Italy’s Stock Exchange Sees Selloff As Worries About Delta Variant Spook Investors

ROME, Jul 20 (NNN-XINHUA) – The blue-chip index on the Italian Stock Exchange closed 3.3 percent lower yesterday, pushed lower by worries that the fast-spreading Delta variant of the coronavirus may start to impact the country’s economy. The Milan-based bourse called the losses, during the first session of the week…

Australian State Re-Introduces Strict Restrictions As COVID-19 Cases Climb

CANBERRA, Jul 20 (NNN-AGENCIES) – Australia’s state of South Australia (SA), introduced widespread restrictions, after the pandemic re-emerged in the community and the number of cases continued to climb in the country. As of yesterday afternoon, there have been 32,017 confirmed cases of COVID-19, and the number of locally acquired…

England Lifts All COVID-19 Restrictions Amid Rapidly Rising Cases

LONDON, Jul 20 (NNN-AGENCIES) – England lifted almost all its remaining COVID-19 restrictions yesterday, according to its roadmap out of lockdown. As the number of daily infections continues to rapidly increase, the final stage of easing virus restrictions came with a note of caution. Yesterday was described by the British…

U.S. Continues To See Increasing COVID-19 Infections As Delta Spreads

WASHINGTON, Jul 20 (NNN-AGENCIES) – The United States continues to see a surge in COVID-19 cases, deaths and hospitalisations, fueled by the highly transmissible Delta variant and vaccine hesitancy. The country is averaging over 32,000 new cases per day, a 66 percent jump from the previous week, and 145 percent…

Dow Plunges Over 700 Points Amid COVID-19 Fears

NEW YORK, Jul 20 (NNN-XINHUA) – U.S. stocks fell sharply yesterday, as fears over a resurgence in COVID-19 cases sparked a broad market sell-off on Wall Street. The Dow Jones Industrial Average dropped 725.81 points, or 2.09 percent, to close at 33,962.04, after shedding more than 900 points at its…

Delta Variant More Transmissible: Indian Expert

NEW DELHI, Jul 20 (NNN-PTI) – Chairperson of the COVID-19 Working Group of the Indian National Technical Advisory Group on Immunisation (NTAGI) and Co-Chair of Indian SARS-CoV-2 Genomics Consortium (INSACOG), Dr N K Arora, yesterday said, B.1.617.2, known as the Delta variant, is around 40-60 percent more transmissible than the…

China-Europe Freight Train Service Via Erenhot Port Sees Robust Growth

HOHHOT, Jul 20 (NNN-XINHUA) – The border port of Erenhot in north China’s Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, handled over 1,200 train trips during the first half of 2021, according to local customs. A total of 1,241 China-Europe freight trains passed through the port in the six-month period, a year-on-year growth…

Fighting In Afghanistan Continues On Eve Of Eid Al-Adha

KABUL, Jul 20 (NNN-XINHUA) – Fighting between Afghan government forces and the Taliban militants continued last night, amid Afghans’ preparation to celebrate Eid al-Adha, or the Festival of Sacrifice, which falls today. In the latest move against the Taliban advances, government forces recaptured Dara-e-Suf Bala district, in northern Samangan province,…

At Least 28 Killed In Bomb Explosion In Iraqi Capital: Ministry Source

BAGHDAD, Jul 20 (NNN-NINA) – At least 28 people were killed and 66 others wounded, in a bomb explosion in a marketplace in eastern Baghdad yesterday, a source with the Iraqi interior ministry said. A bomb detonated at a crowded popular market in Sadr City, a suburb district of the…

UNRWA Official Says Partnership With U.S. Fully Restored

GAZA, Jul 19 (NNN-WAFA) – The partnership between the United States and the UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA), is fully restored, a senior UNRWA official said. The UNRWA media advisor in Gaza, Adnan Abu Hasna, said, the U.S. financial aid to the…