Hospital ship Mercy, with 1000 beds, arrives in L.A. to ease healthcare strain amid crisis – Los Angeles Times
Hospital ship Mercy, with 1000 beds, arrives in L.A. to ease healthcare strain amid crisis Los Angeles Times Hospital ship arrives in LA as California braces...
Olympics: ‘We’ll be stronger than ever in 2021’ – Naomi Osaka
Japanese tennis player Naomi Osaka, the poster girl of the Tokyo 2020 Olympics, took to social media on Saturday to show her support for the...
Kinshasa backs down on lockdown after price hike
Confinement measures have been postponed in Kinshasha after a vast increase in the price of goods. Emer McCarthy reports....
Beating lockdown inertia: French city-dwellers keep fit on balconies
As dusk fell over Nantes in western France, dozens of residents of an apartment block came out onto their balconies for a half-hour fitness session...
Poland’s PiS change electoral rules ahead of presidential vote
Poland’s ruling nationalists fast-tracked changes to the electoral code through parliament in the early hours of Saturday in a bid to press ahead with presidential...
Stopping traffic: the “coronahelmet” helping Indian police
An Indian traffic policeman has taken virus awareness to new levels by hitting the streets clad in a newly-devised accessory: the ‘coronahelmet’. Edward Baran reports....
Turkey limits transport, opposition calls for ‘stay-at-home’ order over virus
Turkey halted inter-city trains and limited domestic flights on Saturday, as the main opposition called for a stay-at-home order after coronavirus cases jumped by a...
U.S. coronavirus cases surpass 100,000 as doctors cope with medical shortages
The sum of known coronavirus U.S. cases soared well past 100,000, with more than 1,600 dead, as weary doctors and nurses coping with shortages resorted...
Coronavirus outbreak is stretching New York’s ambulance service to breaking point
The coronavirus outbreak sweeping through New York City has pushed its ambulance service close to the breaking point, with hundreds of personnel out ill and emergency calls skyrocketing,...
Britain, U.S. working with Saudis to repatriate citizens
Saudi Arabian Airlines will begin exceptional commercial flights this week to bring British nationals and their families back to the United Kingdom, and similar flights...