Mexico coronavirus cases top 10,000 as sickly economy contracts
Mexico reported on Wednesday it now has over 10,000 cases of coronavirus, the fifth-highest tally in Latin America, as containment measures and rock-bottom crude prices wreak economic havoc on the oil-producing country.
Panama reports 171 new coronavirus cases: health ministry
Panama posted 171 new cases of the coronavirus on Wednesday, bringing the country’s total to nearly 5,000 infected persons, the health ministry said.
Pentagon officials say Trump’s comment on Iran a warning, will maintain self-defense
Senior Pentagon officials said on Wednesday that President Donald Trump’s comments on Iran were meant as a warning to Tehran, but suggested that the U.S. military would continue to abide by their existing right to self defense instead of any changes to…
Trump: if Iranian ships get too close ‘we’ll shoot them out of the water’
U.S. Navy ships will shoot Iranian gunboats that get too close “out of the water,” President Donald Trump said on Wednesday, after 11 vessels from Iran’s elite fighting force came dangerously close to American ships in the Gulf.
UK to test prevalence of COVID-19 in general population
Britain’s government plans to test a sample of 20,000 English households for COVID-19 in the coming weeks to try to establish how far the disease has spread across the country.
Trump signs immigration order curbing green cards
President Donald Trump on Wednesday signed an order to temporarily block some foreigners from permanent residence in the United States, saying he was doing so in order to protect American workers during the coronavirus pandemic.
Trump signs executive order suspending immigration
President Donald Trump on Wednesday signed an executive order temporarily suspending immigration into the United States during the coronavirus outbreak.
Abu Dhabi to re-open bus services Saturday after sterilization
Abu Dhabi will re-open bus services by 6 a.m. on Saturday, the department of municipalities and transport said on Wednesday.
Canada police accused of poor communication during Nova Scotia mass shooting
Canadian police faced mounting criticism on Wednesday for using social media and not a provincial emergency alert system to notify the public that a gunman was at large for some 13 hours after he murdered the first of his 22 victims over the weekend.
Tantrums over? Spain approves lockdown extension but will let children out
Relieved Spanish parents welcomed on Wednesday a decision allowing children out on short walks for the first time in more than a month as the government voted to extend Spain’s lockdown until May 9.
