Tag: COVID-19

• Monday, May 4th 2020 - 07:38 UTC

  Doctors treating Boris Johnson were prepared to announce a “death of Stalin” type scenario

  

  Doctors treating Boris Johnson for coronavirus prepared to announce his death after he was taken to intensive care, the British prime minister said on Sunday, in his first detailed comments about his illness.

• Monday, May 4th 2020 - 07:32 UTC

  Press Freedom provides the antidote for the pandemic of misinformation

  

  Journalists and media workers are crucial in helping us make informed decisions. As the world fights the COVID-19 pandemic, those decisions can make the difference between life and death.

• Monday, May 4th 2020 - 07:25 UTC

  Beijing condemns US support for Taiwan to become a member of WHO

  

  China has condemned a US tweet backing Taiwan's push for participation at the United Nations as the global body works with its 193 member states to tackle the coronavirus pandemic.

• Monday, May 4th 2020 - 07:07 UTC

  US insists on blaming Beijing: “enormous evidence” coronavirus originated in a lab in China, claims Pompeo

  

  US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Sunday said “enormous evidence” showed the new coronavirus originated in a lab in China, further fueling tensions with Beijing over its handling of the outbreak.

• Saturday, May 2nd 2020 - 07:26 UTC

  Chilean police arrested dozens protestors during May Day demonstration

  

  Chilean police on Friday arrested dozens of people, including press photographers, when they broke up a May Day demonstration in the capital Santiago. Demonstrators had gathered in the city's Plaza Italia in defiance of a government prohibition on public gatherings of more than 50 people as part of measures against the coronavirus.

• Saturday, May 2nd 2020 - 07:25 UTC

  Falklands' eases restrictions for schools, nurseries, businesses and FIG, beginning May 11th

  

  The Falkland Islands Government on Friday announced it will be easing some restrictions in its response to the COVID-19 global pandemic. The steps, approved by Executive Council, will over coming days include reopening schools and nurseries, permitting greater social mixing, and allowing non-essential work and activities with some exceptions.

• Saturday, May 2nd 2020 - 07:21 UTC

  Trump thinking on ways of making China accountable for the coronavirus: raising tariffs an option

  

  US President Donald Trump said on Friday raising tariffs on China is “certainly an option” as he considers ways to retaliate for the spread of the COVID-19 out of Wuhan, China.

• Saturday, May 2nd 2020 - 07:20 UTC

  Shell announced it was cutting its dividend for the first time since World War Two

  

  Royal Dutch Shell cut its dividend for the first time since World War Two on Thursday as the energy company retrenched in the face of an unprecedented drop in oil demand due to the coronavirus pandemic.

• Saturday, May 2nd 2020 - 07:18 UTC

  COVID-19 deaths of deprived areas in England are double those of well-off locations

  

  Deaths from COVID-19 in deprived areas of England was more than double that found in well-off locations, with London by far the worst affected, according to official figures released on Friday.

• Saturday, May 2nd 2020 - 06:50 UTC

  UK universities under financial stress: lockdowns and absence of foreign students

  

  With conferences cancelled and revenues hit because of a lack of rent from student accommodation, Britain's universities are reeling from the global coronavirus pandemic. Schools have already lost millions of pounds thanks to enforced closures under lockdown, and things could get worse still.