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US concerned by China's ongoing attempts to 'intimidate' neighbours: White House

G7 to discuss coronavirus pandemic on Thursday: White House

11:54 pm April 15, 2020

Washington: President Donald Trump and other G7 leaders will discuss international coordination of the coronavirus response by video conference on Thursday, the White House said. The remote meeting convened by Trump follows up on another virtual summit held last month and comes as the leading world economies remain under lockdown due to the pandemic. Trump […]

Stock indexes edge lower, pulling S&P 500 below record high

Greece taking offers on 7-year-bond

6:55 pm April 15, 2020

Athens: Greece on Wednesday began taking offers on a seven-year bond, state agency ANA said, amid efforts to shore up its economy during a costly coronavirus lockdown. According to reports, the Greek debt agency will seek to raise around 2.0 billion euros (USD 2.2 billion). “We don’t want to raise large amounts because we do […]

Cannes film festival difficult to hold ‘in original form’: organisers

8:22 am April 15, 2020

Paris: It will be difficult to hold the Cannes film festival in its original form in 2020 due to the coronavirus outbreak, organisers said Tuesday, adding they were looking at new ways of hosting the world’s biggest annual celebration of cinema. The festival had already been postponed from its original mid-May dates to late June […]

Italy’s virus death toll tops 20,000

1:40 am April 14, 2020

Rome: Italy’s death toll from the novel coronavirus topped 20,000 on Monday but its number of critically ill patients dropped for the tenth successive day as its rate of infections slowed. The 566 new deaths reported by the civil protection service takes Italy’s fatalities total to 20,465 — officially second in the world behind the […]

‘Balconies, life, art’: Berlin’s shut-in artists show their work

12:56 am April 14, 2020

Berlin: Berlin’s art galleries are closed, but the art scene is rising to the occasion as around 50 artists join a community exhibition from their balconies. “At a time when our freedom of movement is suspended, (balconies) have become unique performance sites,” organisers said as they launched the project in the trendy Prenzlauer Berg district […]