News Archives for World - 2020-03-26

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Europe

London hospitals facing 'tsunami' of virus patients

Scientists, though, warned that thousands of new ventilators may come too late while the government said it failed

Published 26 Mar, 2020 08:14pm

Europe

France reports 365 more coronavirus deaths, including 16-year-old

He said that 29,155 people had tested positive for the virus so far in France, adding that the real number of cases

Published 26 Mar, 2020 08:10pm

Europe

Italy's dead overwhelm morgues as virus toll tops 8,000

The rise in daily deaths edged down to the lowest point in the crisis -- 8.8 percent -- while the infection rate st

Published 26 Mar, 2020 08:07pm

Asia

Afghanistan to release up to 10,000 prisoners to slow coronavirus spread

The move comes after an increase in local COVID-19 cases and as tens of thousands of Afghans return from neighbouri

Published 26 Mar, 2020 07:55pm

World

G20 leaders pledge $5trn, 'united' response to coronavirus crisis

"We are strongly committed to presenting a united front against this common threat," the leaders said in a joint st

Updated 26 Mar, 2020 07:36pm

World

Trump coronavirus briefings become mini election rallies

He reads dutifully from a lengthy prepared statement giving updates about what the government is doing. In a n

Published 26 Mar, 2020 04:42pm

Middle East

Israel parliament elects Netanyahu rival Gantz as speaker

Gantz, the only candidate nominated to succeed Netanyahu ally Yuli Edelstein as speaker, won the speakership vote w

Published 26 Mar, 2020 04:37pm

World

Mexico asks G20 to avoid border closings, unilateral tariffs

I said powerful (nations) have to help establish a kind of truce, that there are no border closings with unilateral

Published 26 Mar, 2020 04:31pm

Europe

Putin, at G20 summit, proposes lifting sanctions on essential goods amid coronavirus

Putin also proposed creating a special fund under International Monetary Fund control to fight the spread of the vi

Published 26 Mar, 2020 04:26pm

Asia

China's Xi says countries need to join forces in protecting world economy

The pandemic has sickened more than 488,000 people around the world and killed over 25,000. He also urged Chin

Published 26 Mar, 2020 04:18pm

Asia

Magnitude 6.0 earthquake hits 196 km SE of Budta, Philippines

An earthquake of 6.0 magnitude struck 196 kilometres southeast of Budta, Philippines, the European Mediterranean Seismol

Published 26 Mar, 2020 04:12pm

Asia

Tokyo reports more than 40 new coronavirus cases for 2nd straight day

Tokyo Governor Yuriko Koike late on Wednesday held an emergency news conference to warn of the risk of an explosive

Published 26 Mar, 2020 02:11pm

Asia

Indonesia reports 103 new coronavirus cases, 20 more deaths

The number of new deaths due to coronavirus rose by 20, taking the total number of deaths to 78, he said, adding a

Published 26 Mar, 2020 01:44pm

Asia

Malaysia reports 235 new coronavirus cases in biggest daily jump

The number of deaths from coronavirus rose to 23, the health ministry said. The government extended curbs on t

Published 26 Mar, 2020 01:33pm

World

US Senate offers $58bn aid to airlines as they struggle to stay airborne

The coronavirus crisis has ravaged the travel industry and grounded many of the world's planes, prompting governmen

Published 26 Mar, 2020 01:23pm

Middle East

Iran's death toll from coronavirus climbs to 2,234

The number of new infected cases was 2,389 in the past 24 hours, Jahanpur said. DUBAI: Iran reported 157 new

Published 26 Mar, 2020 01:09pm

Asia

China will continue to support global coronavirus fight, Xi tells WHO

China will adjust its anti-virus focus in accordance with changes in the situation at home and abroad, and continue

Published 26 Mar, 2020 01:06pm

Europe

Hungary expects coronavirus epidemic to peak in June-July: PM Orban's chief of staff

According to official government data, Hungary has 261 confirmed coronavirus cases, and 10 people have died. S

Published 26 Mar, 2020 01:01pm

Europe

Italy PM sees Europe in ‘hard, severe’ recession post-coronavirus

In an address to the Senate, Conte said Europe would only be able to "face the shock with extraordinary and excepti

Published 26 Mar, 2020 12:11pm

Europe

EU leaders to shield strategic firms from hostile interest amid crisis

The European Commission, the EU executive arm, issued guidelines on Wednesday to boost national defences against ta

Published 26 Mar, 2020 12:08pm

Middle East

UAE to take part in G20 virtual summit on coronavirus

We face an unprecedented challenge in COVID-19, and the people of the world anticipate this meeting to result in ef

Published 26 Mar, 2020 12:03pm

Europe

Ireland's economy could shrink by more than 7pc this year

Ireland's GDP has outperformed everywhere in the EU each year since 2014, and before the onset of the virus the ESR

Published 26 Mar, 2020 12:00pm

Middle East

Turkey hints curfew could come if coronavirus spread worsens

President Tayyip Erdogan said Turkey will overcome the coronavirus outbreak in two to three weeks. Turkey had

Published 26 Mar, 2020 11:56am

Asia

Japan's Abe calls coronavirus a 'national crisis' after surge in Tokyo

Abe said he had launched the task force under a recently revised law, after receiving a report that the chance the

Published 26 Mar, 2020 11:53am

Europe

Prince Charles did not jump the queue for a coronavirus test, UK says

According to advice on the Scotland's National Health Service website, most people with symptoms of the virus are s

Published 26 Mar, 2020 11:29am

Africa

South African President Ramaphosa tests negative for coronavirus

Ramaphosa has been praised for ordering some of the toughest measures on the continent, including a 21-day lockdown

Published 26 Mar, 2020 11:24am

World

Global economy to contract in 2020 as uncertainty around coronavirus pandemic takes toll: Moody's

Moody's expects real GDP in the global economy to contract by 0.5 percent in 2020. Before the emergence of the

Published 26 Mar, 2020 07:03am

World

G7 fails to issue joint statement on virus after Mike Pompeo insists on calling it 'Wuhan virus'

The other members wanted to refer the virus as COVID-19. As a result of the disagreement, several of the natio

Published 26 Mar, 2020 05:19am

World

Airbus unions in Spain oppose restart of operations

Unions representing Airbus workers in Spain on Wednesday condemned its decision to resume production despite the coronavirus pandemic, saying it endangered the health of employees, with 138 of them already infected.