SYDNEY/HONG KONG: Asian shares scaled four-month peaks on Monday (Jul 6) as investors counted on a revival in Chinese activity to boost global economic growth, even as surging coronavirus cases delayed business re-openings across the United States. MSCI’s broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan climbed 1.6 per cent to […]
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NEW YORK: Hundreds of scientists say there is evidence that novel coronavirus in smaller particles in the air can infect people and are calling for the World Health Organization (WHO) to revise recommendations, the New York Times reported on Saturday (Jul 4). The WHO has said the coronavirus disease spreads […]
NEW DELHI: India has overtaken Russia with the world’s third-highest number of novel coronavirus cases, at nearly 700,000, according to the latest data, as the outbreak shows no sign of slowing. Health ministry data on Monday (Jul 6) showed more than 23,000 new cases reported in the previous 24 hours, […]
SEOUL: A South Korean court on Monday (Jul 6) refused an extradition request by United States law enforcement authorities for a man convicted of running a South Korea-based dark web child pornography site that sold videos for digital cash around the world. The man, Son Jong-woo, the site’s operator, completed […]
MELBOURNE: Australia will effectively seal off the state of Victoria from the rest of the country, authorities said Monday (Jul 6), announcing unprecedented measures to tackle a worrying surge in coronavirus cases. For the first time since the pandemic began, the border between Australia’s two most populous states – Victoria […]
RIYADH: Saudi Arabia has announced health protocols to prevent the spread of the new coronavirus in the 2020 Haj season, banning gatherings and meetings between pilgrims, the state news agency said on Monday (Jul 6). Saudi Arabia decided in June to limit the number of domestic pilgrims attending the Haj […]
LONDON: Britain’s police said on Sunday (Jul 5) that revellers who packed London’s Soho district the night pubs finally reopened made it “crystal clear” that drunk people cannot socially distance. England’s hospitality sector sprung back to life after a three-month coronavirus hiatus on what the media dubbed as either “Super […]
DUBAI: Saudi Arabia’s coronavirus infections have passed 200,000 and neighbouring United Arab Emirates 50,000, with the number of new cases climbing after the Arab world’s two largest economies fully lifted curfews last month. Restrictions had been in place in both countries since mid-March and their gradual lifting has allowed commercial […]
JAKARTA: An Indonesia-Australia deal that eliminates most trade tariffs between the two nations and aims to open up investment, took effect on Sunday (Jul 5), Indonesia’s Trade Ministry said. The Indonesia-Australia Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (IA-CEPA), signed last year and ratified by the Indonesia’s parliament in February, aims to boost […]
NEW DELHI: Visitors to the Taj Mahal will have to wear masks at all times, keep their distance and not touch its glistening marble surfaces when India’s 17th-century monument to love reopens on Monday (Jul 6) after a three-month COVID-19 shutdown. Only 5,000 tourists will be allowed in a day, […]