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Tuesday, November 19, 2024

Coronavirus in USA: Trump wants reopening

President Donald Trump pressed for a further reopening as job losses mount from coronavirus in the USA, while China's premier warned of "immense" economic...

Sirine Jehangir, granddaughter of PTI’s founding member, rocked UK’s BGT

Sirine Jehangir-a 14-year-old British-Pakistani girl has rocked Britain’s Got Talent (BGT). Sirine Jehangir is the granddaughter of the Sahibzada Jehangir- who is the spokesperson...

Global CO2 emissions to drop 4-7% in 2020: will it matter?

Global CO2 emissions from fossil fuels are set to drop by up to seven percent in 2020 because of the coronavirus pandemic, but even...

Khashoggi fiancee hopes UK doesn’t let MbS put himself above British law

Hatice Cengiz, the fiancee of slain Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi, has urged the British government to block a planned Saudi Arabia-funded takeover of Premier...

Inadequate virus testing the reason behind coronavirus travails: UK MPs

British lawmakers on Tuesday heaped fresh pressure on the government for its handling of the coronavirus outbreak, calling its testing regime "inadequate" in the...

Belgian Prime Minister snubbed by hospital staff amid lockdown easing

Belgium’s PM Sophie Wilmes has visited one of the nation’s hospitals battling the pandemic – but the medical staff literally turned their backs on...

UK to use dogs to sniff COVID-19

Trials have begun in the UK to find out if dogs can be trained to detect Covid-19. If successful, the bio-detection canines could be...

Unending lockdown raises doubts about New York’s future

New York City shows no sign of easing a two-month lockdown, even as a statewide stay-at-home order ends Friday, leaving America's cultural and commercial...

EU leaves border controls upto its members

France has threatened to quarantine incoming Spanish nationals, after the government in Madrid announced it would quarantine all incoming travelers. Across Europe, the reopening...

Oxford economist calls for elderly to pay ‘corona tax’

The elderly have already been hit hardest by the coronavirus pandemic, but one Oxford economist thinks that they should shell out to ease the...

States’ lack of pandemic preparation surprise WHO

Sylvie Briand, the World Health Organization's infectious hazards management chief, said the UN body was surprised by certain countries' lack of preparation for a...

WHO warns coronavirus may stay forever as global death toll reaches 300,000

The coronavirus may stay forever and populations will have to learn to live with it just as they have HIV, the World Health Organization...