UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Wednesday called for international action to help Africa deal with the COVID-19 pandemic. “These are still early days for the pandemic in Africa, and disruption could escalate quickly. Global solidarity with Africa is an imperative — now and for recovering better,” said Guterres in a video message for the launch […]
Australia is not engaged in a trade war with China nor will it seek retaliation against Beijing for the imposition of 80 per cent tariffs on the country’s barley, a Minister said on Tuesday. “There’s no trade war. In fact, even today, I think you have seen that there’s increased demand for iron ore out […]
The popularity of New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has soared in the country following her management of the COVID-19 crisis, with months to go before the general elections. Ardern, who took office in October 2017 and has since then dealt with two other major crises, has an approval of 59.6 among New Zealanders, according […]
Accusing the World Health Organization (WHO) of “alarming lack of independence from” China, US President Donald Trump has threatened to pull out of the agency and end its funding if it did not institute reforms within a month and end its subservience. In a four-page letter addressed to WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus that he […]
More than 1 million Australians have been tested for COVID-19, medical authorities said on Sunday. As of Sunday, there had been 7,044 confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Australia, reports Xinhua news agency. “There have been over 1 million tests for COVID-19 carried out in Australia, to be exact 1,015,652 tests conducted right across the country,” […]
Elon Musk-owned electric vehicle (EV) maker Tesla is reportedly planning to build its next Gigafactory factory to produce Cybertrucks in or near Austin, Texas. According to an Electrek report quoting a reliable source familiar with the matter, Musk is set on bringing the next Tesla Gigafactory, or ‘Terafactory’, to Austin, Texas, or at least close […]
US President Donald Trump on Saturday once again attacked tech giants like Google, Facebook and Twitter for being controlled by ‘radical left’, adding that the US administration is working to address the alleged political bias against the conservatives on social media platforms. Trump said in the tweet: “The Radical Left is in total command & […]
Launching “Operation Warp Speed” to ready a vaccine against Covid-19 by the end of the year, President Donald Trump said on Friday the US was working with India on the project. “We are working very closely also with India,” Trump said while speaking to reporters when he unveiled the project at the White House. He […]
Brazil Health Minister Nelson Teich has resigned after less than a month in the job following disagreements with President Jair Bolsonaro over the government’s handling of the coronavirus crisis in South America’s largest country, reports said on Friday. Teich’s predecessor Luiz Henrique Mandetta had, in a tweet on April 16, announced that Bolsonaro had handed […]
Video meet app Zoom on Thursday announced to open two new research and development centres in the US, one in the greater Phoenix (Arizona) and the other in Pittsburgh (Pennsylvania). Zoom said it will immediately begin recruiting software engineering talent in these geographies. Employees will work from home until the offices are built and COVID-19-related […]