“I’ve not seen any projections of four million [unemployed materializing] but certainly we know that there are some 700,000 extra people that are already unemployed,” Eustice told Sky on Thursday. “It’s for precisely that reason that we are trying to avoid full lockdown.” The Office for Budget Responsibility forecast in …
Read More »Rouhani calls Pompeo ‘minister of crimes’, dubs renewed US sanctions ‘savagery’ against Iranians amid Covid-19 pandemic
The fresh round of punitive measures, announced earlier this week by the Trump administration, targets 27 individuals and entities within Iran, taking aim at the country’s defense and nuclear industries. If found, their assets in the United States will be frozen, Americans will be barred from dealing with them, while …
Read More »Yoshihide Suga becomes prime minister of Japan after Shinzo Abe’s cabinet formally resigns
Suga’s candidacy was approved by both houses of the National Diet, Japan’s parliament. The 71-year-old politician, who was described by the local media as Abe’s close confidant and “right-hand man,” had previously promised to continue his predecessor’s key policies. Suga had held the important position of chief cabinet secretary since …
Read More »‘Like Communist East Germany’: UK minister chided for urging people to spy on neighbors for breaching Covid restrictions
The minister has encouraged people throughout the UK to report anyone not complying with a new regulation that came into force overnight which has quickly become known as the ‘rule of six’. It bans social gatherings of more than six people if they’re not from the same household, and violators …
Read More »Shinzo Abe, Japan’s longest-serving prime minister, announces resignation
Explaining his decision earlier in the day, Shinzo Abe said he feared the illness would affect his decision-making. “I will not be able to make proper judgments due to illness,” the outgoing premier clarified, as quoted by Kyodo news agency. Abe has been suffering from ulcerative colitis, an inflammatory chronic …
Read More »Labor Minister: Russia will peak in unemployment in August and September
The Minister of labour and social protection of Russia Anton Kotkov said that the unemployment rate of Russians will reach its peak in August-September. While in the fourth quarter will stabilize the situation, and then the number of unemployed will be reduced. However Kotkov recalled that according Rosstata April, the …
Read More »Foreign Minister and son of the founder of the UAE died in the attack
The Turkish edition Straturka reported the murder of the foreign Minister of UAE Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed, who is the son of the founder of the country Sulatan bin Zayed al Nahyan. Presumably, the Prince was killed in a suicide attack in the capital, Abu Dhabi. A car bomb exploded …
Read More »Deputy Prime Minister of the Udmurt Republic told about the “threats” without hairdressers
First Deputy Chairman of government of Udmurtia Alexander Svinin told followers on Instagram that receives threats from the owners and employees of hair salons is necessarily idle due to isolation mode. “The owners or employees of hair salons even wrote a direct threat that “if we see that you were …
Read More »The Prime Minister spoke in defense of online trading and small business
At the working meeting with Deputy Prime Ministers Mikhail Mishustin rather rigidly expressed about the situation in the sphere of online trading. He noted that after the introduction of the isolation the residents of the regions have become much more actively to use remote services, such as delivery of food …
Read More »Appointed the new Minister of economy of Ukraine
The new economy Minister of Ukraine appointed Igor Petrashko, during his candidacy, voted 243 deputies of the Verkhovna Rada. On Tuesday, March 17, according to “Strenia”. Applicant for a Ministerial portfolio was introduced in Parliament, Prime Minister Denis Shmyhal. He noted that Petrashko “extensive international links and vision.” He Petrashko …
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