News Archives for World - 2020-03-17

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World

UN refugee agency to suspend resettlements because of coronavirus

To respond to this new reality, UNHCR and IOM will be temporarily postponing refugee resettlement departures.

Published 17 Mar, 2020 10:24pm

World

Some State Department employees have tested positive for coronavirus: Pompeo

We've handled those exactly the way we're asking every American to respond to those wherever they find themselves i

Published 17 Mar, 2020 10:20pm

Asia

Iran temporarily frees 85,000 prisoners, including political ones, amid coronavirus

The death toll in Iran from the coronavirus has reached 853 and a total of 14,991 people have been confirmed infect

Published 17 Mar, 2020 10:20pm

Europe

Italy imposes 14 days of isolation for most returnees

"The aim of the measure is to contain the coronavirus emergency and prevent the spread of the infection," the minis

Published 17 Mar, 2020 10:15pm

Europe

Hungary border bottleneck forces 'humanitarian corridor' opening

Red Cross aid workers handed out water to those waiting, including elderly people and children, as traffic backed u

Published 17 Mar, 2020 10:10pm

World

Finance chiefs vie to inoculate world economy from virus

Markets have crashed as world growth faces its biggest crisis since 2008, and have so far resisted the efforts to r

Published 17 Mar, 2020 10:09pm

World

UK announces £330bn package of govt-backed loans for virus-hit business

Sunak said the measures were equivalent to 15 percent of GDP and were available to "any business that needs access

Published 17 Mar, 2020 10:08pm

World

WHO says 'aggressive' action needed in SE Asia to stop virus

"We need to immediately scale up all efforts to prevent the virus from infecting more people," said Poonam Khetrapa

Published 17 Mar, 2020 10:06pm

Middle East

Saudi halts prayers in mosques over coronavirus

It said mosques would continue to issue the ritual call to prayer. Saudi Arabia has reported 171 coronavirus c

Published 17 Mar, 2020 10:05pm

World

Manchester bomber's brother convicted over the attack

Hashem Abedi was not in court to hear the jury deliver their verdict on his involvement in the attack by his older

Published 17 Mar, 2020 10:02pm

World

Trump says 'Chinese virus' comment 'very accurate'

"China was putting out information which was false," he said. "I didn't appreciate the fact that China was say

Published 17 Mar, 2020 10:01pm

World

Close the markets? It won't happen, Mnuchin says

"We absolutely believe in keeping the markets open," Mnuchin said at the White House. "Americans need to know they

Published 17 Mar, 2020 08:48pm

World

US names IS chief on terror blacklist

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said that al-Mawli was named leader of the ultra-violent group after an October raid

Published 17 Mar, 2020 08:47pm

World

US' Pelosi urges Fed's Powell to help local governments hit by coronavirus

In a telephone call lasting 25 minutes, Powell briefed the speaker on the Fed's actions to respond to the virus.

Published 17 Mar, 2020 08:35pm

Middle East

New rockets hit near Baghdad's Green Zone: security source

Just before dawn Tuesday, rockets hit a military base at Besmaya. No diplomatic missions in the Green Zone wer

Published 17 Mar, 2020 08:29pm

Middle East

NW Syria clashes kill five fighters despite truce: monitor

Before dawn on the truce's first day, an exchange of fire killed six regime fighters and nine militants, but bellig

Published 17 Mar, 2020 08:27pm

World

Trudeau warns coronavirus restrictions could last weeks, months

The measure, which has only been used once since the two world wars, would allow the government to suspend civil li

Published 17 Mar, 2020 08:20pm

Europe

EU imposes entry ban for 30 days: Merkel

Member states "agreed to impose an entry ban" into the bloc, with only nationals of EFTA countries and Britain exem

Published 17 Mar, 2020 07:47pm

World

Pompeo says Russia responsible for Turkish soldiers' deaths

"We believe Russia has killed dozens of Turkish military personnel in the course of their military operation," Pomp

Published 17 Mar, 2020 07:46pm

Europe

France reports 27 coronavirus deaths in last 24 hours

There are now 7,730 confirmed cases of coronavirus in the country, France's top health official Jerome Salomon told

Published 17 Mar, 2020 07:39pm

World

WHO Europe calls for 'boldest actions' to fight pandemic

"Thinking that 'this does not concern me,' is not an option," Kluge said. He said the "good news" was that the

Published 17 Mar, 2020 07:38pm

World

Masks, gloves don't stop coronavirus spread: experts

The WHO says it is advisable to wear a protective mask in public if you suspect you are infected or someone you are

Published 17 Mar, 2020 07:10pm

World

Coronavirus crisis 'worse than 9/11' for airlines: Mnuchin

Airline CEOs have held talks with lawmakers as they mull how to address the plunge in world travel as countries clo

Published 17 Mar, 2020 07:03pm

Europe

Spain promises loan guarantees to shore up companies

Spain will "mobilise up to 200 billion euros" in total when public funds set aside to boost jobless benefits and ai

Published 17 Mar, 2020 07:03pm

World

Erdogan discusses migrant crisis, Idlib with Macron, Merkel and Johnson

Ankara hopes for progress on a new migrant deal with Brussels by the time of the next EU leaders' summit on March 2

Published 17 Mar, 2020 07:03pm

World

Brazil confirms first coronavirus death

"People are acting like it's the end of the world," the far-right president said in an interview with Radio Tupi.

Published 17 Mar, 2020 06:16pm

World

EU-UK trade talks confirmed cancelled this week

"We expect to share a draft free trade agreement alongside the draft legal texts of a number of the standalone agre

Updated 17 Mar, 2020 06:19pm

World

UK govt says 'reasonable' estimate 55,000 could have COVID-19

Asked at a parliamentary health committee if there were "potentially 55,000 cases" based on that ratio, Patrick Val

Published 17 Mar, 2020 04:06pm

World

Putin says virus situation in Russia 'under control'

"We were able to contain mass penetration and spread" of the pandemic, the Russian president told a government meet

Published 17 Mar, 2020 04:03pm

World

EU chief hopes for coronavirus vaccine this year

"They are working on a promising technology to develop a vaccine against the coronavirus," the former German defenc

Published 17 Mar, 2020 04:00pm

World

Avoid self-medication with ibuprofen against COVID-19 symptoms: WHO

"In the meantime, we recommend using rather paracetamol, and do not use ibuprofen as a self-medication. That's impo

Published 17 Mar, 2020 02:22pm

World

Coronavirus puts German economy on 'red alert'

"The economy is on red alert," said ZEW President Achim Wambach in a statement, adding that financial experts expec

Published 17 Mar, 2020 12:06pm

World

US, China trade barbs over coronavirus

The two countries have sparred over the origin of the virus for days, with a Chinese official promoting conspiracy

Published 17 Mar, 2020 11:15am

World

Moderna doses first patient with coronavirus vaccine in early-stage trial

Moderna's study has made the most headway among efforts by the pharmaceutical industry to develop coronavirus vacc

Published 17 Mar, 2020 11:10am

World

Biden wins Washington state Democratic primary: US media

After most of the votes were counted on Monday night, NBC and the New York Times called the result -- a narrow vict

Published 17 Mar, 2020 11:10am

World

Iraq president names ex-Najaf governor Adnan Zurfi as premier

Zurfi, a 54-year-old lawmaker, has 30 days to form his cabinet which he must then put to a vote of confidence in Ir

Published 17 Mar, 2020 11:08am

World

Japan Olympic Committee deputy head has coronavirus: statement

"Today, my test result showed positive for the new coronavirus," Tashima said in a statement, issued via the Japan

Published 17 Mar, 2020 10:59am

World

Russia unveils measures to support business amid pandemic

The Russian government said Monday it would unlock $4 billion to help the economy with the coronavirus pandemic and urged businesses to help slow the spread of the virus. Reserves of 300 billion rubles ($4 billion) "can be used by the government within th