News Archives for World - 2020-03-11

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Canada to spend C$1 billion to combat coronavirus, ready to do more

Industry-specific measures may come later, perhaps in the budget for the new fiscal year due to be released by the

Published 11 Mar, 2020 10:28pm

Middle East

Qatar and Bahrain record jump in coronavirus cases, Kuwait bans flights

Two meetings of G20 economies due to be held in Saudi Arabia have been postponed. Bahrain's new infections wer

Published 11 Mar, 2020 10:24pm

World

White House, tech industry meet to discuss coronavirus response

COVID19, the disease caused by the virus, has killed about 30 people in the United States, and infected more than 1

Published 11 Mar, 2020 10:18pm

World

World Health Organization describes coronavirus outbreak as pandemic

He urged the global community to redouble efforts to contain the outbreak, saying aggressive measures could still p

Published 11 Mar, 2020 10:18pm

World

Trump may declare national disaster to free up funds for coronavirus

Such a declaration, under the Stafford Act, could free up as much as $40 billion in immediate aid, according to Pol

Updated 11 Mar, 2020 10:45pm

World

Macron to address nation over coronavirus Thursday

France has reported 33 coronavirus deaths and nearly 1,800 infections, according to the latest figures. P

Published 11 Mar, 2020 02:53pm

World

Poland shuts schools, theatres for two weeks

"The fight against the spread of the virus is a priority for us," Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki told reporters.

Published 11 Mar, 2020 01:16pm

World

Merkel ready to drop deficit rule to fight coronavirus

The leader of Europe's biggest economy said she was also prepared to look the other way if severely hit EU nations

Published 11 Mar, 2020 12:57pm

World

Erdogan threatens retaliation if Syria truce is broken

Turkey and Russia, which back opposing sides in Syria's war, agreed on a ceasefire to stop escalating clashes in Id

Published 11 Mar, 2020 12:25pm

World

Taliban reject Afghan president's conditional prisoner release plan

The Taliban have promised to open talks with the government as part of the accord but say the release of their 5,00

Published 11 Mar, 2020 12:06pm

World

"I had COVID-19 and here is my story," Coronavirus survivor gives useful tips

"The main issue is that without reporting a cough or trouble breathing many of us were refused testing," Elizabeth

Published 11 Mar, 2020 11:34am

World

Erdogan vows to keep border open for refugees until EU meets all demands

"Until all Turkey's expectations, including free movement, ... updating of the customs union and financial assistan

Published 11 Mar, 2020 11:23am

World

Google tells its North America employees to work from home, as coronavirus rises in US

The Cupertino based techie is now advising all its employees working in North America to work from home, as the num

Published 11 Mar, 2020 10:35am

World

UK announces historic cut in interest rate to combat coronavirus threat

The Bank of England announced to reduce Bank Rate by 50 basis points from 0.75pc to 0.25pc, which is the lowest in

Published 11 Mar, 2020 07:38am

World

Joe Biden scores big Michigan win in crushing blow to Bernie Sanders

Biden, the former vice president under Barack Obama, won over voters of all types to easily capture Missouri and Mi

Published 11 Mar, 2020 06:12am

World

Donald Trump sees 'no reason' in him to be tested for coronavirus

As of Tuesday, there have been at least 1,020 cases in the US, and more than 25 people have died of the disease.

Published 11 Mar, 2020 05:26am

World

Italy readies economic rescue for families in virus crisis

Italy prepared Tuesday to allow families to suspend mortgage and some tax payments to help deal with a coronavirus outbreak that has killed 463 people and forced the government to restrict movement for its 60 million citizens.