Tag: United States

• Thursday, April 16th 2020 - 11:08 UTC

  China argues WHO said there is no evidence the coronavirus was created in a lab

  

  Beijing's lockdown ahead of a possible resurgence of coronavirus infection e World Health Organization has said that there was no evidence the coronavirus that has infected more than 2 million people globally was created in a lab.

• Thursday, April 16th 2020 - 10:59 UTC

  End of “Greg Mortimer” cruise ordeal: last fifteen passengers flying to US and UK

  

  The final leg of the humanitarian repatriation of passengers on board an Antarctic cruise, stranded in Uruguay and most of them testing positive for coronavirus, ended Wednesday afternoon when they boarded in Uruguay's Carrasco international airport a sanitary charter to Miami.

• Thursday, April 16th 2020 - 10:42 UTC

  Reopening professional sports leagues in US is possible but in empty stadiums

  

  The top US health and infectious disease specialist says the key to reopening professional sports leagues in America is to have the athletes play games in front of empty stadiums. Anthony Fauci, who is helping to coordinate the US response to the global coronavirus pandemic, said reliable antibody testing and fast results are also crucial to the return of sports.

• Thursday, April 16th 2020 - 07:43 UTC

  Two McDonald's employees file US$ 500 million class action lawsuit for “systemic sexual harassment”

  

  Two McDonald's employees in Florida have filed a US$500 million class-action lawsuit, accusing the fast-food giant of fostering “systemic sexual harassment”. Jamelia Fairley and Ashley Reddick are named on behalf of some 5,000 women from over 100 US McDonald's outlets.

• Wednesday, April 15th 2020 - 10:54 UTC

  Greg Mortimer: Climate delays evacuation of passengers from Australian cruise stranded in Montevideo

  

  The last passengers residing on an Australian ocean liner, anchored off Montevideo for more than two weeks with cases of COVID-19 on board, will be evacuated to the United States by a medical chartered flight, announced on Tuesday the American embassy in Uruguay.

• Wednesday, April 15th 2020 - 10:07 UTC

  Obama: ”Joe (Biden) has all the qualities we need in a president right now”

  

  Barack Obama endorsed Joe Biden's White House bid on Tuesday, saying his longtime vice president can unify and “heal” a nation struggling through some of its darkest moments.

• Wednesday, April 15th 2020 - 09:31 UTC

  Trump halts funding of WHO over its handling of the coronavirus pandemic

  

  U.S. President Donald Trump on Tuesday halted funding to the World Health Organization over its handling of the coronavirus pandemic, drawing condemnation from infectious disease experts as the global death toll continued to mount.

• Tuesday, April 14th 2020 - 08:53 UTC

  US controversy as to who decides reopening the economy and lifting ”stay at home”

  

  President Donald Trump said on Monday it was his decision when to reopen the U.S. economy, not that of state governors, but legal experts disagree and governors are going their own way.

• Tuesday, April 14th 2020 - 07:48 UTC

  Exxon raises US$ 9,5bn to bolster its finances; shares have lost 38%

  

  Exxon Mobil Corp on Monday raised US$ 9.5 billion in new debt, with the largest U.S. oil producer seeking to bolster its finances while debt markets remain open to new deals.

• Monday, April 13th 2020 - 10:05 UTC

  On Easter Sunday, US death toll surpasses 22.000; May first, tentative date for relaxing stay at home restrictions

  

  Americans spent Sunday on lockdown as the US toll from the COVID-19 pandemic surpassed 20,000 deaths and more than half a million confirmed cases. With almost all the country under stay-at-home orders to curb the spread of the disease, many turned to online church services to mark the holiest day in the Christian calendar.