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KARACHI: A paramilitary soldier gestures while standing guard outside the Pakistan Stock Exchange building a day after a gunmen attack in Karachi. — AFP
Pakistan blames India for stock exchange attack
KARACHI: A paramilitary soldier gestures while standing guard outside the Pakistan Stock Exchange building a day after a gunmen attack in Karachi. — AFP ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan on Tuesday blamed India for a deadly attack on the stock exchange in Karachi, saying there was “no doubt” who was responsible. “Our security forces fought and thwarted a huge tragedy which was planned by our neighboring country India,” Khan...
This picture taken on June 25, 2020 shows doctor Priyo Yudhosari speaking about the IUD contraceptive device works at a clinic in Jakarta. - Indonesia is warning of a post-COVID-19 coronavirus epidemic baby boom that could see at least 400,000 more births than usual by next year as lockdowns cut access to contraception. (Photo by ADEK BERRY / AFP) / TO GO WITH Health-virus-Indonesia-population,FOCUS by Dessy Sagita
Coronavirus-fuelled baby boom worries Indonesians
JAKARTA: Doctor Priyo Yudhosari speaks about the IUD contraceptive device works at a clinic in Jakarta. - AFP JAKARTA: With her husband left jobless by the pandemic, the last thing Indonesian mother Juarsih needed was to get pregnant, but now she's expecting a third child - one of many in the country anxiously preparing for a COVID-fuelled baby boom. Indonesian authorities believe there could be 400,000 more births than usual next year as...
ST PAUL, MN - JUNE 30: Mawardi Moussa speaks to a crowd gathered to protest the death of musician and activist Hachalu Hundessa outside the Governor's Mansion on June 30, 2020 in St Paul, Minnesota. Hundessa, was shot and killed in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia on June 29. He was known for his protest songs which resonated within the Oromo ethnic group. Stephen Maturen/Getty Images/AFP
4 dead as protests erupt over killing of Ethiopia singer
ST PAUL: Mawardi Moussa speaks to a crowd gathered to protest the death of musician and activist Hachalu Hundessa outside the Governor's Mansion in St Paul, Minnesota. - AFP ADDIS ABABA: At least four people were killed as protests spread across several Ethiopian cities on Tuesday after a prominent singer from the country's largest ethnic group was shot dead, according to medical sources and a relative. The unrest, which prompted the government...
MUMBAI: Medical staff wearing Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) gear conduct a door-to-door medical screening inside Dharavi slums to fight against the spread of the COVID-19 coronavirus. — AFP
‘Chasing the virus’: How India’s slum beat back COVID
MUMBAI: Medical staff wearing Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) gear conduct a door-to-door medical screening inside Dharavi slums to fight against the spread of the COVID-19 coronavirus. — AFP MUMBAI: When coronavirus claimed its first victim in India’s largest slum in April, many feared the disease would turn its narrow, congested streets into a graveyard, with social distancing or contact tracing all but impossible. But three months...
HONG KONG: A woman reacts after she was hit with pepper spray deployed by police as they cleared a street with protesters rallying against a new national security law in Hong Kong yesterday. — AFP
Hong Kong marks handover anniversary with first arrest under new security law
HONG KONG: A woman reacts after she was hit with pepper spray deployed by police as they cleared a street with protesters rallying against a new national security law in Hong Kong yesterday. — AFP HONG KONG: Hong Kong police made the first arrest under Beijing’s new national security law as the city greeted the anniversary of its handover to China with protests banned and its cherished freedoms looking increasingly fragile. The...
NEW YORK: An exterior view of the Goldman Sachs New York City headquarters. A national mask mandate could be a way for the US to address the latest coronavirus surge while also protecting the country’s economic recovery, Goldman Sachs said. —AFP
Mask mandate could save US recovery: Goldman
NEW YORK: An exterior view of the Goldman Sachs New York City headquarters. A national mask mandate could be a way for the US to address the latest coronavirus surge while also protecting the country’s economic recovery, Goldman Sachs said. —AFP NEW YORK: A national mask mandate could be a way for the United States to address the latest coronavirus surge while also protecting the country’s economic recovery, Goldman Sachs said. In a report...
TOKYO: A woman wearing a face mask rides her bike in front of an electric quotation board showing numbers of the Nikkei 225 index in Tokyo yesterday. —AFP
Japan business confidence worst since 2009 crisis
TOKYO: A woman wearing a face mask rides her bike in front of an electric quotation board showing numbers of the Nikkei 225 index in Tokyo yesterday. —AFP TOKYO: Confidence among major Japanese manufacturers has plunged to its worst level since the global financial crisis, a key survey showed yesterday, as the coronavirus dries up global demand. The Bank of Japan’s June Tankan business survey—a quarterly poll of about 10,000...
BLAGNAC, France: An Airbus A320 plane at the Airbus company headquarters in Blagnac, southern France. European aircraft maker Airbus said pn Tuesday that it is planning to cut around 15,000 jobs worldwide, 11 percent of its total workforce, in response to the coronavirus crisis. —AFP
Airbus to cut 15,000 jobs amid ‘gravest crisis’
BLAGNAC, France: An Airbus A320 plane at the Airbus company headquarters in Blagnac, southern France. European aircraft maker Airbus said pn Tuesday that it is planning to cut around 15,000 jobs worldwide, 11 percent of its total workforce, in response to the coronavirus crisis. —AFP PARIS: European aircraft maker Airbus said on Tuesday it is planning to cut around 15,000 jobs worldwide, 11 percent of its total workforce, in response to the...
United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres attends the videoconference.
Kuwait offered $1.7 billion for Syrian people in past decade
United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres attends the videoconference. KUWAIT/BRUSSELS: Kuwait has donated a total of $1.7 billion in aid for Syria’s displaced people and refugees and countries hosting them in the past 10 years, Foreign Minister Sheikh Dr Ahmad Nasser Al-Mohammad Al-Sabah said. Speaking at the Fourth Brussels Conference on Supporting the Future of Syria and the Region, held virtually on Tuesday, Sheikh Dr Ahmad pointed...
KUWAIT: This May 3, 2020 file photo shows a Civil Defense worker distributing food to people under lockdown in Jleeb Al-Shuyoukh. — Photo by Fouad Al-Shaikh
Expats lament ‘chaotic’ food distribution in areas under lockdown
KUWAIT: This May 3, 2020 file photo shows a Civil Defense worker distributing food to people under lockdown in Jleeb Al-Shuyoukh. — Photo by Fouad Al-Shaikh By Ben GarciaKUWAIT: The stories of expatriates who are under lockdown in some areas of Kuwait are harrowing. Jleeb Al-Shuyoukh and Mahboula have been isolated since April 8, 2020, while Farwaniya, Khaitan and Hawally were later included. The lockdowns of Khaitan and Hawally were lifted on...
KUWAIT: Kuwait Red Crescent Society workers distributed face masks and hand sanitizers for employees working at Ministries Complex on Tuesday, following their return to work as Kuwait entered the second phase of easing restrictions imposed due to the spread of COVID-19.
Interior Minister pushes move towards digital transactions
KUWAIT: Kuwait Red Crescent Society workers distributed face masks and hand sanitizers for employees working at Ministries Complex on Tuesday, following their return to work as Kuwait entered the second phase of easing restrictions imposed due to the spread of COVID-19. KUWAIT: Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Interior and Minister of State for Cabinet Affairs Anas Al-Saleh affirmed on Tuesday the importance of continuing the digital...
Smoke rises from the fires ravaging the Amazon basin in August. Brazilian authorities released data revealing the highest rate of deforestation in the Amazon rainforest in a decade — partly due to a recent surge in wildfires throughout the region. – AFP
Amazon deforestation is linked to lower corn yields in Brazil
Smoke rises from the fires ravaging the Amazon basin in August. Brazilian authorities released data revealing the highest rate of deforestation in the Amazon rainforest in a decade — partly due to a recent surge in wildfires throughout the region. – AFP BRASILIA: Deforestation of the Brazilian Amazon and neighboring savannah may be hurting regional corn yields, according to a new study released on Monday. Roughly one-fifth of Brazil’s...
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