European stock markets rose on Monday and oil prices climbed to their highest in more than a month as a loosening of coronavirus shutdowns boosted market sentiment, even as the deadly outbreak has yet to be fully contained. Warm weather is enticing much of the world to emerge from coronavirus lockdowns as centres of the […]
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The World Health Organisation will on Monday kick off its first ever virtual assembly, but fears abound that US-China tensions could derail the strong action needed to address the Covid-19 crisis. The World Health Assembly, which has been trimmed from the usual three weeks to just two days, Monday and Tuesday, is expected to focus […]
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The Taliban claimed a deadly attack on an Afghan intelligence agency post on Monday, even as they urged the new power-sharing government to accelerate a prisoner swap to pave the way for talks. At least seven intelligence personnel were killed by a car bomb in the eastern province of Ghazni, Wahidullah Jumazada, spokesman for the […]
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Yemen, already pushed to the brink of famine by a five-year war, could see a “catastrophic” food security situation due to the coronavirus pandemic and lower remittances from the Gulf, the UN’s Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) said on Monday. The conflict between a Saudi-led coalition and the Iran-aligned Houthi movement has caused what the […]
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China’s commerce ministry says it will take “all necessary measures” in response to new US restrictions on Chinese tech giant Huawei’s ability to use American technology, calling the measures an abuse of state power and a violation of market principles. An unidentified spokesperson quoted on Sunday in a statement on the ministry’s website said the […]
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The United Kingdom has added the loss of smell and taste to its official list of Covid-19 symptoms including fever and new continuous cough — a step that it hopes could help pick up about 2 per cent more cases of the novel coronavirus. “From today, all individuals should self-isolate if they develop a new […]
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LONDON: UEFA has a plan to finish the 2019-20 season by August, including the Champions League and Europa League campaigns, the European football governing body’s president Aleksander Ceferin has said. The majority of European league seasons were suspended in March due to the Covid-19 pandemic but a few leagues have announced plans for a restart […]
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ISLAMABAD: Renowned Indian cricket analyst and commentator Harsha Bhogle believes Pakistan paceman Shaheen Shah Afridi has every chance of making into the fab four list of bowlers. The list currently includes India’s Jasprit Bumrah, Australia’s Pat Cummins, New Zealand’s Trent Boult and South Africa’s Kagiso Rabada. Bhogle feels that the seamer has come up the […]
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BERLIN: German football champions Bayern Munich kicked off their first match in more than two months on Sunday as Spain and Britain recorded their lowest daily coronavirus death tolls since March, but the devastating pandemic remained on the march elsewhere. With a worldwide virus death toll of nearly 312,000 and the global economy reeling from […]
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MELBOURNE: Australian cricket chiefs are resigned to this year’s men’s Twenty20 World Cup being postponed, as momentum grows on the subcontinent for the lucrative Indian Premier League (IPL) to be held in the global event’s October-November timeslot. Though the tournament organisers are planning on the World Cup going ahead as scheduled, senior cricket figures hold […]
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