News Archives for World - 2020-10-07

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World - 2020-10-07

Europe

Swiss told 'get a grip' as virus cases top 1,000-mark

Infections rose consistently after that, before the big jump in recent days.

Published 07 Oct, 2020 07:17pm

Europe

High-stakes 'Russian hitman' trial opens in Berlin

Named as Zelimkhan Khangoshvili by German media, the victim had survived two assassination attempts in Georgia.

Published 07 Oct, 2020 07:15pm

Middle East

Saudi cruise spotlights pristine sites, economic ambitions

The world's top crude exporter says it plans to slash government spending by more than seven percent next year as the budget deficit is expected to widen to 12 percent of gross domestic product in 2020.

Published 07 Oct, 2020 07:07pm

China

Worsening global perception of China in COVID-19 aftermath, claims report

According to a recent study by the Pew Research Center, public opinion pertaining to China has significantly worsened over the past year.

Published 07 Oct, 2020 07:05pm

Europe

Germany warns Russia of 'unavoidable' sanctions over Navalny

Navalny was medically evacuated to Germany in late August after falling ill on a plane and spending several days in a Siberian hospital.

Published 07 Oct, 2020 07:05pm

USA

Hurricane Delta lashes Mexico's Caribbean coast

A weakened Delta hit the Yucatan Peninsula near the town of Puerto Morelos as a Category 2 storm, the US National Hurricane Center said.

Published 07 Oct, 2020 07:02pm

Africa

Gunmen kidnap 20 villagers in central Mali

The kidnapping occurred on Tuesday during a weekly market in the village of Farabougou, near the central Malian town of Niono, according to Boukary Coulibaly, the village chief.

Published 07 Oct, 2020 06:57pm

USA

White House backs piecemeal US stimulus: Trump aide

"There are several things that we believe would provide great assistance to specific targeted areas of this economy," Kudlow said.

Published 07 Oct, 2020 06:55pm

Europe

Russia reports 11,115 new coronavirus cases, 202 deaths

Russia's coronavirus crisis centre said 202 people had died in the last 24 hours, bringing the national death toll to 21,865.

Published 07 Oct, 2020 05:53pm

South Asia

Philippines confirms 2,825 new coronavirus cases, 60 deaths

In a bulletin, the ministry said total confirmed cases in the Philippines had risen to 329,637, the highest number in Southeast Asia, while deaths had increased to 5,925.

Published 07 Oct, 2020 05:49pm

Europe

UK's COVID-19 testing system hit by Roche supply problems

Roche said staff at the new facility were working day and night to resolve the issue as soon as possible, and that extra staff had been recruited to help.

Published 07 Oct, 2020 05:47pm

Asia

Indonesia reports 4,538 new coronavirus cases, 98 deaths

There were also 98 new deaths in Indonesia, taking the total number to 11,472, the highest coronavirus death toll in Southeast Asia.

Updated 07 Oct, 2020 05:40pm

Europe

EU rules out sending observers for Venezuela vote

"As the elections are not going to be postponed, the European Union can not even consider sending an election observer mission," the EU's top diplomat Josep Borrell told the European Parliament.

Published 07 Oct, 2020 04:54pm

Europe

Poland reports over 3,000 COVID-19 cases for first time

Poland now has a total of 107,319 confirmed coronavirus cases and 2,792 deaths, according to health ministry data.

Published 07 Oct, 2020 04:42pm

South Asia

India's daily coronavirus infections slow down after scaling highs

But since it hit a single-day high of 97,894 new cases on Sept 17, the country has reported a downward trend with 75,909 daily cases on an average, according to a Reuters tally.

Published 07 Oct, 2020 04:33pm

Middle East

Kuwait names Sheikh Meshaal as Crown Prince

The selection of Sheikh Meshaal, currently the deputy head of the National Guard, is pending approval from the Gulf Arab state’s parliament.

Published 07 Oct, 2020 04:32pm

Worldwide coronavirus cases cross 35.78 million, death toll at 1,046,505

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

Published 07 Oct, 2020 04:25pm

Asia

Malaysia reports 489 new coronavirus cases

The new cases raises the cumulative tally to 13,993, according to Malaysia's health ministry. No new deaths were reported, keeping the toll at 141.

Published 07 Oct, 2020 04:22pm

Europe

Ireland says hard to see a landing zone in Brexit fishing talks

The current British position "creates a very difficult negotiation and a landing zone that is quite hard to envisage, quite frankly, for now", Coveney told a parliamentary committee.

Published 07 Oct, 2020 04:18pm

Europe

Putin to keep talking to Azerbaijan's president about Nagorno-Karabakh

Putin and Aliyev had not spoken since fighting between ethnic Armenian and Azeri forces erupted on Sept. 27.

Published 07 Oct, 2020 04:15pm

UNHCR refugee chief tests positive for coronavirus

Filippo Grandi stated in a tweet he is engaging with UNHCR's Executive Committee from home after being infected with COVID-19

Published 07 Oct, 2020 04:03pm

Europe

Swiss report more than 1,000 new coronavirus cases in a day

New daily cases peaked at 1,456 on March 23 and had dwindled to as few as three on June 1.

Published 07 Oct, 2020 03:55pm

German, US scientists win Nobel Prize in Chemistry for developing genome editing method

Emmanuelle and Doudna discovered one of gene technology’s sharpest tools: the CRISPR/Cas9 genetic scissors

Updated 07 Oct, 2020 04:29pm

President Trump "largest driver" of Coronavirus misinformation globally, claims report

A study conducted by researchers at Cornell University, concluded that President Trump was the “largest driver of the infodemic” - making up 38 percent of overall misinformation.

Published 07 Oct, 2020 02:14pm

Turkey urges leaders to back Azerbaijan’s military in Karabakh

STEPANAKERT: Turkey called Tuesday for the world to back Azerbaijan in the conflict over the Nagorno-Karabakh region...