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World economy to grow at 6% this year: OECD
Growth will be driven by the world's three main economic powers, with China's gross domestic product (GDP) set to expand by more than 8 per cent, dpa news agency quoted the Paris-based OECD as saying in its 2021 Economic Outlook. The US should be close behind, registering nearly 7 per cent GDP growth, with the European Union clocking a higher-than-usual 4.25 per cent.
B1617 variant spreading worldwide at 'frightening speed': Experts
"What is frightening is the speed at which this variant is able to spread and circulate widely within the community, often surpassing the capability of contact-tracing units to track and isolate exposed contacts to break the transmission chains,a Professor Teo Yik Ying, dean of the National University of Singapore's (NUS) Saw Swee Hock School of Public Health, was quoted as saying.
Ex-Israeli Defence Minister agrees to join anti-Netanyahu coalition
Bennett said in a statement on Sunday that he and Lapid, leader of the centrist Yesh Atid party, will work to put together a coalition government following the March 23 elections, reports Xinhua news agency. "I intend to do all I can to form a unity government with my friend Yair Lapid to rescue the county from the tailspin and return Israel to its course," he added.
Mehul Choksi admitted to hospital in Dominica; was likely on trip with girlfriend before arrest, claims Antigua PM
Choksi’s Antiguan lawyer Justin Simon said the news of his client being transferred to a hospital from police custody was true. Simon implied that the news coming out of Dominican publications were true and that he would not send ‘fake news information’. Earlier, Antiguan Prime Minister Gaston Browne claimed that Choksi reportedly took his girlfriend on a “romantic trip” to Dominica where he was caught.
Gun sales in US continue amid pandemic, protests: Report
The New York Times report on Sunday quoted research data from Northeastern University and the Harvard Injury Control Research Center as saying that 39 per cent of American households own guns, and of the new owners, half were women, a fifth were Black and a fifth were Hispanic, reports Xinhua news agency.
Global Covid-19 caseload tops 170.1mn
In its latest update on Monday morning, the University's Center for Systems Science and Engineering (CSSE) revealed that the current global caseload and death toll stood at 170,174,444 and 3,537,835, respectively. The US continues to be the worst-hit country with the world's highest number of cases and deaths at 33,258,547 and 594,430, respectively, according to the CSSE.
Captain fully responsible for grounding of ship in Suez Canal
"It is due to the captain's repeated orders in a very short time," Xinhua news agency quoted Captain al-Sayed Shuaisha, head of the SCA's investigation team, as saying to reporters at the Authority's headquarters in Ismailia city. In April, the Egyptian authorities seized Ever Given, one of the largest container ships in the world.
Netanyahu seems on way out as Israel opposition clinch deal
Former Defence Minister Naftali Bennett of the ultra-nationalist pro-settler Yamina party on Sunday announced he would opt for an alliance with opposition leader Yair Lapid of Yesh Atid. "I will do everything to form a national unity government with my friend Yair Lapid," Bennett said in a televised addresss, the BBC reported.
6 people dead in Colombia protests
Newspaper El Tiempo said there were six deaths on Saturday, while RCN Radio put the toll at seven, reprts dpa news agency. President Ivan Duque on Friday night sent additional military assistance to support police in the Valle del Cauca district, the epicentre of the protests of which Cali is the capital, after several people died in protests earlier in the day.
US on track for July 4 vaccination target: CDC
New CDC data released on Saturday indicates that more that half of all adults in the US, or more than 51 per cent, are now fully vaccinated against the coronavirus, marking another milestone in the country's pandemic recovery, reports dpa news agency. Some 167.2 million people 18 years or older have received at least one dose, according to the CDC data.
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