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Vowing new Syria campaign, United States sanctions dozens including Assad wife

The Caesar Syria Civilian Protection Act sanctions Syrian regime leaders for war crimes against the Syrian population. Experts say the new sanctions, wh...

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The consensus in the market is that the Bank of England will launch another bond-buying program of at least another 100 billion pounds ($127 billion), to comp...

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Delaware's weekly unemployment claims slow, monthly jobless rate above national average

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Uncle Ben's rice to change brand, phase out racial stereotypes in logo

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Australia says borders likely to stay closed until 2021

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Syrian Prime Minister replaced by presidential decree

Mr Arnous, 67, now minister of water resources, was born in Idlib and had served in a long succession of government posts, including governor of Deir Zor provin...

Second weekend of Black Lives Matters protest

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Airlines To Strengthen Pax Mask Use

Three months after the pandemic started in the USA, airlines are still flying fewer than a fifth of the passengers they did a year ago. Crew members will anno...

Tesla Model S officially breaks the 400 mile EPA range barrier

With an average fuel economy of 25.1 mpg, according to the EPA for 2018 models, and a rough estimate of a 15-gallon tank (with wide variances between compact ...

Supreme Court ruling expands job protection for Wisconsin's LGBTQ+ community

The Supreme Court voted 6-3 that Title VII, a key provision of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 that bans discrimination on the basis of sex, includes LGBTQ employe...

Oil slumps as US crude stocks build amid virus resurgence fears

Oil gave up some gains in post-settlement trade after United States crude inventories rose by 3.9 million barrels last week, according to industry group the Ame...

US expected to report record rise in monthly retail sales

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Beijing Dispatches 100000 to Trace New Covid-19 Outbreak

More than 20 Beijing neighbourhoods have now been designated medium risk, Reuters reported, and health authorities said on Tuesday that sealed-off residences an...

Piers Morgan warns of ‘worrying’ second wave of coronavirus in China

Beijing had gone 56 days without an infection until this outbreak. Authorities were racing to track people from Beijing who had travelled to other parts of ...

Twitter announces Juneteenth is official firm holiday

Dorsey said that June 19 will be "a day for celebration, education, and connection" for the companies' employees, and included a link to the official Junetee...

Government taxing people with fuel prices: Kapil Sibal

Petrol price per litre in Chennai stood at Rs 79.53, up 54 paise from Rs 78.99 on Saturday. In Delhi, one litre of petrol costs Rs 75.78, up from Rs 75.16 pe...

Supreme Court's LGBTQ ruling may sideline Trump's health care rules

In the majority opinion delivered by Justice Gorsuch, the Court cited the 1964 Civil Rights Act and Title VII as both essential and applicable to the Court's ...

Wall Street tumbles at open on fear over fresh coronavirus cases

EST, S&P 500 futures were trading lower by 65 points or 2.2%, futures on the Nasdaq 100 were down 159 points, or 1.7%, and futures The Dow contract fell 656 p...

United Kingdom backs down on using strict customs checks after Brexit

While tariffs will need to be paid on all imports, payments can be deferred until the customs declaration has been made. In talks this month, negotiators made...

United Kingdom officially rejects Brexit transition extension | London Business News

The EU's chief negotiator Michel Barnier has also said recently that London and Brussels must agree on a deal by October for it to be ratified by the European...

Oil prices down with worries over second COVID-19 wave

The cost of the August futures for Brent crude on the London ICE Futures exchange to 8:15 GMT on Monday is $37,65 per barrel, or $1,08 (2.79 percent) below th...

Petrol price goes up as diesel, kerosene pump rates drop

In Mumbai, the rate is ₹83.17 and ₹73.21 per litre of petrol and diesel , respectively. If this sustains, there is a possibility that petrol and diesel pric...

Band-Aid is bringing diverse skin tone bandages to the US

The company also stated that they hope this initiative would provide relief to thousands of people in the taxing moments. The brand, which is owned by cosme...

Brazos County reports record-high number of new COVID-19 cases

The new cases include 28 in McKinley County, 12 in Doña Ana County, 12 in Bernalillo County, seven in Sandoval County, six in Curry County, six in Luna County, ...

Britain’s three largest airlines fight United Kingdom quarantine with legal action

Stansted-based Ryanair and Luton-based EasyJet have joined forces to launch legal action against the government's new 14-day travel quarantine measures. A ...

Oil drops as new coronavirus outbreaks raise fuel demand concerns

The U.S. Oil Fund received approval from the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission to issue 1 billion new shares, paving the way for renewed investments into ...

Sinovac’s vaccine trial data suggest potential in building immunity against COVID

AstraZeneca plans to begin delivering the vaccine to European countries by the end of this year under the agreement with the Inclusive Vaccine Alliance, formed...

UK's antitrust watchdog is investigating Facebook's purchase of Giphy

Perhaps it attracted some bad karma, for United Kingdom antitrust watchdog , Competition and Markets Authority has started inquiry of the deal, on grounds of...

Microsoft latest to ban police from using facial recognition software

In a statement on Wednesday, Amazon declared a one-year moratorium on police use of its Rekognition platform for facial recognition . The president retweet...

Four EU countries sign deal with pharma giant for Covid-19 vaccine

Pascal Soriot, CEO of AstraZeneca, commented: "With our European supply chain due to begin production soon, we hope to make the vaccine available widely and rap...

European Union to purchase of 300 million COVID-19 vaccine doses

AstraZeneca recently struck similar agreements with Britain, the US, Norway-headquartered Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations (CEPI), and the glob...

Global oil prices fell, govt hurting common man with high fuel taxes

But it is only the petrol price which has gone up by Sh5.77 per litre while Kerosene and Diesel reduced by Sh17.31 and Sh3.80 per litre respectively. Accordin...

Government supports wages of more than 40000 jobs across the north

Cardiff has seen 36,000 people furloughed, with 23,000 receiving support through the CJRS in the city of Swansea. "Our unprecedented job retention and self-...