Britain’s Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab walks outside Downing Street, in London, Britain, April 27, 2021. REUTERS/Henry NichollsTargets for climate finance and girls’ education will top the agenda at a meeting this week of foreign ministers from the Group of Seven advanced economies, this year’s chair Britain said on Sunday.The London summit will be the first…
An apartment building is seen behind an Edenor electric company power distribution plant in Buenos Aires, Argentina, January 30, 2017. REUTERS/Marcos Brindicci/File PhotoArgentina’s major power distribution firms Edenor and Edesur will hike electricity prices by 9% in and around the city of Buenos Aires, the national regulator said on Saturday, the first rise since a…
Rajasthan Royals bowler Jaydev Unadkat will donate 10% of his salary from the Indian Premier League (IPL) to the country’s fight against the COVID-19 pandemic but believes the tournament is bringing “much-needed” relief to a nation in distress.India posted a record daily rise of 401,993 new coronavirus cases on Saturday, while the country’s death toll…
Russia reported 9,270 new COVID-19 cases on Saturday, including 3,208 in Moscow, taking the official national tally since the pandemic began to 4,814,558.The government coronavirus task force said 392 people had died of coronavirus-linked causes in the past 24 hours, pushing the national death toll to 110,520.The federal statistics agency has kept a separate count…
Dec 10, 2020; Houston, Texas, USA; Xiyu Lin takes a tee shot off the 1st tee box during the first round of the U.S. Women’s Open golf tournament at Champions Golf Club. Mandatory Credit: Erik Williams-USA TODAY SportsChina’s Lin Xiyu carded a superb five-under-par 67 on Saturday to take a one-shot lead over Australia’s Hannah…
A South African Airways (SAA) plane is towed at O.R. Tambo International Airport in Johannesburg, South Africa, January 18, 2020. REUTERS/Rogan Ward/File Photo South Africa’s struggling national airline South African Airways (SAA) on Friday exited a local form of bankruptcy protection called business rescue after roughly 17 months. SAA was placed under administration in December…
ISLAMABAD, May 1 (Reuters) – Pakistan’s annual consumer price inflation (CPI) rate rose to 11.10% y/y in April, the country’s statistics bureau said on Saturday, up from 9.05% in the previous month.Prime Minister Imran Khan has made several changes to his economic team in the past last month, aiming to bring in policies to control…
Residential and office buildings are seen in Beijing, China, January 10, 2017. Picture taken on January 10, 2017. REUTERS/Jason LeeChinese new home prices rose again in April, fuelled by hot demand in smaller coastal cities as housing market strength in major centres tapered off due to tighter restrictions, a private survey showed on Saturday.New home…
Workers prepare face shields from recycled plastics at the Zaidi Recyclers workshop as a measure to stop the spread of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania May 21, 2020. REUTERS/Stringer//File Photo(Adds increase in demand for medical oxygen)NAIROBI (Reuters) – Tanzania has installed medical oxygen production plants in its biggest national hospitals to serve…
FILE PHOTO: A doctor prepares a dose of AstraZeneca’s COVID-19 vaccine in his general practice, as the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) continues, in Vienna, Austria April 30, 2021. REUTERS/Leonhard FoegerMEXICO CITY (Reuters) – AstraZeneca has confirmed setbacks to production of its COVID-19 vaccines in Latin America, excluding Brazil, but said it will still…