HONG KONG: Most Asian markets started Monday on a positive note to build on last week’s gains after China unveiled fresh stimulus measures and below-par US jobs data reinforced expectations the Federal Reserve will cut interest rates this month. The People’s Bank of China on Friday said it would slash
DUBAI: Top oil producers will consider fresh output cuts at a meeting this week, but analysts are doubtful they will succeed in bolstering crude prices dented by the US-China trade war. The Opec petroleum exporters’ cartel and key non-Opec members want to halt a slide in prices that has continued
FRANKFURT AM MAIN: Exports from Europe’s largest economy Germany enjoyed an unexpected rebound in July, official data showed yesterday, making for a bright spot in the data amid signs of a looming recession. Some 115.2 billion euros of German goods were sold abroad in July, up 0.7 percent month-on-month and
GIJON (Spain): Rodrigo and Paco Alcacer both scored twice as Spain eased to a 4-0 victory over the Faroe Islands in Gijon on Sunday to make it six wins from as many Euro 2020 qualifiers and inch closer to next year’s tournament. Captain Sergio Ramos equalled Iker Casillas’ national appearances
PARIS: Two heatwaves that hit France this summer claimed more than 1,500 more lives, Health Minister Agnes Buzyn said Sunday.But that toll was significantly lower than the disastrous summer of 2003, when an estimated 15,000 people died during an August heatwave.“ We have 1,500 deaths recorded more than the average
RABAT: At least 11 people were killed Sunday in Morocco after their bus was overturned by a flood in the kingdom’s south-east, authorities said. Rescue crews evacuated 27 passengers from the bus, including several injured, after it flipped over on a bridge by “flood waters” in El Khank, local officials
SYDNEY: Australia began rescuing wild fish from drying sections of its biggest water system yesterday, hoping to avoid a repeat of mass fish deaths that prompted outrage last summer. Fish have become stranded in isolated pools in the Darling River amid a prolonged drought that has ravaged much of the
WASHINGTON: Former vice president Joe Biden continues to hold a lead among Democratic presidential aspirants, a new poll showed Sunday, despite recent questions about his age and mental clarity. Biden’s lead among Democratic voters has remained relatively steady, as he and senators Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren increasingly emerge as
SARAJEVO: More than two thousand people turned out in Sarajevo Sunday for the city’s first Gay Pride march to protest hate crimes suffered by the LGBT community in Bosnia. More than 1,100 officers, including riot police, sealed off the route of the march through the city centre to protect participants
TAMPERE (Finland): Jorginho fired Italy to within touching distance of Euro 2020 with a spot-kick winner that beat nearest rivals Finland 2-1 on Sunday and maintained his side’s perfect qualifying record. Chelsea midfielder Jorginho’s 79th-minute penalty in Tampere made it six wins from six for Roberto Mancini’s side and sent
