Issued on: 09/04/2020 – 03:54Modified: 09/04/2020 – 04:00 U.S. deaths due to coronavirus topped 14,600 on Wednesday, the second-highest reported number in the world behind Italy. New York has accounted for nearly half of them. Advertising Read more New York, the hardest-hit state in America, on Wednesday reported its highest number of coronavirus-related deaths in a single day […]
Several rockets have been fired at a U.S. military base in Afghanistan in an attack claimed by the Islamic State (IS) extremist group. Five rockets were fired at the Bagram Airfield, north of Kabul, early on April 9, causing “no casualties or injuries,” the mission said on Twitter. An Afghan security official in Parwan Province, […]
Europe’s airports have seen passenger traffic “falling of a cliff” in March, as a result of the coronavirus pandemic. They suffered a 59.5% decline in passenger traffic for the month, equivalent to 106 million passengers lost. But those March numbers don’t really paint a picture of how bad things are in the cruel month of […]
Issued on: 09/04/2020 – 05:08Modified: 09/04/2020 – 05:10 The head of the World Health Organization gave a strident defence of his agency’s handling of the coronavirus pandemic on Wednesday, in response to U.S. President Donald Trump’s criticism and suggestions that Washington could review its funding for the agency. Advertising Read more WHO Director General Tedros Adhanom […]
Ukraine and Russian-backed separatists in the east of the country have agreed to another prisoner swap ahead of Orthodox Easter celebrations. The Russian and Ukrainian sides in the so-called Trilateral Contact Group (TCG) made the announcement late on April 8 following a video conference. The talks led to “fundamental agreements on the lists for the […]
Issued on: 09/04/2020 – 02:43Modified: 09/04/2020 – 02:42 The fallout from the coronavirus spread that has killed more than 83,000 people and wreaked havoc on economies around the world could push around half a billion people into poverty, Oxfam said on Thursday. Advertising Read more The report released by the Nairobi-based charity ahead of next week’s International […]
Kosovo’s caretaker prime minister has assured a European Union special envoy of his commitment to resume dialogue on normalizing ties with neighboring Serbia. Albin Kurti said in a letter to envoy Miroslav Lajcak on April 8 that a deal should be accompanied by a political, economic, and financial package to “accelerate the convergence of the […]
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Issued on: 08/04/2020 – 21:27Modified: 08/04/2020 – 21:27 France will extend its nationwide lockdown put in place to contain the spread of the new coronavirus for a second time, meaning it will run beyond April 15, the French presidential palace said on Wednesday. Advertising Read more The Elysée Palace said French President Emmanuel Macron would address the […]
A United Nations review of Uzbekistan’s human rights record expresses concerns about persistent torture in detention centers and limits on basic freedoms, according to Human Rights Watch. The UN Human Rights Committee’s conclusions reflect the fact that many pledged rights reforms have yet to materialize, Human Rights Watch said in a news release on April […]