Issued on: 25/05/2020 – 16:14Modified: 25/05/2020 – 16:16 Burundi’s ruling party candidate won a presidential election held last week, securing 68.72% of the vote, the electoral commission said on Monday. Advertising Read more Evariste Ndayishimiye, a retired general, will take over from President Pierre Nkurunziza, after he beat the main opposition candidate Agathon Rwasa, and five others, […]
MOSCOW — Prosecutors in Moscow say they have started an investigation after Current Time reported alleged shortages of medicines and labor violations at a makeshift hospital for coronavirus patients set up by a well-known Azerbaijani-Russian businessman Araz Agalarov. The Moscow region’s prosecutor’s office said that a legal assessment will be made assessing the actions of […]
Issued on: 25/05/2020 – 11:48Modified: 25/05/2020 – 11:48 Japan Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Monday lifted the state of emergency imposed nationally to combat coronavirus following a sharp decline in the number of new cases. Advertising Read more “We had very stringent criteria for lifting the state of emergency. We have judged that we have […]
A cease-fire between the Taliban and the Afghan government appears to be holding for a second day as the authorities prepare to release up to 2,000 insurgents held by security forces. The Taliban made the three-day truce offer that started on May 24 to mark the end of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, the […]
Nasdaq (Nasdaq: NDAQ) today announced the merger of Nasdaq CSD Iceland with Nasdaq CSD SE (Nasdaq CSD). The combined company, Nasdaq CSD SE, will operate in Latvia, Estonia, Lithuania and Iceland. Subsequently to the merger, the Icelandic branch will be positioned to leverage the full potential of Nasdaq CSD‘s securities settlement platform and links to […]
The French health ministry is set to open negotiations on Monday with healthcare personnel over a suite of reforms to hospitals and nursing homes. Some health workers already doubt that the reforms will live up to the “massive” investment promised by President Emmanuel Macron. Advertising Read more French Health Minister Olivier Véran has set expectations […]
The former speaker of Kyrgyzstan’s parliament, Mukar Cholponbaev, has died from the coronavirus. The Republican Clinical Infectious Diseases Hospital in the capital, Bishkek, said on May 24 that the 70-year-old political figure died from multiple coronavirus-related complications. He was earlier reported to have been on a ventilator. Kyrgyzstan has reported only 15 deaths from the […]
Issued on: 25/05/2020 – 04:24 Coronavirus lockdown measures will finally be eased for people in Madrid and Barcelona from Monday, while elsewhere in Spain the first beaches are due to reopen. Advertising Read more Residents in the two cities can now meet in groups of up to 10 people in their homes or on the […]
The first of five Iranian tankers carrying fuel neared a Venezuelan port run by state oil company PDVSA on May 24 amid tensions between the two U.S.-sanctioned countries and the United States. Ship tracking service MarineTraffic showed the Iranian tanker Fortune in Venezuelan waters around 50 kilometers from PDVSA’s El Palito port, west of the […]
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo said travelers from Europe spread the virus in the early days of the state’s outbreak. Darren McGee/Office of Governor Andrew M. Cuomo via AP Gov. Andrew Cuomo during a press conference on Sunday said travelers from Europe “brought the virus to New York.” The state, Cuomo said, “did not have […]