Coronvirus death toll in England rises by 28 to 414
Another 28 people in England have died after testing positive for coronavirus, bringing the total number of deaths to 414, the country’s health service said on Wednesday.
Tempers rise in U.S. Senate as vote nears on $2 trillion coronavirus bill
U.S. senators were set to vote on Wednesday on a $2 trillion bipartisan package of legislation to alleviate the devastating economic impact of the coronavirus pandemic, although critics from the right and left threatened to hold up the bill.
Saudi-led coalition supports Yemeni government acceptance of U.N. call for ceasefire – SPA
The Saudi-led coalition fighting in Yemen said on Wednesday that it supports the Yemeni government decision to accept the United Nations Secretary-General’s call for a ceasefire in Yemen to combat the spread of coronavirus, state news agency SPA report…
Erdogan says Turkey will overcome coronavirus in 2-3 weeks; school closures extended
Turkey will overcome the coronavirus outbreak in two to three weeks through good measures, with as little damage as possible, President Tayyip Erdogan said on Wednesday, as Ankara extended the closure of all schools until April 30.
Taliban says prisoner release by Afghan government to start by end of March
The Afghan government said on Wednesday that it would free 100 Taliban detainees on humanitarian grounds at the end of March, raising uncertainty about the fate of a prisoner release deal with the insurgents, who have demanded that 5,000 detainees be f…
UK government orders 10,000 ventilators from Dyson: BBC
The British government has ordered 10,000 medical ventilators designed by vacuum cleaner company Dyson, the BBC reported on Wednesday.
Finland restricts movement to and from capital region
Finnish government decided on Wednesday to issue a three-week blockade of the Uusimaa region around Helsinki, the epicenter of the coronavirus outbreak in Finland, to prevent people from traveling and spreading the virus to other parts of the country, …
Person who lives in papal residence tests positive for coronavirus: report
A person who lives in the same Vatican residence as Pope Francis has tested positive for coronavirus and is being treated in an Italian hospital, the Rome newspaper Il Messaggero reported on Wednesday.
After smallpox and malaria, Brazil’s tribes fear coronavirus is next lethal import
When Europeans first arrived in the Amazon rainforest, their smallpox decimated local tribes. Then rubber tappers, gold miners and settlers brought malaria, measles and influenza.
Turkey says two soldiers killed, two wounded in Kurdish militant attack in Iraq
Two Turkish soldiers were killed and two others wounded after a mortar attack by Kurdish militants in northern Iraq’s Haftanin region, the Turkish Defence Ministry said late on Wednesday, adding the attack was retaliated.
