‘Now is not the time to relax measures’: WHO Europe
COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AFP) -- Despite "positive signs" from some countries, it is too early to scale back measures aimed at…
6 years ago
International
Spain daily virus deaths 757, second successive rise
MADRID, Spain (AFP) -- Spain recorded Wednesday a second successive daily rise in coronavirus-related deaths with 757 fatalities, lifting the…
6 years ago
Five civilians die in Turkey bomb attack: governor
DIYARBAKIR, Turkey (AFP) -- Five civilians were killed on Wednesday when their car was hit in a bomb attack in…
6 years ago
Virus hits 66 at one SAfrican hospital, national tally jumps to 1,749
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa (AFP) -- Sixty-six people, most of them staff at one South African hospital, have tested positive for…
6 years ago
Nearly 2,000 US coronavirus deaths in last 24 hours: Johns Hopkins tally
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) -- Nearly 2,000 people infected with the new coronavirus have died in the United States in…
6 years ago
Russia ready to start testing coronavirus vaccines on humans in June
MOSCOW, United States (AFP) -- The head of a top Russian research center told President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday that…
6 years ago
Ecuador ex-president sentenced to eight years for corruption
QUITO, Ecuador (AFP) -- Former Ecuadoran president Rafael Correa was sentenced in absentia to eight years in prison for corruption…
6 years ago
Twitter’s Jack Dorsey pledges $1 bn for COVID-19 relief effort
SAN FRANCISCO, United States (AFP) -- Twitter co-founder and chief executive Jack Dorsey said Tuesday he was committing $1 billion…
6 years ago
Pacific’s monster storm Harold moves on to Fiji
SUVA, Fiji (AFP) -- A deadly Pacific cyclone bore down on Fiji Wednesday after leaving a trail of destruction in…
6 years ago
Trump threatens withholding funds from UN world health body
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) -- President Donald Trump on Tuesday threatened to cut US funding to the World Health Organization,…
6 years ago
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