News Archives for World - 2020-04-20

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New York governor says 'don't need protests to convince anyone' of anxiety over lockdowns

You don't need protests to convince anyone in this country that we have get back to work. New York Governor A

Published 20 Apr, 2020 10:55pm

World

Trump says will meet NY Governor Cuomo Tuesday at White House

New York is the epicenter of the US coronavirus epidemic, and Cuomo has alternately clashed and coordinated with Tr

Published 20 Apr, 2020 10:36pm

World

US to add 75mn barrels of oil to strategic reserve: Trump

Oil prices crashed into negative territory Monday after coronavirus lockdowns around the globe shrivelled demand.

Published 20 Apr, 2020 10:32pm

World

Mexico marks deadliest day amid coronavirus lockdown

Sunday's toll exceeded the latest high of 104 people on April 4, 2020, federal data showed. Since the health p

Published 20 Apr, 2020 10:30pm

Europe

Slovakia plans to reopen small shops, outdoor sports grounds

Slovakia will join its neighbours Austria and the Czech Republic in relaxing restrictions as these countries believ

Updated 20 Apr, 2020 10:56pm

World

US pressure on Iran during coronavirus outbreak is 'inhumane': Rouhani

Iran is the Middle Eastern country hardest hit by the virus and Iranian officials say US sanctions have hampered it

Updated 20 Apr, 2020 10:54pm

Europe

Pope postpones two mega-events by a year because of coronavirus

World Youth Day, which was scheduled for 2022 in Lisbon, was postponed until 2023. They last for several days

Updated 20 Apr, 2020 10:56pm

Europe

France becomes fourth country to pass the 20,000 coronavirus death toll

France's public health chief Jerome Salomon told a news briefing the coronavirus-linked fatalities were up 2.8pc, a

Published 20 Apr, 2020 09:18pm

Europe

Turkey's coronavirus death toll rises by 123 to 2,140

The total number of cases in the country stood at 90,980, he said, the highest total for any country outside Europe

Published 20 Apr, 2020 09:13pm

World

Nothing hidden from member states, CDC experts on board: WHO chief

Some 15 staff from the US Centers for Disease Control (CDC) have been seconded to the UN agency since January.

Published 20 Apr, 2020 09:06pm

World

Moody's says Pemex debt makes it hard to recover investment grade

The ratings agency on Friday downgraded Pemex's debt to junk status and cut Mexico's credit rating due to a deterio

Published 20 Apr, 2020 09:01pm

Europe

Merkel open to bigger EU budget, bonds to finance post-crisis recovery

Merkel insisted that this act of solidarity would have to happen within the rules of existing European treaties, bu

Published 20 Apr, 2020 09:00pm

World

U.S. oil benchmark is NEGATIVE, on track for lowest close and biggest one-day fall on record

This is an updating story - The index is now negative for the first time in its history. The May contract

Updated 20 Apr, 2020 06:36pm

World

Putin warns Russia's coronavirus crisis yet to peak as cases surpass 47,000

Russia reported 4,268 new confirmed coronavirus cases on Monday, down from more than 6,000 the day before. For

Published 20 Apr, 2020 03:31pm

Europe

COVID-19 cases in Spain surpass 200,000

MADRID: The number of COVID-19 cases in Spain has surpassed 200,000, according to data published on Monday by the co

Published 20 Apr, 2020 03:00pm

World

India partially eases lockdown, but effort falters

The relaxation came as India reported its highest daily increase of infections -- 1,553 new cases for a total of 17

Published 20 Apr, 2020 02:51pm

Asia

Iran applies for USD50mn loan from World Bank to combat COVID-19

The groundwork has been prepared and the loan request is being processed in coordination with relevant bodies, such

Published 20 Apr, 2020 02:45pm

World

Iran foreign minister meets Syria's Assad in Damascus

Assad criticised US for keeping economic sanctions in place on countries like Syria and Iran "despite these excepti

Published 20 Apr, 2020 02:43pm

World

Indian business tycoon Vijay Mallaya loses extradition case

The case will now go to UK Home Secretary Priti Patel for a final call. The business tycoon has 14 days to app

Published 20 Apr, 2020 01:56pm

World

IMF sees 4pc growth in Georgia in 2021, ready to help with funds

The IMF said last week it expected Georgia's GDP to decline by 4% in 2020, revising down its previous forecast for

Published 20 Apr, 2020 01:52pm

World

India foreign investment rules aimed at China to include Hong Kong: sources

India's industries ministry, which drafted the policy, did not immediately respond to an email seeking comment.

Published 20 Apr, 2020 01:07pm

World

Singapore reports record jump in coronavirus cases

Health authorities in the financial hub, which now has the highest number of infections in Southeast Asia, reported

Published 20 Apr, 2020 12:12pm

World

Dozens dead in fresh wave of Taliban violence in Afghanistan

Under the terms of the US-Taliban deal, the Afghan government and the insurgents were by now supposed to have concl

Published 20 Apr, 2020 11:46am

World

Merkel anxious as Germany begins opening up

Merkel and regional state premiers announced the decision to reopen last week -- but were careful to cast it as a c

Published 20 Apr, 2020 11:43am

World

Spain's daily virus death toll drops under 400

"Today for the first time we've fallen under 400 deaths, although it's only a little lower (than Sunday), these fig

Published 20 Apr, 2020 11:31am

World

Iran says US giving 'Hollywood' account of Gulf encounter

Iran's Revolutionary Guards on Sunday said the US gave a "Hollywood" account of an encounter between the two states' navies in the Gulf, after Washington said Tehran's vessels had harassed its ships.