Asian shares start on cautious note amid rise in COVID-19 cases
Asian shares got the week off to a cautious start on Monday as a spike in coronavirus cases across Asia over the weekend hurt investor sentiment while oil hovered around 2-1/2 year highs.
Developed East Asia soars in math and science test results
Students from developed East Asia are leading the world in math and science according to just-published results of exams delivered to 600,000
Sudan to cut government spending, increase social spending
Sudan will cut its government spending and increase social spending, the cabinet said on Saturday, after completing a raft of rapid economic reforms this month that threaten to compound pressures on the majority of the population.
Israeli foreign minister to meet U.S., Bahrain counterparts on Sunday
JERUSALEM, June 27 (Reuters) – Israeli Foreign Minister Yair Lapid will meet his U.S. and Bahraini counterparts in Rome on Sunday, Lapid’s office said, the first face-to-face diplomatic contacts for a senior member of the new Israeli government that was sworn in two weeks ago. Bahrain and the United Arab Emirates normalised ties with Israel […]
India COVID-19 cases rise by 50,040 amid concern about Delta variant
NEW DELHI, June 27 (Reuters) – India’s daily COVID-19 infections rose by 50,040 on Sunday, official data showed, as concerns grew about the detection of the highly infectious Delta variant of the coronavirus in some states. The COVID-19 death toll in the country rose by 1,258, including 511 deaths reported from the state of Maharashtra, […]
Holloway narrowly misses world record in blockbuster day at U.S. trials
Grant Holloway narrowly missed the 110-metre hurdles world record on a blockbuster day at the U.S. trials in Eugene, Oregon.
Thailand announces new restrictions in Bangkok, other provinces
Thailand on Sunday announced new restrictions centred around its capital in a bid to tackle the country’s worst coronavirus outbreak.
Australia’s Sydney and Darwin in COVID-19 lockdowns
Sydney began a two-week lockdown on Sunday as a cluster of cases of the highly infectious coronavirus Delta variant rose to 110 in Australia’s largest city, while an outbreak in the northern city of Darwin prompted a hard two-day stay-at-home order.
Iran says nuclear site images won’t be given to IAEA as deal has expired
The speaker of Iran’s parliament said on Sunday Tehran will never hand over images from inside of some Iranian nuclear sites to the U.N. nuclear watchdog as a monitoring agreement with the agency had expired, Iranian state media reported.
Five dead, 156 still missing in Florida building collapse as searchers race against time
SURFSIDE, Fla., June 27 (Reuters) – Searchers worked early on Sunday to find more than 150 missing residents amid the rubble of a Florida condo building that collapsed three days ago as questions arose about the tower’s structural integrity. The death toll rose to five on Saturday after emergency workers found a victim in their […]
