News Archives for World - 2020-08-26

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World - 2020-08-26

Europe

NATO no 'excuse' for Belarus violence against protesters

Demonstrators have daily flooded the streets of the ex-Soviet republic demanding Lukashenko's resignation.

Published 26 Aug, 2020 08:31pm

Europe

Macron returns to Beirut seeking reform

Macron visited Beirut on August 6, two days after a massive explosion at the port.

Published 26 Aug, 2020 08:29pm

Europe

UK's Gatwick Airport to cut up to 600 jobs amid travel slump

Gatwick, owned by VINCI Airports and Global Infrastructure Partners, said on Wednesday it would start consultation about shedding 600 jobs.
Passenger numbers at Gatwick in August, usually one of the busiest months, are down 80% compared to last year.

Published 26 Aug, 2020 07:44pm

South Asia

Flash floods kill at least 46 in Afghanistan

President Ashraf Ghani ordered emergency relief to be sent to Charikar.

Published 26 Aug, 2020 07:05pm

South Asia

Two Hong Kong opposition lawmakers among new protest arrests

Police have charged eight people over the attack, some with links to "triad" organised-crime gangs.

Published 26 Aug, 2020 07:01pm

Middle East

Netanyahu vows 'forceful' response if more attacks from Lebanon

Israel and Hezbollah fought a devastating month-long war in 2006.

Published 26 Aug, 2020 06:58pm

Europe

EU eyes initial COVID-19 vaccination for at least 40pc of population

Plan may deal new blow to WHO as EU shuns global procurement.
EU vaccination targets twice as high as WHO's global goal.
Potential COVID-19 vaccines likely in short supply for long.
EU sees single-shot COVID vaccines as unlikely, eyes boosters.

Published 26 Aug, 2020 06:45pm

US says China 'bullying' UK, cites HSBC Hong Kong-related accounts

Pompeo renews attack on British bank.
HSBC caught in Beijing-Washington spat.
Bank stays silent amid fresh criticism.

Published 26 Aug, 2020 06:43pm

Europe

Turkey says 'no concessions' in east Mediterranean row

Greece, Turkey are divided on issues including migration and Byzantine heritage in Istanbul.

Published 26 Aug, 2020 06:40pm

Middle East

Israel strikes Hezbollah posts in Lebanon

Tension has been running high on the border. Last month, Israel said Iran-backed Hezbollah had carried out an infiltration attempt, which the group denied.
Witnesses in south Lebanon said Israel had fired scores of flare munitions at border villages.

Published 26 Aug, 2020 06:39pm

Europe

French govt says second coronavirus wave threatens but life must go on

Prime Minister Jean Castex said his government wanted to ensure the French could return to school, get back to work and enjoy a social life "as normally as possible".
The worst thing of all would be that we sink because we did not get things moving amid a social and economic crisis.

Published 26 Aug, 2020 06:39pm

USA

Two shot dead in protest-hit US city of Kenosha: police

The most recent police shooting of an African American has sparked outrage and protests in US cities.

Published 26 Aug, 2020 06:29pm

Exchange

Pompeo in Bahrain on next leg of Mideast charm offensive

Saudi Arabia has refused to normalise ties until Israel signs an internationally recognised peace accord with the Palestinians.

Published 26 Aug, 2020 06:22pm

Europe

Belgium revises down COVID-19 deaths just shy of 10,000 mark

The revision brought the total fatalities to 9,878 by Wednesday. Otherwise, it would have been 9,999.
Britain also lowered its death toll from the disease by more than 5,000 two weeks ago after the government adopted a new method of counting fatalities.

Published 26 Aug, 2020 06:18pm

Middle East

Pompeo discusses Gulf unity, regional stability with Bahraini leaders

Israel and the United States have said they are pushing more Arab countries to follow the UAE's path.
Crown Prince Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa said he welcomed US efforts towards the Israel-UAE accord.

Published 26 Aug, 2020 06:09pm

Europe

UK's Johnson backs calls for probe into Navalny case

In 2006, Putin was blamed for the radiation poisoning death of Alexander Litvinenko.

Published 26 Aug, 2020 06:00pm

Africa

Rwanda issues arrest warrant for genocide suspect in France: prosecutor

France opened a probe into alleged crimes against humanity by Ntiwiragabo.

Published 26 Aug, 2020 05:15pm

US targets Chinese individuals, 24 cos amid South China Sea dispute

Two dozen companies played a "role in helping the Chinese military construct and militarize the internationally condemned artificial islands in the South China Sea."
The State Department, in a separate statement, said it would impose visa restrictions on Chinese individuals "responsible for, or complicit in,"

Updated 26 Aug, 2020 06:09pm

Israeli delegation to visit UAE next week, accompanied by Trump aides

The high-level meeting would be the first between the three parties since Trump announced the US-brokered accord on Aug. 13.
The US and Israeli officials will fly aboard an Israeli airliner direct from Tel Aviv to Abu Dhabi, the first-ever commercial flight between the two countries.

Published 26 Aug, 2020 04:57pm

Middle East

Yemen southern separatists pull out of Riyadh agreement talks

Saudi Arabia has been trying to implement the deal, first proposed in November, to end a conflict in the south between the separatists and the Saudi-backed Yemeni government.
"We renew our full commitment to what was agreed upon without any violations," he said.

Published 26 Aug, 2020 04:50pm

South Asia

China protests US spy plane watching drills

China has long denounced US surveillance activities, while the United States has complained of "unsafe" intercepts by Chinese aircraft.
This could easily have caused a misunderstanding or misjudgement or an "unexpected incident".

Published 26 Aug, 2020 04:36pm

Pompeo convention speech for Trump from Jerusalem sparks criticism, investigation

The Trump administration and Secretary Pompeo have shown a gross disregard not only of basic ethic.
The agency had long barred senior political appointees from partisan activity, including attending party conventions.

Published 26 Aug, 2020 04:24pm

Melania Trump offers sympathy on coronavirus, racial suffering in convention speech

Trump's wife acknowledged the pain of the pandemic in sharp contrast to most other speakers at the party's national convention.
I want to acknowledge the fact that since March, our lives have changed drastically.

Published 26 Aug, 2020 04:21pm

USA

Colombia could participate in more vaccine trials

The government said on Monday that Colombia, which has nearly 552,000 confirmed coronavirus cases.
We are also talking with other companies about the possibility of holding clinical trials.

Published 26 Aug, 2020 04:08pm

British Museum shifts founder's bust over slavery links

LONDON: The British Museum has moved a bust of its founder Sir Hans Sloane to an "Enlightenment Gallery" because of...