Nidhi Verma NEW DELHI (Reuters) – Indian Oil Corp (IOC) (IOC.NS), the country’s top refiner, reported a 47% decline in its June quarter net profit to 19.11 billion rupees ($255.53 million), as coronavirus lockdowns hammered fuel demand and squeezed margins. First-quarter revenue fell by about 41% to 889.37 billion rupees. Lockdowns around the world have […]
Yanni Chow, Carol Mang HONG KONG (Reuters) – Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam on Friday postponed a Sept. 6 election to the Chinese-ruled city’s legislature by a year because of a rise in coronavirus cases, dealing a blow to the pro-democracy opposition which had hoped to make huge gains. The United States quickly condemned the move, […]
Manoj Kumar A cashier checks Indian rupee notes inside a room at a fuel station in Ahmedabad, India, September 20, 2018. REUTERS/Amit Dave/Files NEW DELHI (Reuters) – India’s fiscal deficit touched a record $88.5 billion in the April-June quarter, 83.2% of the target for the whole of the current fiscal year, reflecting the impact of […]
President Donald Trump floated delaying the November presidential election — which he can’t do — warning that mail-in voting will create a “fraudulent election.” By Nina Golgowski, HuffPost US President Donald Trump on Thursday suggested delaying the November presidential election while baselessly warning that mail-in voting will lead to “the most inaccurate and fraudulent election in history.” […]
Gyms are open, schools shut, here is everything you need to know about the unlock 3 guidelines. By Rohini Chatterji HINDUSTAN TIMES VIA GETTY IMAGES Representative image. In an order on Wednesday evening, the Ministry of Home Affairs declared reopening of several public places, but only those outside of containment zones. The order said that […]
The legendary civil rights leader and longtime Georgia member of Congress will be buried on Thursday. By Marina Fang, HuffPost US Rep. John Lewis (D-Ga.), who will be buried Thursday after a memorial service, wrote a New York Times op-ed shortly before his death that he asked to be published on the day of his funeral. […]
GOP lawmakers are starkly divided about what to do about enhanced unemployment benefits, which expire this week. By Igor Bobic Arthur Delaney, HuffPost US More than 25 million laid-off workers received their final $600 weekly supplemental payments from the federal government last weekend and Senate Republicans are in disarray over whether to replace the benefits […]
Stay up to date as we cover the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic and its effects across the world. HuffPost Staff HuffPost Since Chinese officials implemented the first coronavirus lockdown in the city of Wuhan in January, there have been more than 17 million cases of COVID-19 across the planet. More than 667,000 people have died from the disease, according […]
David Brunnstrom, Daphne Psaledakis WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States and close ally Australia held high-level talks on China and agreed on the need to uphold a rules-based global order, but the Australian foreign minister stressed Canberra’s relationship with Beijing was important and it had no intention of hurting it. U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo […]
Guy Faulconbridge LONDON (Reuters) – Britain on Wednesday named career diplomat and intelligence officer Richard Moore as the new chief of the MI6 spy service as the West seeks to bolster its defences against hostile espionage from China and Russia. Britain’s Political Director Richard Moore attends a working session during the Foreign ministers of G7 […]