News Archives for World - 2020-03-30

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World

Merkel to work from home despite negative coronavirus test

Merkel has been self-quarantining and working from home after receiving a vaccination on March 20 from a doctor who

Published 30 Mar, 2020 09:55pm

World

EU lists 'critical workers' needing to cross borders

They include health workers, truck drivers hauling food, and seasonal workers picking fruits and crops. B

Published 30 Mar, 2020 09:49pm

World

Trump: NY governor would be a better candidate than Biden

"We've sent them a lot of stuff. Well, one of the reasons he's successful is because we've helped make him successf

Published 30 Mar, 2020 09:48pm

World

France reports record 418 coronavirus deaths in 24 hours

There are now 20,946 people hospitalised in France with COVID-19, with 5,056 of them in intensive care, the governm

Published 30 Mar, 2020 09:47pm

World

Saudi-led coalition air strikes hit rebel-held Yemen capital

Residents in Sanaa reported multiple explosions after the bombing raids began, in a new escalation despite UN call

Published 30 Mar, 2020 09:34pm

World

North Korea slams Pompeo and says will 'walk our way'

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo last week told nations to "stay committed to applying diplomatic and economic pressu

Published 30 Mar, 2020 09:34pm

Europe

Putin, Trump discuss oil markets, coronavirus by phone

The presidents agreed for Russian and US energy ministers to hold consultations on global oil markets. They al

Published 30 Mar, 2020 04:56pm

Asia

Taiwan says WHO not sharing coronavirus information it provides, pressing complaints

Taiwan's lack of membership of the UN body, due to Chinese pressure which claims the island as its own with no righ

Published 30 Mar, 2020 03:56pm

Middle East

Expo 2020 Dubai to be postponed by one year

Participations had asked for the delay, citing a need to focus on the coronavirus outbreak, the statement and two o

Published 30 Mar, 2020 03:19pm

Middle East

IMF urges Kuwait to reduce oil dependence, boost savings

The report, based on information available as of March 2, was prepared before the coronavirus outbreak became a pan

Published 30 Mar, 2020 03:15pm

Asia

Indonesia to limit people's mobility as study warns of surge in coronavirus deaths

Indonesia accounts for nearly half of the 250 deaths reported from across Southeast Asia, but fewer than a fifth of

Published 30 Mar, 2020 03:11pm

Asia

Tokyo governor asks residents to stay away from bars to slow coronavirus spread

The number of infection cases in the city has climbed to 443 cases as of Monday, the Tokyo Metropolitan government

Published 30 Mar, 2020 02:59pm

Europe

UK's Prince Charles, 71, out of self-isolation and in good health

Clarence House has confirmed today that, having consulted with his doctor, The Prince of Wales is now out of self-i

Published 30 Mar, 2020 02:24pm

World

US health experts pushed strongly for Trump to extend coronavirus restrictions

The Times based its report on less specific models, translating CDC percentages into absolute numbers after consult

Published 30 Mar, 2020 02:03pm

Asia

Singapore reports 35 more coronavirus cases, total 879

Nine of the 35 cases were imported while the others were locally transmitted. The Southeast Asian city-state s

Published 30 Mar, 2020 01:59pm

Middle East

Turkey puts 39 residential areas under quarantine against coronavirus

In the latest measures to curb the spread of the virus, Turkey halted inter-city trains and limited domestic flight

Published 30 Mar, 2020 01:45pm

Europe

UK PM Johnson's adviser Cummings isolating with coronavirus symptoms

Johnson on Friday became the first leader of a major world power to announce he had tested positive for the virus.

Published 30 Mar, 2020 01:43pm

Asia

China takes steps to heal virus-hit economy as infections fall

As infections fall, policymakers are scrambling to revitalise an economy nearly paralysed by months of curbs aimed

Published 30 Mar, 2020 01:35pm

Asia

North Korea says Pompeo undercuts its interest in restarting talks

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and US President Donald Trump have boasted of rapport they have built during three

Published 30 Mar, 2020 01:31pm

World

Trump says Saudi Arabia, Russia ‘both went crazy’ on oil issue

It's bad for them, bad for everybody. This is a fight between Saudi Arabia and Russia having to do with how many ba

Published 30 Mar, 2020 01:20pm

Europe

France steps up coronavirus evacuations from packed hospitals

Two specially equipped high-speed trains carried 36 patients from Mulhouse and Nancy to hospitals along France's we

Published 30 Mar, 2020 12:10pm

World

Trump ditches hopes of quick virus bounce-back for US

COVID-19 has already killed more than 33,000 people worldwide, with the number of confirmed cases nearing 700,000.

Published 30 Mar, 2020 12:05pm

Middle East

Netanyahu aide diagnosed with coronavirus, unclear if Israeli PM affected

“We will take action in accordance with Health Ministry directives,” says an official , announcing the diagnosis o

Published 30 Mar, 2020 11:34am

Africa

Zimbabwe begins coronavirus lockdown

President Emmerson Mnangagwa declared a 21-day "total" lockdown from Monday curtailing movement within the country.

Published 30 Mar, 2020 11:13am

Europe

EU's Gentiloni warns 'European project' at risk in pandemic

Germany and other northern EU states rejected a proposal backed by nine countries, including Italy, Spain and Franc

Published 30 Mar, 2020 11:11am

Middle East

Iran reports 117 new virus deaths, raising total to 2,757

Health ministry spokesman Kianoush Jahanpour announced the tolls in a news conference and said 3,186 more cases had

Published 30 Mar, 2020 11:07am

Europe

Virus to shrink German 2020 GDP by up to 5.4pc: top economists

Germany's 83 million people are currently under slightly less strict lockdown conditions than in other European nat

Published 30 Mar, 2020 11:05am

Europe

Spain announces 812 virus deaths in 24 hours, total 7,340

The number of confirmed cases in Spain has now reached 85,195 -- after the one-day increase of 8.0 percent. Th

Published 30 Mar, 2020 10:59am

Europe

Moscow begins lockdown during tougher push to curb virus

The streets of Europe's most populous city, were quiet following the closure of restaurants, cafes and non-essentia

Published 30 Mar, 2020 10:54am

Europe

Belgium virus death toll passes 500, with 12,000 cases

Health authorities in the country of 11.4 million said 513 COVID-19 deaths had been recorded and 11,899 cases confi

Published 30 Mar, 2020 10:49am

Middle East

Gulf's massive migrant workforce fears virus limbo

Tens of thousands of workers strictly confined to Doha's Industrial Area after dozens in the blue-collar district t

Published 30 Mar, 2020 10:39am

World

Trump says US won't pay Harry and Meghan security

President Donald Trump said Sunday that the United States would not pay security costs for Prince Harry an

Published 30 Mar, 2020 06:35am

Europe

German state finance minister commits suicide over coronavirus concerns

The German authorities have suspected that Schaefer, who was the finance minister for the state of Hesse has taken

Updated 31 Mar, 2020 09:17am

World

Norway's wealth fund has lost $125 billion this year

Norway's sovereign wealth fund, the world's biggest, has lost 1.33 trillion kroner ($125 billion) since the start of 2020 as markets collapse under the COVID-19 pandemic, its management said Thursday.