Curious timing of Russian meddling claims
When you have picked your jaw up from the floor after the revelations hackers working for the Russian state are believed to have been trying to steal research into a vaccine that could combat the spread of the deadly coronavirus, it’s worth knowing that attempts...
Azerbaijan general among troops killed in Armenia border clash
Azerbaijan says one of its generals and five other officers have been killed in a third day of fighting with Armenian forces on the countries’ border. An Azeri private also died, bringing the official Azeri death toll so far to 11. Azerbaijan says heavy fighting...
France’s president in favor of mandatory face masks in indoor public spaces
French President Emmanuel Macron said he is “in favor” of making wearing face masks mandatory in enclosed public spaces to limit the spread of coronavirus, adding during a televised interview that the measure could be enforced as early as August 1. “I would like to...
Iraq reports more than 2,000 new Covid-19 cases, health ministry say
Iraq on Tuesday recorded at least 2,022 new coronavirus cases, according to the country’s health ministry. This brings the total number of Covid-19 cases in Iraq to more than 81,700 according to the health ministry. The health ministry also reported at least 95 new Covid-19-related...
Latin America and the Caribbean have reported more coronavirus deaths than US and Canada
Latin America and the Caribbean have now recorded more coronavirus deaths than the US and Canada, a CNN analysis of Johns Hopkins University data shows. As of Tuesday, Latin America and the Caribbean have reported at least 146,515 deaths due to Covid-19. The United States...
India recorded 100,000 coronavirus cases in last four days
More than 100,000 people in India have tested positive in just the past four days, said the Indian Ministry of Health and Family Welfare on Tuesday. The country recorded 28,498 new cases and 553 new deaths in the last 24 hours, said the ministry. That raises...
Brazil reported more than 260,000 new cases in one week
Brazil has seen more than 260,000 new coronavirus cases in the past week alone, according to data from the Brazilian Health Ministry. On Monday, the ministry recorded 20,286 new cases, bringing the country’s total number of confirmed cases to 1,884,967. 261,683 of those cases came...
The US reported more than 56,000 new cases today
The United States now has at least 3,361,042 cases of coronavirus and 135,582 related deaths, according to Johns Hopkins University. On Monday, the US reported 56,100 new cases and 377 deaths. The totals include cases from all 50 states, the District of Columbia and other US territories, as well as repatriated cases.
Mexico surpasses 300,000 confirmed Covid-19 cases
Mexico confirmed 4,685 new Covid-19 cases on Monday, bringing the total number of infections to 304,435. The Mexican Health Ministry also reported 485 new deaths, bringing the country’s coronavirus death toll to 35,491. President claims progress: Earlier Sunday, Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador said...
Bastille Day: France honours health workers amid pandemic
France is honouring its health workers at scaled-down events to mark the national celebration Bastille Day, amid the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. Authorities cancelled the traditional military parade but instead are holding a tribute to those tackling the virus. Invited audience members included families of French...
Brazil: Outrage over São Paulo policeman stepping on woman’s neck
Two military police officers in Brazil’s São Paulo city are to face criminal charges after pictures were broadcast on TV showing one of them stepping on the neck of a black woman. The victim, a middle-aged owner of a small bar, was then dragged in...
WHO chief blasts “lack of leadership” and calls for global unity
The director-general of the World Health Organization has condemned a “lack of leadership” in fighting the coronavirus pandemic and made an emotional plea for global unity, as cases soar in multiple countries and the world struggles to contain the devastating virus more than six months...
Brazil surpasses 1.8 million coronavirus cases
Brazil surpassed 1.8 million confirmed cases of novel coronavirus Friday, according to the country’s health ministry. The ministry recorded 45,048 new cases in the previous 24 hours — bringing the country’s total to 1,800,827. Brazil also reached 70,000 Covid-19 deaths after another 1,214 related fatalities...
Notre Dame: Cathedral’s spire will be restored to 19th Century design
The spire of Notre Dame cathedral, which was destroyed in a fire last April, will be restored according to the original Gothic design. French President Emmanuel Macron announced the decision, putting an end to speculation that the spire would be rebuilt in a modern style....
India continues to see record single-day jump in new coronavirus cases
India recorded 26,506 new coronavirus cases Thursday — its largest single-day total to date, its health ministry announced Friday. The total number of confirmed Covid-19 cases in India now stands at 793,802, with 21,604 deaths, according to the ministry. So far, a total of 495,512...
Mexico records more than 7,000 new Covid-19 cases, its highest jump since the outbreak
Mexico saw its third day of record highs in coronavirus cases over the past week, recording more than 7,000 cases in a single day. The Mexican Health Ministry recorded 7,280 newly confirmed Covid-19 cases Thursday, bringing the country’s total confirmed cases to 282,283. The ministry...
Japan sees 357 new coronavirus cases as Tokyo hits record daily high
Japan recorded 357 new coronavirus cases Thursday, its health ministry said Friday. This is the first time the country has recorded more than 300 daily new infections since April 25, when it was still under a state of emergency over the pandemic. The majority of...
FBI director: China is ‘greatest threat’ to US
The director of the FBI has said that acts of espionage and theft by China’s government pose the “greatest long-term threat” to the future of the US. Speaking to the Hudson Institute in Washington, Christopher Wray described a multi-pronged disruption campaign. He said China had...
Police fire tear gas at protesters in Serbian capital
Police in the Serbian capital Belgrade fired tear gas at protesters demonstrating against the country’s President Aleksandar Vucic after he announced a weekend-long curfew to try to combat a surge in coronavirus cases. Video from the scene showed at least several hundred demonstrators gathered around Serbia’s...
Israel had the coronavirus under control. What happened?
For months, Israel appeared to be an international model of coronavirus success. With early travel restrictions and sweeping closures, the Startup Nation had largely contained the spread of Covid-19, recording a mortality rate that was far better than many countries in the Western world. As...
Coronavirus lockdown measures extended in Colombia
Colombia’s President Ivan Duque extended lockdown measures until at least August 1, as the country reported a record number of new coronavirus cases on Tuesday. The announcement on Colombian television came as the country registered 149 new coronavirus deaths and 4,213 new coronavirus cases in...
Australian Prime Minister says coronavirus outbreak in Melbourne is serious but not surprising
Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison said the latest coronavirus outbreak in the city of Melbourne is “particularly serious” but added that it is “not surprising and that’s why we need to continue to focus on our effort and work together.” “We will prevail and we...
Latin America and the Caribbean surpass 3 million Covid-19 cases
Latin American and Caribbean countries have recorded more than 3 million Covid-19 cases combined as of Tuesday evening, according to Johns Hopkins University. The following 33 countries are included in this region: Brazil; Peru; Chile; Mexico; Ecuador; Colombia; Argentina–Dominican Republic; Panama; Bolivia; Guatemala; Honduras; Haiti;...
UK PM criticized for saying “too many care homes didn’t really follow the procedures” in pandemic
British social care institutions have criticized Boris Johnson’s latest comments on the Covid-19 deaths in the country’s care homes. The UK Prime Minister said Monday that during the coronavirus outbreak, “too many care homes didn’t really follow the procedures in a way that they could...
India now has more than 700,000 coronavirus cases and 20,000 deaths
India recorded 22,252 new Covid-19 cases on Monday, raising the country’s total to 719,665 confirmed cases and 20,160 deaths, according to the health ministry. This is the fifth consecutive day that the daily new number of infections has increased by more than 20,000 in India....
The US surpasses 130,000 deaths from coronavirus
The United States reported 44,953 new coronavirus cases and 325 new deaths today, according to data from Johns Hopkins University. That raises the national total to 2,936,077 cases and 130,285 related deaths. The totals include cases from all 50 states, the District of Columbia and other US...
Face masks are now mandatory in Iran, as coronavirus cases continue to rise
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani has ordered the mandatory wearing of face masks in public after coronavirus cases continued to rise in recent weeks. Rouhani announced the new measure on Saturday, which came into effect on Sunday, according to the Iranian state news agency, IRNA. He...
Mexico records nearly 5,000 new cases in 24 hours
Mexico’s health ministry reported 480 more Covid-19 deaths on Monday, bringing the country’s death toll to 31,119. The ministry also recorded 4,902 newly confirmed cases in the past 24 hours, bringing the nationwide total to 261,750 cases. On Saturday, Mexico surpassed France’s death toll from...
Brazil president attended party with US ambassador without masks or social distancing
Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro attended a July 4th celebration event with Todd Chapman, the US Ambassador to Brazil, shortly before getting tested for coronavirus. The event took place on Saturday, according to a photo posted that day to the President’s official Facebook page. In the...
Fauci warns: “We are still knee-deep in the first wave of this”
Dr. Anthony Fauci, the top US expert on infectious disease and member of the White House Coronavirus Task Force, warned on Monday that the country was facing a “serious situation” in part due to reopening too quickly. “We were averaging about 20,000 new cases a...
