News Archives for World - 2020-11-09

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World - 2020-11-09

Joe Biden: Wearing mask 'not a political statement'

Biden, who himself has routinely worn face coverings while campaigning and out in public, said that even as good news of a successful coronavirus vaccine trial has emerged, the single most effective thing we can do to stop the spread of Covid is to wear a mask."

Updated 10 Nov, 2020 08:53pm

Canada's Trudeau says Pfizer vaccine results 'promising'

Canada signed a deal with US giant Pfizer and its German partner BioNTech in August for a minimum of 20 million doses of their vaccine.

Published 09 Nov, 2020 11:40pm

UN chief congratulates Biden, American people

Biden was projected as the winner of the bitterly contested November 3 election on Saturday by US media, though President Donald Trump has yet to concede.

Published 09 Nov, 2020 11:37pm

World may be tired, but virus 'not tired of us': WHO chief

Tedros, speaking from quarantine after coming in contact with someone who tested positive for Covid-19, warned that the virus preys on weakness.

Published 09 Nov, 2020 11:32pm

Trump tweets he has 'terminated' defense secretary Esper

The firing of Esper, who had clashed with Trump over his suggestion of using military personnel to quash civic unrest, comes a week after the US presidential election.

Published 09 Nov, 2020 11:29pm

USA

Trump ally Poland conflicted over Biden win

Four years ago, Duda had rushed to send his "warmest congratulations" to Trump very soon after the candidate's victory was confirmed.

Published 09 Nov, 2020 11:25pm

USA

Mexico says US vote response not due to fraud suspicions

Trump has launched a slew of legal challenges, complained of vote fraud without offering evidence, and refused to concede after the major US television networks announced Biden's win.

Published 09 Nov, 2020 11:18pm

World may be tired, but virus 'not tired of us': WHO chief

Tedros, speaking from quarantine after coming in contact with someone who tested positive for Covid-19, warned that the virus preys on weakness.

Published 09 Nov, 2020 07:45pm

Middle East

Assad says refugee returns a 'priority' for Syria

Assad's forces control more than 70 percent of Syria, while remaining areas are held by US-backed Kurdish forces.

Published 09 Nov, 2020 07:36pm

USA

Biden: Vaccine news gives 'hope,' but long battle ahead

Covid-19 has left more than 237,000 people dead in the US, the worst death toll globally.

Published 09 Nov, 2020 07:34pm

European leaders to discuss initiative against Islamist extremism: sources

Austria and France have been hit by deadly attacks in recent weeks, which their leaders have described as “terrorist” acts.

Published 09 Nov, 2020 06:19pm

Europe

Putin awaiting official US result to congratulate winner: Kremlin

Many world leaders congratulated President-elect Joe Biden after he took an insurmountable lead over Donald Trump in the vote count.

Published 09 Nov, 2020 06:14pm

Europe

Russia sees record surge in virus cases

Russia, the fifth worst-hit country in the world after the United States, India, Brazil and France, has recorded a total of 1,796,132 infections.

Published 09 Nov, 2020 06:11pm

Europe

Germany to stand 'side by side' with US on global problems: Merkel

She pointed to the president-elect's "decades of experience in foreign policy" and recalls "good encounters and talks with him".

Published 09 Nov, 2020 06:07pm

Africa

S.Africa president warns virus resurge would 'choke' economy

South Africa reined in the continent's worst coronavirus outbreak, peaking at an average of 12,000 cases detected daily in July.

Published 09 Nov, 2020 06:04pm

Exchange

Biden may 'change course' on Iran, but obstacles abound

In response to the reimposed US sanctions, the Islamic republic has since May 2019 reduced most of its key commitments to the accord.

Published 09 Nov, 2020 06:03pm

Africa

UN launches new Libya talks amid cautious optimism

Libya has seen a decade of violence since the 2011 toppling of dictator Moamer Kadhafi in a NATO-backed uprising.

Published 09 Nov, 2020 06:00pm

Middle East

Iran's daily virus infections top 10,000

The virus also claimed 458 lives in the past day, raising the country's overall number of fatalities to 38,749.

Published 09 Nov, 2020 05:58pm

Europe

Italy virus situation 'out of control': expert

More than 41,000 people have died so far in Italy, with more than 935,000 cases.

Published 09 Nov, 2020 05:57pm

Middle East

Israel opens rapid virus testing at airport

The number of Covid-19 cases has since fallen below 1,000 a day, according to official data.

Published 09 Nov, 2020 05:55pm

Europe

UK, EU resume crunch Brexit talks in London

Britain formally left the bloc in January but remains bound by most of its rules until the end of the year under the terms of its divorce.

Published 09 Nov, 2020 05:52pm

South Asia

China, Russia hold off on congratulating Biden; US allies rally round

Some of the United States' biggest and closest allies in Europe, the Middle East and Asia quickly congratulated Biden over the weekend despite Trump's refusal to concede.
"We noticed that Mr. Biden has declared election victory," China's foreign ministry spokesman Wang Wenbin.

Published 09 Nov, 2020 05:48pm

Europe

UK sees goodwill for Brexit trade deal, open to ‘sensible’ fishing compromise

UK says goodwill on both sides for a deal.
Open to a sensible compromise on fishing.
Barnier back in London: 'Redoubling efforts'.
Upper house of parliament to debate Brexit treaty bill.

Published 09 Nov, 2020 05:45pm

Europe

EU says waiting for Biden to take office before commenting on cooperation

"I think we should take things one step at a time," spokesman Eric Mamer told a news briefing.
"We have had now a process in the United States ... ongoing for a while and has now led to us welcoming the victory in the election of Joe Biden."

Published 09 Nov, 2020 05:42pm

Biden moves forward with COVID-19 task force as Trump tries to cling to power

Biden is due to meet with an advisory board co-chaired by former Surgeon General Vivek Murthy.
"Dealing with the coronavirus pandemic is one of the most important battles our administration will face, and I will be informed by science and by experts," Biden said.

Published 09 Nov, 2020 05:33pm

Europe

Estonian interior minister to resign after calling Biden corrupt

Helme is a member of the populist, far-right Ekre party, which sits in a coalition with the Centre and Fatherland parties under Prime Minister Juri Ratas.
Helme told reporters he stuck by what he had said, but that he was resigning in protest at how his comments had been covered by Estonian media.

Published 09 Nov, 2020 05:30pm

South Asia

Japan's Suga signals readiness for new stimulus package

Government council members call for package by year-end.
Suga says will deploy all available means to support growth.
Ruling party lawmakers want package of 10-30 trln yen.

Published 09 Nov, 2020 05:18pm

Global COVID-19 tally goes from 40m to 50m in just 21 days

Global coronavirus infections exceeded 50 million on Sunday, according to a Reuters tally, with a second wave of the virus in the past 30 days accounting for a quarter of the total.

Updated 09 Nov, 2020 04:31pm

US presidential election: Putin will wait for official vote count before congratulating anyone

Peskov says Kremlin will wait for official results of the US presidential election to be announced before commenting on its outcome

Updated 09 Nov, 2020 03:53pm

U.S. removes East Turkestan Islamic Movement, condemned by China, from terror list

The East Turkestan Islamic Movement (ETIM) was removed from Washington's terror list, US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo announced in a notice posted in the Federal Register.

Published 09 Nov, 2020 03:06pm

US becomes first nation to cross 10 million COVID-19 cases

The grim milestone came on the same day as global coronavirus cases exceeded 50 million.

Updated 09 Nov, 2020 03:05pm

Trump administration plans new sanctions on Iran before January 20

The aim of imposing the sanctions is to make it more difficult for newly-elected American President Joe Biden to return to the 2015 US nuclear deal

Updated 09 Nov, 2020 10:53am

Exchange

Taliban say they expect Biden to abide by Afghan pullout deal

KABUL: The Taliban said Sunday they expect the next US president, Joe Biden to abide by the deal signed with his...