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Born 15 March 1930, Passed away 11 September 2020 Beloved husband, father and grandfather, Nahme Utrush Sukkar passed away at home surrounded by his family in Melbourne, Australia. Born in Sourgha, near the mountainous village of Becharre in Lebanon, he emigrated to Australia in 1956 and began his great adventure down under, being the only second person from the village ...

Australia’s brutal border wars have dominated headlines as the coronavirus crises raged on, with the NSW and Queensland Premiers repeatedly locking horns over the controversial issue. Queensland’s Annastacia Palaszczuk and NSW’s Gladys Berejiklian have clashed again and again after the northern state barred NSW residents from entering for months on end, with similar divisive border closures also in place in ...

About 380 whales have died in what is suspected to be Australia›s largest stranding on record, officials say. Since Monday, hundreds of long-finned pilot whales have been found beached on Tasmania›s west coast. Rescuers had managed to save 50 by late on Wednesday, and they were trying to help the remaining estimated 30 whales. Tasmanian government officials said the rescue ...

“I don’t think the V-shaped recovery depends on the package, but I do think a targeted package could be a great help,” Trump economic advisor Larry Kudlow said from the White House. Kudlow’s suggestion appeared to mark a deviation from statements made by Fed Chair Jerome Powell and Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin hours earlier. Both Mnuchin and Powell testified on ...

The economic recovery in the eurozone took a hit in September after a new rise in coronavirus cases, according to purchasing managers data released on Wednesday. The IHS Markit flash eurozone manufacturing purchasing managers index rose to 53.7 from 51.7, while the flash eurozone services PMI fell to 47.6 from 51.9. Taken together, the composite PMI just barely was above ...

Mumbai: South Asia’s biggest economy has been ineffective in stamping out the coronavirus outbreak and it will show up in its economic performance: India is set to lag regional peers in the race to recovery. The relative success of Pakistan, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh in containing the virus will help their economies recover at a faster pace than India, Capital ...

German factories kept Europe’s biggest economy moving in the right direction this month as virus concerns took a toll on services. IHS Markit’s manufacturing Purchasing Managers Index jumped to 56.6 in September — the highest in more than two years — from 52.2 in August. In contrast, the services index fell to 49.1, knocking the combined composite gauge to a ...

Coronavirus cases have skyrocketed in Lebanon where the crisis-ridden state is now considering new lockdown measures, raising the specter of a deepening financial crunch. A combination of high infection rates, a floundering economy and renewed political turmoil could signal a new phase in the country’s slew of crises which began after a popular uprising last October. In addition to a ...

Tensions between the US and China came to the fore of the annual UN General Assembly in New York, with US President Donald Trump blaming China for the spread of coronavirus. He called for China to be held «accountable» for the pandemic. In his speech, Chinese President Xi Jinping said his country had «no intention to enter a Cold War ...

Prime Minister Scott Morrison stressed the coronavirus pandemic measures will be in place for at least six months. «It could be longer,» he told A Current Affair during a live interview with Tracy Grimshaw. The prime minister said that the government›s framework of six months was based off modelling done early in the pandemic, and that he continued to use ...