By Dan Burns (Reuters) – The final employment scorecard delivered during President Donald Trump’s administration on Friday handed the Republican a mantle no politician would envy: He will be the only modern president to leave office with fewer U.S. jobs than when his term began. A global pandemic that Trump – who lost his bid […]
Kennedy Gondwe BBC News, Lusaka President Edgar Lungu has called for increased local control over the ownership of mines in the country. Mining is the backbone of the southern African nation but most mines are owned by foreign firms. Mr Lungu, who is visiting the Copperbelt region, said this must change. “We will ensure to […]
By Soutik Biswas India correspondent In 1996, Michael Jackson played to a packed audience in Mumbai in what was to be his only performance in India. Some 35,000 fans attended the show in a sports arena on the first day of November. Jackson’s 17-song concert in Mumbai (then called Bombay) was part of his 83-show […]
Coronavirus pandemic The Australian city of Brisbane will enter a snap three-day lockdown after a cleaner in its hotel quarantine system became infected with coronavirus. Health officials said the cleaner had the highly transmissible UK variant and they were afraid it could spread. Brisbane has seen very few cases of the virus beyond quarantined travellers […]
Lion Air plane crash Boeing has agreed to pay $2.5bn (£1.8bn) to settle US criminal charges that it hid information from safety officials about the design of its 737 Max planes. The US Justice Department said the firm chose “profit over candour”, impeding oversight of the planes, which were involved in two deadly crashes. About $500m […]
US election 2020 A US Capitol police officer has died from injuries sustained in the attack on Congress by a pro-Trump mob as top Democrats have called for the president to be removed for “inciting” the riot. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi urged Vice-President Mike Pence to invoke the 25th amendment to the Constitution to declare […]
By Reuters Staff BENGALURU (Reuters) – Growth in India’s dominant services industry continued to lose momentum in December as a resurgence in coronavirus infections weighed on new business and employment, a private survey showed on Wednesday. Asia’s third-largest economy has been gradually recovering from a coronavirus-induced recession but is not expected to return to pre-pandemic […]
By Reuters Staff SHANGHAI (Reuters) – Bitcoin traded above $35,000 for the first time in Asia on Wednesday, rising to a high of $35,879 and extending a rally that has seen the digital currency rise more than 800% since mid-March. The world’s most popular cryptocurrency crossed $20,000 for the first time ever on Dec. 16. […]
By Michael Holden LONDON (Reuters) – WikiLeaks’ founder Julian Assange will discover on Wednesday if he will be allowed to taste freedom after years of self-incarceration and jail time, following victory in his battle to avoid extradition from Britain to the United States. A British judge on Monday rejected a request from U.S. authorities for […]
By Hyonhee Shin SEOUL (Reuters) – North Korean leader Kim Jong Un said his five-year economic plan had failed to meet its goals “on almost every sector” as he kicked off a congress of the ruling Workers’ Party, state media KCNA reported on Wednesday. The rare political gathering, which Kim last hosted in 2016, has […]
