Новости за 18.03.2021

Moscow [Russia], March 19 (ANI): Russia has reacted angrily towards US President Joe Biden after he referred to President Vladimir Putin as 'a killer', calling the comment unprecedented and describing

NEW YORK, March 18 (Xinhua) -- Oil prices sank on Thursday, logging a five-day losing streak.

Australia's policy performance on COVID-19 in 2020 was world-leading in terms of both public health and economics. Sadly, our vaccine roll-out strategy has been anything but.

SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA - U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi are meeting Thursday in Anchorage, Alaska, in what will be the first bilateral meeting between Chine

RIGA, March 18 (Xinhua) -- Latvia will resume inoculations with the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine on Friday after suspending the use of the vaccine while the European regulator was reviewing its saf

NEW YORK, New York - Wall Street recorded heavy falls on Thursday, with the brunt of the selling in the tech sector.

The mystery Toyota X-Prologue which was teased last week turns out to a rugged looking compact crossover concept which previews the A-segment Aygo hatchback's replacement. The production version of

It's unusual for the NASCAR Cup Series to run six races to start a season without seeing a repeat winner. Not since 2014, when Kevin Harvick became the first multiple winner in the eighth event of th

NEW YORK, March 18 (Xinhua) -- The U.S. dollar strengthened in late trading on Thursday amid a spike in government-bond yields.

French Prime Minister Jean Castex has announced a limited month-long lockdown for Paris and several other regions to combat surging Covid-19 cases, while insisting the measures would not be as stri

PRAGUE, March 18 (Xinhua) -- The production of motor vehicles in the Czech Republic fell by 13.6 percent to 206,695 units in the first two months of 2021, according to a press release published Thu

CHICAGO, March 18 (Xinhua) -- Gold futures on the COMEX division of the New York Mercantile Exchange rose on Thursday as investors digested the U.S. Federal Reserve's announcement.

BRUSSELS, March 18 (Xinhua) -- Based on its preliminary investigation, the European Medicines Agency (EMA) on Thursday concluded that the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine is "safe and effective," while

ROME, March 18 (Xinhua) -- Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi chose the northern Bergamo city on Thursday to mark the first National Day of Remembrance for COVID-19 victims, the number of which ha

London [UK], March 18 (ANI): The AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine is "safe and effective" and the benefits in combating COVID-19 continue to outweigh the risk of side effects, said the European Medicin

South Africa's theatre fraternity has reacted with heartbreak to the announcement

BEIRUT, March 18 (Xinhua) -- Najat Rochdi, UN special coordinator for Lebanon, said Thursday that the UN Security Council urged Lebanon's political forces to facilitate cabinet formation and undert

• Finance Minister Tito Mboweni has said he suspects a third wave of Covid-19 is on the way which could devastate the economy more than the second wave did.

We've known for quite some time that Facebook has a huge say over how online speech and expression are governed. Users have

Tagum City Historical and Cultural Center (drone photo from Wander Rider FB page)

DAVAO DEL NORTE, March 16 (PIA) - "The year 2020 may have battered our city as a whole but we came out to be resilient and innovative," Tagum Mayor Allan Rellon revealed during his 7th State of the

WASHINGTON, March 18 (Xinhua) -- Initial jobless claims last week in the United States rose to 770,000, indicating the disruption in the labor market recovery, the Labor Department reported on Thur

ANKARA, March 18 (Xinhua) -- Turkey's central bank on Thursday hiked its benchmark interest rate by a higher-than-expected 200 basis points to 19 percent from 17 percent in a move against rising in

FRANKFURT, March 18 (Xinhua) -- German stocks rose on Thursday, with the benchmark DAX index up 178.91 points, or 1.23 percent, to close at 14,775.52 points.

ANKARA, March 18 (Xinhua) -- Turkey rebuffed on Thursday the international criticism over stripping a lawmaker of Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) and seeking to shut down the pro-Kurdish party.