Latest
-
World
Oil prices slide as demand fears persist
NEW YORK, Jan. 15 (Xinhua) -- Oil prices dipped on Friday as traders continued to worry about weaker fuel demand amid a surging pandemic.
-
World
U.S. claims Vietnam's currency practices "unreasonable"
WASHINGTON, Jan. 15 (Xinhua) -- The Office of the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) on Friday claimed that Vietnam's acts, policies and practices related to currency valuation are "unreasonable" and restrict U.S. commerce.
-
World
Bolivian minister of health tests positive for COVID-19
LA PAZ, Jan. 15 (Xinhua) -- Bolivia's Minister of Health and Sports Edgar Pozo confirmed on Friday that he tested positive for COVID-19, bringing to four the number of President Luis Arce's cabinet who have tested positive.
-
World
Brazil's retail sales drop 0.1 pct in November, ending six months of growth
RIO DE JANEIRO, Jan. 15 (Xinhua) -- Retail sales in Brazil, one of the engines of the country's economy, fell by 0.1 percent in November 2020 against October, ending six consecutive monthly increases, the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE) reported on Friday.
-
World
Greece to relax COVID-19 restrictions
ATHENS, Jan. 15 (Xinhua) -- The Greek government announced on Friday the partial relaxation of the COVID-19 lockdown restrictions from Jan. 18 with the reopening of the retail sector.
-
World
U.S. dollar strengthens on safe-haven demand
NEW YORK, Jan. 15 (Xinhua) -- The U.S. dollar appreciated in late trading on Friday as safe-haven demand increased amid coronavirus fears and weak U.S. retail sales.
-
World
U.N. says U.S. blacklisting of Yemen group may hinder bid to avert oil spill
NEW YORK (Reuters) - The United Nations is concerned that a U.S. plan to blacklist Yemen's Houthi movement on Tuesday will hinder its efforts to assess a decaying oil tanker that is threatening to spill 1.1 million barrels of crude oil off the war-torn country's coast.
-
World
Chile reports 4,471 new COVID-19 infections
SANTIAGO, Jan. 15 (Xinhua) -- Chile reported 4,471 more infections of the novel coronavirus on Friday, as well as 75 more deaths, bringing the total number of confirmed cases to 661,180 and the death toll to 17,369, the Ministry of Health said.
-
World
Huawei Italy chief says EU recovery fund could help close "digital gap"
ROME, Jan. 15 (Xinhua) -- The head of the Italian division of Chinese telecommunications giant Huawei said Friday that Italy was in a position to close its long-standing "digital gap" with other countries in western Europe if it used the money from the European Union's (EU) recovery fund effectively.
-
World
France's coronavirus death toll approaches 70,000
PARIS, Jan. 15 (Xinhua) -- France on Friday saw the coronavirus-related death toll approach 70,000, while the daily increase in COVID-19 infections was 21,271, slightly up from 21,228 registered the day before.
-
World
NYS COVID-19 hospitalizations down to 8,808, positivity rate 6.14 pct: governor
NEW YORK, Jan. 15 (Xinhua) -- Total COVID-19 hospitalizations reached 8,808 on Thursday in New York State, down from 8,823 on Wednesday, tweeted Governor Andrew Cuomo on Friday.
-
World
Boeing assisting with investigation in Sriwijaya Air flight crash
SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 15 (Xinhua) -- Boeing on Friday said that its technical experts are assisting with investigation in the Sriwijaya Air flight SJ-182 crash.
-
World
U.S. dollar ticks up
NEW YORK, Jan. 15 (Xinhua) -- The U.S. dollar rose in late trading on Friday.
-
World
Gold down on U.S. dollar strength
CHICAGO, Jan. 15 (Xinhua) -- Gold futures on the COMEX division of the New York Mercantile Exchange fell on Friday as the U.S. dollar strengthened.
-
-
World
U.S. Wells Fargo announces net income of 3 bln USD in Q4
SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 15 (Xinhua) -- Multinational financial services company Wells Fargo & Company on Friday reported a net income of 2.99 billion U.S. dollars for the fourth quarter of 2020, compared with 2.87 billion dollars for the same period of the previous year.
-
World
Canada's COVID-19 conditions worsening: report
OTTAWA, Jan. 15 (Xinhua) -- Canada is to see up to 796,630 COVID-19 cases and 19,630 deaths by Jan. 24, as the coronavirus continues to surge rapidly across the country, according to the Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC) on Friday.
-
World
Italy hits 1-mln-dose vaccination mark
ROME, Jan. 15 (Xinhua) -- Italy passed a positive milestone on Friday, with 1 million doses of COVID-19 vaccine having been administered just 19 days after the country launched its nationwide vaccination program.
-
Football
Premier League boss says players must follow rules on celebrations
LONDON (Reuters) - If there is a last-gasp winner in Liverpool's seismic Premier League clash with Manchester United at Anfield on Sunday, one set of fans will be hugging on their sofas in front of the TV but the goalscorer will be under orders to celebrate alone.
-
World
Roundup: U.S. CDC projects nearly 90,000 new COVID-19 deaths over next 3 weeks
WASHINGTON, Jan. 15 (Xinhua) -- Nearly 90,000 people in the United States may die from COVID-19 in the next three weeks, according to the latest projections of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
