In the wake of the Wirecard accounting scandal, exchange operator Deutsche Boerse said on Thursday it was proposing rules to enable it to quickly expel companies from the leading DAX index if those firms file for insolvency. FRANKFURT: In the wake of the Wirecard accounting scandal, exchange operator Deutsche Boerse […]
Year: 2020
SYDNEY: Australia’s second-most populous state of Victoria on Friday (Jul 17) reported a record increase in daily coronavirus cases for a second consecutive day. Victoria reported 428 new daily infections, a day after logging its previous high of 317 new cases, said Premier Daniel Andrews. It also reported three new […]
NEW YORK: The United States shattered its daily record for coronavirus infections on Thursday (Jul 16), reporting more than 77,000 new cases as the number of deaths in a 24-hour period rose by nearly 1,000, according to a Reuters tally. The loss of 969 lives was the biggest increase since […]
WASHINGTON: Foreign students coming from Europe are exempt from a travel ban the United States imposed because of the coronavirus pandemic, the US State Department told congressional offices on Thursday (Jul 16). The State Department also told lawmakers that it would offer exemptions for some au pairs and family members […]
WASHINGTON: The Trump administration is considering banning travel to the United States by all members of the Chinese Communist Party and their families, a person familiar with the matter said on Thursday (Jul 16), a move that would worsen already tense US-China relations. Senior officials discussing the matter have begun […]
An ocean mystery – how the blackest fish in the deep sea are so extremely black – has been solved in a study that began with a very bad photograph. “I couldn’t get a good shot – just fish silhouettes,” said Dr Karen Osborn from the Smithsonian Institution. Her detailed […]
PONTIAC, Michigan: Hundreds of Detroit-area students turned out in protest outside their high school on Thursday (Jul 17) calling for the release of a classmate who is in juvenile detention after not completing schoolwork during remote learning this past semester. The 15-year-old student, called Grace in the original ProPublica report […]
Serena Williams will return to the court for the first time since the start of the coronavirus pandemic when she competes at the inaugural edition of the Top Seed Open in Lexington, Kentucky beginning Aug. 10, the WTA said on Thursday. REUTERS: Serena Williams will return to the court for […]
NEW YORK: The anti-malaria drug touted by US President Donald Trump as a COVID-19 treatment was ineffective for patients with a mild version of the disease in a study conducted by researchers at the University of Minnesota. About 24 per cent of the patients given hydroxychloroquine in the study had […]
RIO DE JANEIRO: Brazil on Thursday (Jul 16) passed the 2 million confirmed coronavirus cases mark, with little sign that the rate of increase is slowing as anger grows over President Jair Bolsonaro’s handling of the outbreak. Just 27 days have passed since Brazil, which has the world’s second-largest outbreak […]