News Archives for World - 2020-04-25

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Europe

France registers 369 more COVID-19 deaths in 24 hours

"The rise in the number of patients in intensive care shows the necessity for those with chronic diseases to be loo

Published 25 Apr, 2020 10:08pm

Europe

UK virus death toll passes 20,000

LONDON: The UK's official coronavirus death toll passed the milestone of 20,000 on Saturday, which the Home Secretar

Published 25 Apr, 2020 10:06pm

Europe

Spain daily virus toll rises slightly with 378 deaths

MADRID: Spain's daily virus toll rose slightly on Saturday with 378 people dying, the health ministry said, a day after

Published 25 Apr, 2020 10:05pm

World

German firm working on Covid-19 vaccines not interested in takeover

German biotech company BioNTech, which has approval for human trials of potential coronavirus vaccines, has lately been contacted by industry players but is not interested in a takeover, a newspaper reported on Saturday.

Updated 26 Apr, 2020 04:52am

World

China sent team including medical experts to advise on Kim

China has dispatched a team to North Korea including medical experts to advise on North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, according to three people familiar with the situation.

Updated 26 Apr, 2020 04:54am

World

Russian cargo capsule docks with ISS

A Russian cargo capsule with 2.5 tons of supplies docked with the International Space Station (ISS) on Saturday after the fastest such trip yet from earth, the national space agency Roscosmos said.

Updated 26 Apr, 2020 04:52am

World

Kanye West officially now a billionaire: Forbes

Rapper Kanye West is now a billionaire thanks largely to the basketball shoes bearing his name that he developed with Adidas, Forbes magazine said Friday.

Published 25 Apr, 2020 09:49pm

World

One million masks purchased in Canada not useable

The Canadian government said Friday that one million KN95 masks imported from China did not meet its strict standards and so could not be distributed to frontline health workers amid the coronavirus pandemic.

Updated 26 Apr, 2020 04:52am

World

Train possibly belonging to North Korean leader spotted in resort town: think tank

"The train's presence does not prove the whereabouts of the North Korean leader or indicate anything about his heal

Published 25 Apr, 2020 08:17pm

World

US urges extension of embargo on conventional arms sales to Iran

The lifting of the embargo was stipulated in the multi-nation Iranian nuclear deal concluded in 2015, but which the

Published 25 Apr, 2020 04:18pm

World

'No evidence' people with coronavirus are immunised: WHO

The warning suggests that the issuance of "immune passports" may promote the continued spread of the pandemic.

Published 25 Apr, 2020 02:29pm

World

Iran's president says Tehran watches US closely, but won't start conflict

Donald Trump said on Wednesday he had instructed the US Navy to fire on any Iranian ships that harass it at sea.

Published 25 Apr, 2020 12:38pm

World

Political row hits UK govt as virus death toll nears 20,000

Downing Street was forced to deny that Dominic Cummings and another advisor, Ben Warner, were members of the politi

Published 25 Apr, 2020 11:57am

World

Virus toll nears 200,000 as UN pushes for global vaccine effort

The daily death toll in Western countries seems to be falling, a sign hopeful epidemiologists had been looking for,

Published 25 Apr, 2020 11:50am

World

Saudi Arabia to end flogging as form of punishment

The punishment will be replaced by prison sentences or fines, or a mixture of both. Saudi Arabi

Published 25 Apr, 2020 11:02am

World

Recovering UK PM Johnson 'in good shape'

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson, who is recovering after contracting the new coronavirus, is "in very good shape", Health Secretary Matt Hancock said on Friday.