Confirmed coronavirus cases surpass one millionon April 3, 2020The coronavirus pandemic has affected more than one million people globally, according to a Reuters tally of official data as the world grapples to contain the spread of the virus that has claimed over 52,000 lives. Italy had the most deaths, more than 13,900, followed by Spain. The United States had the most confirmed cases […]
Eyes on US jobs data as global stock markets remain tenseon April 2, 2020World stocks were pinned down on Thursday by the rising death toll from the new coronavirus and deepening economic pain, with another record week of jobless claims expected in the United States. Investors sought the safety of the US dollar which hung on to recent gains, while oil futures surged after US President Donald Trump […]
Most Americans huddle indoors as coronavirus deaths keep spikingon April 2, 2020LOS ANGELES: Four new states imposed sweeping stay-at-home directives on Wednesday in response to the coronavirus pandemic, putting over 80% of Americans under lockdown as the number of deaths in the United States nearly doubled in three days. The governors of Florida, Georgia, Mississippi and Nevada each instituted the strict policies on a day when the […]
Pakistan court commutes death sentence of key accused in Daniel Pearl killingon April 2, 2020KARACHI: A Pakistani court has commuted the death sentences of the main person accused in the 2002 kidnapping and murder of Wall Street Journal reporter Daniel Pearl, and acquitted three co-accused in the matter, two lawyers told Reuters on Thursday. At least four people were convicted in connection with Pearl’s murder, including British-born Ahmed Omar […]
Russian doctor, who gave Putin hospital tour, tests positive for coronaviruson March 31, 2020MOSCOW: A doctor who gave Russian President Vladimir Putin a tour of Moscow’s main coronavirus hospital last week said on Tuesday he has been diagnosed with the coronavirus. Putin visited the Kommunarka hospital last Tuesday where he chatted to the doctor, Denis Protsenko. Neither man was wearing protective equipment during their conversation, TV footage from […]
US coronavirus death toll rises past 3,000 on deadliest day of mounting health crisison March 31, 2020NEW YORK: The US death toll from the coronavirus pandemic climbed past 3,000 on Monday, the deadliest day yet in the country’s mounting crisis, while New York cheered the arrival of a gleaming 1,000-bed US Navy hospital ship as a sign of hope in the city’s desperate fight. In a grim new milestones marking the […]
Spain toughens restrictions as coronavirus death toll surgeson March 30, 2020Spain prepared to enter its third week under near-total lockdown on Sunday, as the government approved a strengthening of measures to curb the spread of the coronavirus and the death toll rose by 838 cases overnight to 6,528. Second only to Italy in fatalities, Spain also saw infections rise to 78,797 from 72,248 the day […]
Trump extends ‘social distancing’ guidelines until April 30on March 30, 2020President Donald Trump on Sunday extended his stay-at-home guidelines until the end of April, dropping a hotly criticized plan to get the economy up and running by mid-April after a top medical adviser said more than 100,000 Americans could die from the coronavirus outbreak. The reversal by Trump, which he said would be disclosed in […]
Modi seeks ‘forgiveness’ from India’s poor over coronavirus lockdownon March 29, 2020MUMBAI: Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi asked the nation’s poor for forgiveness on Sunday, as the economic and human toll from his 21-day nationwide lockdown deepens and criticism mounts about a lack of adequate planning ahead of the decision. Modi announced a three week-lockdown on Tuesday to curb the spread of coronavirus. But the decision has […]
Trump takes U-turn on New York lockdown as COVID-19 kills over 2,100 in USon March 29, 2020WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump on Saturday took a U-turn over a consideration to put New York on lockdown, saying he would issue a travel warning for the hard-hit region to limit the spread of the coronavirus instead. Trump backed off from an earlier suggestion that he might try to cut off New York entirely at […]