Thu 24 September 2020: 4-week average for initial claims decline from previous week’s revised average The number of people in the US who filed unemployment claims for the first time last week rose to 870,000, according to data released Thursday by the Labor Department. While the market expectation was 840,000 for the week ending Sept. […]
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Thu 24 September 2020: ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia – Africa has succeeded to maintain more than 80% recoveries from the COVID-19 pandemic over the past one month, said John Nkengasong, director of the Africa Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDCP) during his weekly media briefing on Thursday. Africa during the past one week had an […]
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Wed 23 September 2020: British In Vitro Diagnostics Association says there will be lag between government target and ability to boost supply LONDON – British Prime Minister Boris Johnson could fail to hit his target of 500,000 coronavirus tests per day across the UK by the end of October due to a shortage of necessary […]
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Wed 23 September 2020: Skyscanner says it will take several years before business travel returns to previous levels The air travel market has shifted toward last-minute bookings, one-way flights and more domestic trips as consumers grapple with fast-moving changes due to the coronavirus pandemic, a report from online search and booking site Skyscanner shows. The […]
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Wed 23 September 2020: Russian president offers to provide Sputnik V vaccine free of charge for voluntary vaccination of UN staff MOSCOW -Russian President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday proposed holding an online international conference for countries interested in cooperating in the development of coronavirus vaccines. Speaking at the 75th session of the UN General Assembly […]
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Wed 23 September 2020: Saudis and foreign residents can make pilgrimage from Oct. 4, while Muslims abroad will be allowed entry as of Nov. 1 Saudi Arabia will gradually lift a coronavirus-related travel ban for the Umrah pilgrimage starting early next month, its official news agency said early Wednesday. The decision to allow the resumption […]
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Tue 22 September 2020: Measures including home working, limited numbers at weddings, will be applied in England to curb rising infections LONDON – British Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced Tuesday a raft of new measures to stem the tide of rising cases of coronavirus across England. “I’m sorry to say… we’ve reached a perilous turning […]
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Tue 22 September 2020: ‘We must hold accountable the nation which unleashed this plague on to the world: China,’ says US president WASHINGTON – US President Donald Trump told the UN on Tuesday to hold China accountable for a slew of alleged offenses, particularly the spread of the novel coronavirus, which has claimed nearly 1 […]
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Tue 22 September 2020: School bus drivers brave risks, tough work conditions in new role ferrying COVID-19 patients JAKARTA – As the coronavirus outbreak in Indonesia worsens by the day, authorities have been forced to use school buses to transport patients in the capital Jakarta. Luswanto, a 29-year-old school bus driver, has taken hundreds of […]
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Tue 22 September 2020: Return to pre-pandemic debt levels to require revenue increases, spending cuts totaling $900 billion per year for 25 years If the US wants to restore the nation’s debt to pre-coronavirus levels, it will require spending cuts and revenue increases totaling around $900 billion annually for 25 years, the Congressional Budget Office […]
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