UK government scientist: No way to turn back coronavirus epidemic
Britain will not be able to turn back the epidemic caused by the new coronavirus so is working on managing the COVID-19 outbreak by bolstering capacity in the National Health Service, the government’s chief medical officer said on Thursday
Palestinians defy leaders’ health crisis ban on work in settlements
Palestinians on Thursday defied their government’s call to cease work in Israeli settlements over coronavirus concerns, saying bringing money home to their families came first.
Lebanese-American Amer Fakhoury released from prison in Beirut: U.S. senator
Lebanese-American Amer Fakhoury who has been detained in Lebanon since September has been released and is on his way home to the United States, Democratic senator Jean Shaheen announced in a statement on Thursday.
Iran’s death toll from coronavirus rises to 1,284: official
The new coronavirus is killing one person every 10 minutes in Iran, the health ministry spokesman tweeted on Thursday, as the death toll in the Middle East’s worst-affected country climbed to 1,284.
Chad confirms first case of coronavirus: government statement
Chad confirmed its first case of coronavirus on Thursday, a Moroccan national who had traveled to the country from Cameroon, the government said in a statement.
Turkish soldier killed in Syria’s Idlib: governor’s office
One Turkish soldier was killed in Syria’s northwestern province of Idlib, the governor’s office in Turkey’s central Sivas province said on Thursday.
U.S. issues new Iran-related sanctions: Treasury website
The United States imposed fresh Iran-related sanctions on Thursday, targeting five firms, the Treasury Department said on its website.
Coronavirus keeps families apart on eve of Iranian new year
Like many Iranians, Mahnaz left Iran and settled in a western country 10 years ago after political restrictions in the Islamic Republic made it difficult for her to live and work there.
Ukrainian man in wetsuit arrested after smuggling surgical masks into Romania
Border guards have arrested a man in a wetsuit who admitted to smuggling surgical masks across a river from Ukraine into Romania, Ukraine’s border guard service said on Thursday.
Love in the time of coronavirus? Around the world, dating finds a way
The night after Spain’s government ordered a nationwide lockdown to stem the spread of coronavirus, 30-year-old Marcos got up the nerve to ask the woman he’d been messaging on Tinder for three days to visit him at home.
