Exclusive: Military Fears Domestic Spying As Trump Orders Mexico Mission
U.S. armed forces struggles to keep up with demands for assistance in coronavirus response while also dealing with its own outbreak, President Donald Trump has ordered a significant increase in counter-narcotics and border control operations—an increase that will strain already limited resources but also push...
6.6 million Americans applied for unemployment last week — another record high
More than 6.6 million Americans applied for unemployment benefits last week — doubling a record high set just one week earlier — a sign that layoffs are accelerating in the midst of the coronavirus. The stunning report Thursday from the Labor Department showed that job...
Who Lives And Who Dies If Hospitals Run Out Of Ventilators? And Who Decides? NY State Report Offers Clues
With an ever-increasing number of critically ill COVID-19 patients, Governor Andrew Cuomo and Mayor Bill de Blasio have repeatedly refused to lay out plans for decision-making if New York runs out of ventilators. But for many hospitals and doctors, it’s not a question of “if”...
UK coronavirus death toll rises by 569 to 2,961 – including 44 people with NO underlying health conditions
THE UK coronavirus death toll shot up by 569 today to 2,961 people – including 44 with no underlying health conditions. Positive cases for the deadly disease in the UK have also risen to 33,718 – up 4,244 from yesterday. A week ago, the total...
Coronavirus: Half of humanity now on lockdown as 90 countries call for confinement
More than 3.9 billion people, or half of the world’s population, have now been asked or ordered to stay at home by their governments to prevent the spread of the deadly COVID-19 virus. Data from an AFP database collated compulsory or recommended confinements, curfews and...
Coronavirus deaths top 5,000 in US as more states issue stay-at-home orders
Grim news of coronavirus infections and fatalities continued in the U.S. on Wednesday, with the number of confirmed cases rising above 200,000 and the number of deaths surpassing 5,000. The fatalities for Wednesday alone topped 1,000 — a one-day toll more than double that usually...
France warns of serious side effects of coronavirus ‘miracle cures’
A French medicine watchdog has warned of the dangerous side effects of malaria and HIV drugs being tested against the novel coronavirus after three people’s deaths were possibly linked to self-medication. Around 30 patients with symptoms of COVID-19 had reported serious side effects of heart...
Coronavirus: Spain sees record rise in unemployment amid lockdown
Spain has lost almost 900,000 jobs since it imposed strict measures to fight the coronavirus, another sign of the economic impact of the outbreak in Europe’s second worst-hit country. March’s figure is the highest monthly rise in unemployment ever recorded in the country, which already...
Coronavirus: We are helping fight invisible enemy, says NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg
A meeting of NATO foreign ministers will take place on Thursday by secure video link for the first time, because of the coronavirus pandemic. To be chaired by Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg, press conferences are to be held online and journalists are not being given...
San Francisco order bans reusable bags from grocery stores in effort to fight coronavirus
San Francisco, one of the cities hardest-hit by the coronavirus, banned reusable shopping bags Wednesday in a set of beefed-up social distancing protocols as part of the city’s extension of its stay-at-home order, meant to reduce the spread of the coronavirus, until May 3. The...
County in China locks down amid concerns of potential second coronavirus wave
A county in central China has reportedly gone into a mid-sized lockdown amid fears of a second coronavirus wave as Beijing is trying to emerge from the deadly outbreak and revive its economy. Roughly 600,000 residents near the city of Pingdingshan in Jia County were...
Netanyahu to Israel: During coronavirus, everyone outside should cover their faces
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is ordering all citizens to wear masks while out in public space amid the coronavirus pandemic. He said: “We’re asking you, the citizens of Israel, all of you, to wear face masks in public spaces. If you don’t have a...
Coronavirus: Australian scientists begin tests of potential vaccines
Scientists in Australia have begun testing two potential coronavirus vaccines in “milestone” lab trials. The vaccines, made by Oxford University and US company Inovio Pharmaceutical, have been cleared for animal testing by the World Health Organization. Australia’s national science agency will assess if the vaccines...
Coronavirus: US death toll exceeds 5,000
The death toll from the coronavirus pandemic in the US has gone above 5,000, while confirmed cases worldwide are close to reaching one million. There were 884 deaths in the US in 24 hours, a new record, according to Johns Hopkins University, which has tracked...
Coronavirus: BA expected to suspend 36,000 staff
British Airways is expected to announce it will suspend around 36,000 staff. The airline, which grounded much of its fleet due to the coronavirus crisis, has been negotiating with the Unite union for more than a week. The two sides have reached a broad deal...
Coronavirus: A visual guide to the pandemic
There are now more than 900,000 confirmed cases of coronavirus in 180 countries and at least 45,000 people have died. The United States now has more confirmed cases than any other single country, including China where the disease emerged in December 2019. Europe has also...
Tablighi Jamaat: The group blamed for new Covid-19 outbreak in India
The Tablighi Jamaat have come into the spotlight after an event they held in the Indian capital Delhi has spawned a number of Covid-19 clusters across the country. But exactly who is this group and why did they hold a big gathering in Delhi? BBC...
Coronavirus forces postponement of COP26 meeting in Glasgow
A key climate summit in Glasgow will be delayed until next year due to disruption caused by the coronavirus. The announcement was made in a joint statement from the UK and UN after a “virtual” meeting of officials. Dozens of world leaders were due to...
Coronavirus: Oil prices rise on hopes of a price war truce
Global oil prices have risen after Donald Trump said he expected Saudi Arabia and Russia to reach a deal soon to end their price war. The cost of crude had fallen to 18-year lows as the two countries slashed prices and ramped up production. At...
Coronavirus: Donald Trump admits protective gear running out as US cases soar
The number of coronavirus deaths in the United States has risen above 5,000, while the number of confirmed cases has topped 216,000 — according to data from Johns Hopkins University. The figures came on the day Vice President Mike Pence said White House models showed...
Debunked: Claims a new virus has emerged from China are false
As China looks to rebuild following the devastation of the COVID-19 pandemic, false rumours have spread that a new virus has emerged in the country. According to the Global Times, Chinese state media, one fatal case of “Hantavirus” was reported in Shandong province on March...
Two COVID-19 infected children, aged 12 and 13, die in Belgium and UK
A 12-year-old girl in Belgium and a 13-year old boy in the UK infected with the novel coronavirus have died, authorities said. They are believed to be the youngest victims of the disease in their respective countries. The 12-year-old girl’s death was announced during the...
Could the coronavirus pandemic lead to mass surveillance in Europe?
Governments and tech companies in the bloc and beyond have announced a swath of new measures amid the coronavirus pandemic. In Thailand, people travelling from high-risk areas must download an app so that authorities can monitor their movements during their 14 days of quarantine. Meanwhile,...
Doctors may have to choose who is more likely to survive coronavirus
Coronavirus patients could have their treatment withdrawn and offered to others who are more likely to survive, new guidance for doctors has warned. The British Medical Association’s (BMA) latest ethics advice said health professionals could be forced to make ‘grave decisions’ should hospitals become overwhelmed...
How has the EU responded to the economic crisis resulting from the coronavirus pandemic?
The economic fallout of the coronavirus pandemic has been unprecedented. For the first time in history, the EU suspended its fiscal rules on public deficits and the European Central Bank launched a 750 billion euros stimulus package. Since the outbreak of Covid-19 in Europe, and...
UK suffers record-breaking 563 coronavirus deaths and 4,324 cases in 24 hours – taking total number of victims to 2,352 with almost 30,000 Britons known to be infected
UK’s coronavirus death toll has soared by 1,124 in just 3 days – from 1,228 on Sunday to 2,352 on Wednesday Today is the worst day of the outbreak so far – yesterday had been the worst to date, too Britain now has almost three...
Coronavirus backlash for Instagram model Yulia Ushakova as she wears swimsuit made out of in-demand medical masks
A RUSSIAN bodybuilder and fitness model has been slammed for posing in a swimsuit made from sought after masks and a respirator. Yulia Ushakova posted the coronavirus crisis inspired image on Instagram before joking about the two-piece with her 515,000 Instagram followers. Captioning the image,...
In Panama, coronavirus lockdown means separating men and women
Panama is taking a new — if somewhat unorthodox — measure to combat the spread of the novel coronavirus: separation of the sexes. Starting on Wednesday, only women will be able to leave their homes to buy necessities on Monday, Wednesday and Friday. Men in...
Market Basket is limiting the number of customers allowed in each of their supermarkets
Market Basket is implementing three new measures in an effort to improve social distancing at its supermarkets amid the coronavirus outbreak, the company announced Wednesday evening. One of the measures caps the number of shoppers allowed in each supermarket; the number will vary based on...
As U.S. Struggles to Fight COVID-19 At Home, China, Russia See Opportunity
China and Russia are using the coronavirus pandemic to position themselves as world leaders while the United States turns its focus to domestic matters to battle the infectious disease, experts on geopolitical affairs and a senior U.S. intelligence official briefed on the matter told Newsweek....
