Coronavirus pandemic China’s economy continues its recovery from the Covid-19 pandemic according its latest official figures. The world’s second-biggest economy saw growth of 4.9% between July and September, compared to the same quarter last year. However, the figure is lower than the 5.2% expected by economists. China is now leading the charge for a global […]
Thousands have attended rallies across France in honour of Samuel Paty, the teacher beheaded after showing cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad to his pupils. People in the Place de la République in Paris carried the slogan “Je suis enseignant” (I am a teacher), with PM Jean Castex saying: “We are France!” A man named as […]
By Danny MurphyMOTD2 pundit and former Tottenham midfielder Last updated on18 October 202018 October 2020.From the sectionPremier League The Tottenham players will be absolutely fuming with themselves after their late collapse meant they only drew with West Ham on Sunday. There had been so many positives from the way they had built up their 3-0 […]
A 74-year-old Indian man, who was mistakenly declared dead and put in a mortuary freezer in Tamil Nadu state, has died days after being rescued. Mr Balasubramanyam was declared dead on Monday after being taken to hospital. It’s unclear what was wrong with him. He was placed in a freezer until the next day when […]
Nagorno-Karabakh conflict Armenia and Azerbaijan have agreed to a humanitarian ceasefire in the disputed region of Nagorno-Karabakh. The two confirmed the truce would begin at midnight local time (20:00 GMT). The decision was taken in line with agreements that led to a ceasefire being signed last weekend. However, clashes continued despite that accord. Fighting flared […]
The US is to execute a female federal inmate for the first time in almost 70 years, the Justice Department said. Lisa Montgomery strangled a pregnant woman in Missouri before cutting out and kidnapping the baby in 2004. She is due to be given a lethal injection in Indiana on 8 December. The last woman […]
The man who beheaded a teacher in a street in France waited outside the school and asked pupils to identify his target, anti-terrorism officials say. The man then posted images on social media of dead victim Samuel Paty, 47, who had shown controversial cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad to his students. The attacker later fired […]
New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has won a landslide victory in the country’s general election. With all votes tallied, Ms Ardern’s centre-left Labour Party won 49.1%, bringing a projected 64 seats and a rare outright parliamentary majority. The opposition centre-right National Party won 26.8% in Saturday’s poll – just 35 seats in the 120-seat […]
By Mubasher Bukhari GUJRANWALA/LAHORE, Pakistan (Reuters) – Former Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on Saturday accused the country’s army chief Gen. Qamar Javed Bajwa of toppling his government, pressuring the judiciary, and installing the current government of Prime Minister Imran Khan in the 2018 elections. Sharif was speaking via video link from London to a […]
By Praveen Menon WELLINGTON (Reuters) – Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern’s Labour Party held a big early lead in New Zealand’s general election on Saturday, initial tallies showed after a campaign dominated by her handling of COVID-19. Labour Party leader Ardern, 40, and National Party chief Collins, 61, faced off in the election to form the country’s […]
