WASHINGTON: Former US president Donald Trump on Saturday welcomed his acquittal in the US Senate on an impeachment charge and said his political movement “has only just begun”. “Our historic, patriotic and beautiful movement to Make America Great Again has only just begun,” Trump said in a statement issued just
LONDON: A stalwart of the British political scene, Larry the Cat has ruled the roost in Downing Street for a decade, serving three prime ministers and becoming a legend in his own naptime. The tabby-and-white cat arrived at 10 Downing Street on February 15, 2011, at the age of four.
PARIS: Developing new Covid-19 vaccines will fail to end the pandemic unless all countries receive doses in a fast and fair manner, disease experts warned Saturday. As several nations consider implementing vaccine passports when international travel resumes, the authors of an open letter published in the Lancet medical journal said
OTTAWA: Canada’s main securities regulator has cleared the launch of the world’s first exchange-traded bitcoin fund, the investment manager and the regulator said Friday, giving retail investors greater access to the booming cryptocurrency. The Ontario Securities Commission gave Purpose Investments Inc. the nod to roll out the Purpose Bitcoin ETF
NEW YORK: Major Wall Street stock indices ended at records on Friday, concluding a solid week on expectations for more US stimulus and an economic rebound fuelled by coronavirus vaccines. All three major indices finished at all-time highs, with the S&P 500 gaining 0.5 percent to finish at 3,934.83, up
Lawyer appears as cat on Zoom call WASHINGTON: A Texas lawyer appeared as a talking cat during a Zoom call with a judge, sparking worldwide delight at the latest video conferencing mishap of the pandemic work-from-home era. The cat filter left lawyer Rod Ponton struggling to explain his situation to
MELBOURNE: More than six million people were ordered into a snap, five-day lockdown Friday to contain a new coronavirus outbreak in Australia’s second most populous state, forcing the Australian Open tennis tournament in Melbourne to shut fans out. The lockdown across Victoria state from midnight (1300 GMT) was ordered out
HONG KONG: Markets fell in Asia on Friday in holiday-thinned trade with investors awaiting developments in US stimulus talks, while bitcoin hit a new record as it crept towards $50,000. Oil prices also retreated from their 13-month highs after investors were given a reality check on expectations for demand this
TOKYO: Tokyo Olympics 2020 chief Yoshiro Mori bowed to mounting pressure and resigned Friday over sexist remarks, but his replacement was not immediately clear after opposition emerged to his favoured successor. The resignation and the leadership vacuum left behind by the controversy add to the woes of organisers struggling to
SAN FRANCISCO: Microsoft on Thursday lobbied for other countries to follow Australia’s lead in calling for news outlets to be paid for stories published online, a move opposed by Facebook and Google. Microsoft last week offered to fill the void if rival Google follows through on a threat to turn
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