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Sainsbury's Bank chairman Roger Davis to step down
Published On: February 12, 2020 01:30 PM NPT By: Reuters
LONDON, Feb 12: The banking division of British supermarket group Sainsbury’s (SBRY.L) has started the search for a new chairman after Roger Davis notified the board he plans to step down, the firm said on Wednesday.
China’s Communist Party faces its biggest crisis since SARS
Published On: February 12, 2020 01:16 PM NPT By: Associated Press
BEIJING, feb 12: China’s ruling Communist Party needs to make a politically fraught decision: Admit a viral outbreak isn’t under control and cancel this year’s highest-profile official event. Or bring 3,000 legislators to Beijing next month and risk fueling public anger at the government’s handling of the disease.
Taiwan says it didn't need China's permission for WHO meeting
Published On: February 12, 2020 12:53 PM NPT By: Reuters
TAIPEI, Feb 12: Taiwan’s presence at a World Health Organization (WHO) meeting this week on the new coronavirus was the result of direct talks between the island and the body, and did not require China’s permission, Taiwan’s Foreign Ministry said on Wednesday.
Philippine President Duterte terminates military pact with US
Published On: February 12, 2020 12:32 PM NPT By: Reuters
MANILA/WASHINGTON, Feb 12: Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte on Tuesday announced the termination of a two-decade-old Visiting Forces Agreement with the United States (VFA), delivering on threats to downgrade an alliance important to U.S. interests.
Iran woman dies of suspected coronavirus infection: state daily IRAN
Published On: February 12, 2020 12:29 PM NPT By: Reuters
DUBAI, Feb 12: An Iranian woman has died of a suspected coronavirus infection, the state daily newspaper IRAN reported on Wednesday, without citing any sources.
White supremacist propaganda spreading in United States, anti-bias group says
Published On: February 12, 2020 12:19 PM NPT By: Associated Press
NEW YORK, Feb 12: Incidents of white supremacist propaganda distributed across the nation jumped by more than 120% between 2018 and last year, according to the Anti-Defamation League, making 2019 the second straight year that the circulation of propaganda material has more than doubled.
Australia's 'black summer' provides glimmer of hope for climate policy action
Published On: February 12, 2020 12:10 PM NPT By: Reuters
MELBOURNE, Feb 12: Australia’s deadly wildfires have opened up a small window of opportunity for the country to break a decade-long impasse on climate policy, as some politicians and big business push for major change.
New coronavirus cases fall, experts disagree over whether peak is near
Published On: February 12, 2020 11:48 AM NPT By: Reuters
BEIJING, Feb 12: China on Wednesday reported its lowest number of new coronavirus cases since late January, lending credence to a prediction from the country’s senior medical adviser that the outbreak could be over by April.
Sanders edges Buttigieg in NH, giving Dems 2 front-runners
Published On: February 12, 2020 11:28 AM NPT By: Associated Press
MANCHESTER, N.H., Feb 12: Bernie Sanders won New Hampshire’s presidential primary Tuesday night, edging moderate rival Pete Buttigieg and scoring the first clear victory in the Democratic Party’s chaotic 2020 nomination fight.
Iran remembers 1979 Islamic Revolution amid high US tension
Published On: February 11, 2020 08:30 PM NPT By: Associated Press
TEHRAN, Iran, Feb 11: Hundreds of thousands across Iran marked the anniversary of its 1979 Islamic Revolution on Tuesday amid some of the highest tensions ever between Tehran and the U.S. in the past four decades.
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