Kazakhstan orders residents of major cities to stay home after first death from coronavirus
Kazakhstan will bar residents of its two biggest cities, Almaty and Nur-Sultan, from leaving their homes except for work or to buy food or medicines,...
Africa’s window to contain coronavirus narrowing: WHO
About half of the countries in sub-Saharan Africa still have a “narrowing” opportunity to curb the spread of coronavirus in the local population, the regional...
EU to launch new Libya sea patrols from April: diplomats
The European Union will launch a new Mediterranean naval and air mission in April to stop more arms reach warring factions in Libya, EU diplomats...
Coronavirus live updates: Unemployment claims smash record; US deaths top 1,000; $2 trillion stimulus near – USA TODAY
Coronavirus live updates: Unemployment claims smash record; US deaths top 1,000; $2 trillion stimulus near USA TODAY Senate OKs $2T coronavirus stimulus package in unanimous vote;...
Putin says Russia can beat virus in two-three months as flights halted, shops to shut
President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday he hoped Russia would defeat coronavirus in 2-3 months if it imposed tough measures, as authorities suspended international flights,...
Gaza medics switching focus from border protests to coronavirus
Scarcely two years ago Gaza’s border with Israel was a deadly front line, with black smoke swirling around thousands of Palestinian protesters as they faced...
Coronavirus live updates: Unemployment claims smash record; US deaths top 1,000; $2 trillion stimulus near – Overwatch Wire
Coronavirus live updates: Unemployment claims smash record; US deaths top 1,000; $2 trillion stimulus near Overwatch Wire Senate reaches deal on $2 trillion coronavirus stimulus bill CBS...
Lisbon’s first ‘drive-thru’ clinic tests patients for coronavirus
In a redeveloped urban park in Lisbon, a “drive-thru” clinic is performing five-minute swab tests through car windows on people with coronavirus symptoms, as Portuguese...
Armenia reports first death related to coronavirus
A 72-year-old woman diagnosed with the coronavirus died in Armenia on Thursday, the Health Ministry’s spokeswoman said, reporting the country’s first death related to the...
Exclusive: U.S. nears rule-change to restrict Huawei’s global chip supply – sources
Senior cabinet officials in the Trump administration agreed to new measures to restrict the global supply of chips to China’s Huawei Technologies, sources familiar with...