One dead, four hurt in knife attack near Milan: media

Milan, Oct 27 (AFP/APP): One person was killed and four others were injured, including Spanish footballer Pablo Mari, in a knife attack in a shopping centre near Milan on Thursday, according to media reports. A 46-year-old Italian, apparently suffering with psychological problems, was arrested immediately […]

TB deaths rose during coronavirus pandemic: WHO report

UNITED NATIONS, Oct 27 (APP):The World Health Organization (WHO) has warned of the first rise in drug-resistant tuberculosis for almost two decades, as it released a report Thursday highlighting the resurgence of the disease during the coronavirus pandemic. An estimated 10.6 million people developed the […]

Credit Suisse launches radical overhaul to stabilise bank

Zurich, Oct 27 (AFP/APP):Credit Suisse unveiled radical measures Thursday aimed at turning around the beleaguered bank following huge third quarter losses, including revamping its investment banking, slashing 9,000 jobs and a capital injection from the Saudi National Bank. Switzerland’s second-biggest bank launched a new strategy […]

EU strikes deal to ban combustion-engine cars by 2035

Brussels, Oct 27 (AFP/APP):EU countries and lawmakers on Thursday struck an agreement on legislation to phase out new CO2-emitting vehicles by 2035, negotiators announced. “We have just finished the negotiations on CO2 levels for cars,” tweeted French MEP Pascal Canfin, who heads the European parliament’s […]

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