Tag: world news

  • G7 launches $600bn infrastructure…

    The leaders of the Group of Seven (G7) nations have pledged to raise $600bn in private and public funds over five years to finance infrastructure in developing countries and counter China’s older, multitrillion-dollar Belt and Road project. US President Joe Biden and other G7 leaders relaunched the newly renamed “Partnership for Global Infrastructure and Investment”…

  • Weekend Chicago shootings: 23 shot, 5-month-old girl among 5 killed

    Chicago weekend shootings have left at least 23 shot, five fatally, police said. SUNDAY One person was killed and another wounded after gunmen opened fire on a CTA bus Sunday afternoon in Garfield Park. About 1:20 p.m., two armed males entered the bus in the 300 block of South Pulaski Road, walked to the back…

  • Birmingham explosion: Man suffers life-threatening injuries

    A man suffered life-threatening injuries in a gas explosion that destroyed a house in Birmingham and badly damaged at least three others. Photos of the aftermath show a house completely hollowed out by the blast at 8.38 pm on Dulwich Road, in Kingstanding. Four other men suffered more minor injuries. West Midlands Ambulance Service (WMAS)…

  • Southeast Asia, Latin America Set to Gain in Post-Pandemic Supply Chains – News

    From multinational makers of clothing to consumer electronics, companies are reassessing their sources of raw materials, parts and factory assembly because of the pandemic, experts say. That means countries in Southeast Asia and Latin America are becoming key go-to places in the global supply chain as businesses shift away from China post-pandemic. China had attracted…

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