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US to impose 25% additional tariffs on French imports as response to digital tax
Monitoring Desk PARIS: France’s tax has been a source of tensions between Paris and Washington, as the latter believes the tax unfairly targets US companies. The United States will impose additional 25 percent tariffs on goods from France, estimated at $1.3 billion, as a response to the French digital tax, but will suspend the implementation…
Read MoreTrump commutes ‘unfair’ sentence of former campaign adviser Roger Stone to time served
Monitoring Desk WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump has signed an order commuting the “unjust” sentencing of former campaign adviser Roger Stone, according to the White House. “Today, President Donald J. Trump signed an Executive Grant of Clemency commuting the unjust sentence of Roger Stone, Jr.,” noted a July 10 statement on the matter from the…
Read MoreTrump says he’ll sign US immigration order paving ‘road to citizenship’ for DACA recipients
Monitoring Desk WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump asserted to Telemundo in a recent interview that the Supreme Court’s Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) decision has granted him “tremendous powers” that would allow him to sign an executive order granting DACA recipients “a road to citizenship.” “You have breaking news, ” Trump said during his…
Read MoreWhy India cases are rising to multiple peaks
Monitoring Desk NEW DELHI: In just three weeks, India went from the world’s sixth worst-affected country by the coronavirus to the third, according to a tally by Johns Hopkins University. India’s fragile health system was bolstered during a stringent monthslong lockdown but could still be overwhelmed by an exponential rise in infections. Here is where…
Read MoreEgypt army drill ‘sends a message to Erdogan’
Monitoring Desk CAIRO: A major Egyptian army exercise near the border with Libya is being viewed by military and strategic experts as a message of deterrence to Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan over his backing for the Government of National Accord led by Prime Minister Fayez Al-Sarraj and supported by militia groups. The combat exercise,…
Read MoreWHO urges aggressive virus measures as flare-ups spark new closures
Monitoring Desk GENEVA: The World Health Organization on Friday urged countries grappling with coronavirus to step up control measures, saying it is still possible to rein it in, as some countries clamped fresh restrictions on citizens. With case numbers more than doubling in the past six weeks worldwide, Uzbekistan returned to lockdown due to a…
Read MoreUS welcomes WHO inquiry into virus origins in China
Monitoring Desk GENEVA: The US welcomes the World Health Organization s probe into the origins of the novel coronavirus in China, its ambassador to the United Nations in Geneva said Friday. “We welcome the WHO s investigation. We view the scientific investigation as a necessary step to having a complete and transparent understanding of how…
Read MoreBrazil surpasses 70,000 coronavirus deaths
Monitoring Desk RIO DE JANEIRO: Brazil surpassed 70,000 coronavirus deaths on Friday, the health ministry said, though the number of daily fatalities appears to be stabilizing. The ministry said there had been 45,000 new infections and 1,200 deaths over the last 24 hours, taking the totals to 1.8 million cases and 70,400 deaths. Brazil, a…
Read MoreDepp severed finger during three-day row with ex-wife, UK court told
Monitoring Desk LONDON: Hollywood star Johnny Depp wrote on a wall with blood from his severed finger tip during a long and violent confrontation with his ex-wife Amber Heard five years ago, London’s High Court heard on Thursday at his libel case against a British tabloid. Depp told the court he suffered “some species of…
Read MoreFamily re-imagines Bob Marley classic for COVID-19 relief
Monitoring Desk NEW YORK: Bob Marley’s Grammy-winning children and chart-topping grandson have re-imagined one of his biggest hits to assist children affected by the coronavirus pandemic. Stephen Marley, Cedella Marley and her son, Skip Marley, have joined forces to produce a new version of “One Love,” which will be released July 17 and will also…
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