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Warnings after virus surges in US, Europe
Monitoring Desk WASHINGTON: The United States and Europe battled a resurgence of coronavirus cases Friday, with Texas ordering bars to close and warnings mounting worldwide over lifting lockdowns too soon. Britons were told to avoid packed beaches while a major Australian city faced a surge in infections that prompted a warning against the...
Covid cut: SBP slashes interest rate to 7pc
–This is the fifth rate cut since coronavirus pandemic hit global economy, with total reduction being 625bps in last 100 days KARACHI: The State Bank of Pakistan (SBP), in a meeting of the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) on Thursday, slashed the country’s policy rate by 100 basis points from 8 per cent to 7pc. The surprise move was taken in...
Realpolitik dictates Russia-West feud over WWII memories
Cui Heng MOSCOW: On June 24, 1945, former Soviet Union leader Joseph Stalin stood on top of Vladimir Lenin’s tomb and watched Marshal Georgy Zhukov review the ground armored force that defeated Nazi Germany. That was the most glorious moment in the Soviet history. On the same day 75 years later, Russia held a military parade to commemorate...
President Trump says US moving troops to Poland after meeting with Poland’s Duda
Monitoring Desk WASHINGTON: The US president was speaking on Wednesday as he hosted Polish leader Andrzej Duda at the White House just four days ahead of the European nation’s election. “We are going to be reducing our forces in Germany” from 52,000 to 25,000 troops, Trump said after an Oval Office meeting with his populist ally Duda. “Some...
US attorney denies stepping down, vows to continue probe of Trump allies
Monitoring Desk WASHINGTON: The Justice Department abruptly announced late Friday that the U.S. attorney who was was overseeing an investigation into President Donald Trump’s personal lawyer was resigning. But he disputes that, saying he was staying on the job and his probes would continue. Attorney General William Barr said in a statement...
EU sanctions against Russia over Ukraine to be extended by six months: Merkel
The sanctions, which target whole sectors of the Russian economy including its valuable oil businesses, were due to expire this month but ‘would be extended by six months’, says Merkel …read more Source:: Geo...
Bolton says Donald Trump unfit for office; US president calls him a ‘sick puppy’
WASHINGTON (Agencies): US President Donald Trump on Thursday dismissed former top aide John Bolton’s explosive accusations about the White House in an upcoming book as “pure fiction.” In a tweet calling the former national security adviser a “sick puppy,” Trump said the book is “a compilation of lies and made up stories, all intended to...
Berlin, NATO warn against US troop cuts in Germany
WARSAW (AFP): Germany and NATO on Tuesday underlined the importance of US troops in Germany for security on both sides of the Atlantic, a day after President Donald Trump announced he would slash the number stationed there. “We think that the US presence in Germany is important for the security not just of Germany but also for the security of the...
EU nations reopen borders to fellow Europeans but China battles new outbreak
Belgium, France, Germany, Greece and Ukraine were among those lifting border restrictions on Monday …read more Source:: Geo...
Luxembourg sees EU recognising Palestine if Israel ‘steals’ West Bank
Monitoring Desk Luxembourg’s Foreign Minister Jean Asselborn says Israel’s annexation of parts of occupied West Bank would be “stealing” and would make European Union’s recognition of Palestine as a state “inevitable.” Luxembourg FM Jean Asselborn says EU should slap economic sanctions or recognise Palestine as a state if Israel...
