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Global Covid-19 caseload tops 178
WASHINGTON: The overall global Covid-19 caseload has topped 178.6 million, while the deaths have surged to more than 3.87 million, according to the Johns Hopkins University. In its latest update on Tuesday morning, the University’s Center for Systems Science and Engineering (CSSE) revealed that the current global caseload and death toll stood at 178,686,182 and…
‘Pandemic continues to pose risks to economic outlook’
WASHINGTON: US Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell has said the Covid-19 pandemic continues to pose risks to the US economic outlook as the pace of vaccination has slowed. “Progress on vaccinations has limited the spread of Covid-19 and will likely continue to reduce the effects of the public health crisis on the economy,” Powell said…
US sanctions Belarusian individuals, entities
WASHINGTON: The US announced sanctions against Belarusian individuals and entities over alleged human rights abuse and the 23 May Ryanair flight diversion incident. The Treasury Department said in a statement on Monday that it had designated five entities and 16 individuals, including Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko’s press secretary and the chairperson of the Council of…
Tropical storm kills 14 people in Alabama
WASHINGTON: At least 14 people were killed in the US state of Alabama after tropical storm Claudette made landfall with strong winds and heavy rains state Alabama. Claudette had maximum sustained winds of 40 mph on Monday, the National Hurricane Center said in an advisory. However, the weather service issued flash flood warnings in parts…
US initial jobless claims rise to highest level in a
WASHINGTON: After hitting pandemic lows, initial unemployment claims in the US unexpectedly rose to 412,000 last week, marking the highest level in a month, the Labour Department reported. In the week ending June 12, the number of Americans filing for unemployment benefits increased by 37,000 from the previous week’s downwardly revised level of 375,000, according…
Chinese top official defected to US, gave Biden administration info
WASHINGTON: Chinese vice-minister of State Security, Dong Jingwei, reportedly defected to the United States and gave the information about the Wuhan Institute of Virology, which is at the center of coronavirus lab-leak hypothesis. According to a report in SpyTalk, Chinese-language anti-communist media and Twitter are abuzz with rumours that Dong fled to the US via…
Global Covid-19 caseload tops 177 million
WASHINGTON: The overall global Covid-19 caseload has topped 177.3 million, while the deaths have surged to more than 3.84 million, according to the Johns Hopkins University. In its latest update on Friday morning, the University’s Center for Systems Science and Engineering (CSSE) revealed that the current global caseload and death toll stood at 177,355,602 and…
Mistrial declared in case of US-based scientist charged with hiding
WASHINGTON: A US judge has declared a mistrial in the trial of a former University of Tennessee scientist, who was accused of hiding his work in China to defraud NASA. Hu Anming, 52, was an engineering professor at Tennessee University, was indicted in February 2020 on three counts of wire fraud and three counts of…
One killed, 12 injured in US multiple shootings
ARIZONA: One person was killed and 12 others wounded in a series of shootings in several places in the Phoenix metropolitan area in US state of Arizona on Thursday afternoon, and the suspect has been arrested by the police. According to Peoria Police Department, which led the investigation, the shootings happened at eight locations throughout…
US needs to fight against Chinese harmful influence in UN:
WASHINGTON: The United States needs to “fight” against Chinese harmful influence in the United Nations and needs to build an alliance to investigate the source of COVID-19 as well address human rights abuses in Xinjiang, a senior US official told Congress. “They exert enormous influence in the United Nations, and it’s malign … influence that…