 17 Aug, 2020 12:12pm

New Zealand's Ardern postpones election as coronavirus flares up

Ardern bowed to pressure to delay the polls after some parties complained they could not campaign with nearly a third of New Zealand’s 5 million people under lockdown in Auckland.

Published 17 Aug, 2020 10:33am

Talks resume on Nile mega-dam

ADDIS ABABA: Talks resumed Sunday over Ethiopia's controversial mega-dam that has long stoked tensions in the Nile...

Updated 17 Aug, 2020 03:45am

Algeria turns to Islamic finance to prop up economy

ALGIERS: Algeria has launched Islamic finance products in a bid to attract money from the informal market, but...

Updated 17 Aug, 2020 03:44am

Four kidnapped Chinese workers freed in Nigeria

WARRI, (Nigeria): Four Chinese workers abducted from a quarry site in southern Nigeria have been freed, police said...

Updated 17 Aug, 2020 03:42am

Trudeau, finance minister clash over green plans, soaring deficit

OTTAWA: A deepening rift between Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and his finance minister about coronavirus...

Updated 17 Aug, 2020 03:41am

German watchdog launches new Amazon investigation

BERLIN: Germany's anti-trust authority has launched a new investigation into Amazon's relationship with third-party...