Published On: March 26, 2020 12:10 PM NPT By: Reuters
MADRID, March 26: Spain’s Deputy Prime Minister Carmen Calvo has tested positive for coronavirus, the Spanish government said on Wednesday.
Published On: March 26, 2020 11:09 AM NPT By: Reuters
WASHINGTON, March 26: The U.S. Senate on Wednesday unanimously passed a $2-trillion bill aimed at helping unemployed workers and industries hurt by the coronavirus pandemic, as well as providing billions of dollars to buy urgently needed medical equipment.
Published On: March 26, 2020 07:16 AM NPT By: Reuters
WELLINGTON, March 26: A suspected white supremacist accused of killing 51 Muslim worshippers in New Zealand’s worst mass shooting changed his plea to guilty in a surprise move on Thursday.
Published On: March 26, 2020 06:18 AM NPT By: Reuters
MADRID, March 26: Spain struggled to cope on Wednesday with a mounting coronavirus crisis as its death toll exceeded China’s with another 738 lives lost in a single day, and a third senior government minister was diagnosed with the virus.
Published On: March 26, 2020 05:45 AM NPT By: Reuters
BUDAPEST, March 26: Steven Dick, Deputy Head of Mission at the British Embassy in Budapest, has died after contracting coronavirus, the Foreign Office said on Wednesday.The 37-year-old diplomat died in Hungary on Tuesday, it said in a statement. He had served as Deputy British Ambassador to Hungary since December, according to a biography published on the UK government’s website.
Published On: March 25, 2020 08:00 PM NPT By: Reuters
LONDON, March 25: WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, who is fighting extradition from Britain to the United States, was denied bail on Wednesday after his lawyers said he should be released because he was at high risk of contracting the coronavirus in prison.
Published On: March 25, 2020 07:39 PM NPT By: Associated Press
KABUL, AFGHANISTAN, March 25: A lone Islamic State gunman rampaged through a Sikh house of worship in the heart of the Afghan capital, Kabul, on Wednesday, killing 25 worshippers and wounding eight, Afghanistan’s Interior Ministry said.
Published On: March 25, 2020 06:46 PM NPT By: Reuters
XIANNING, China, March 25: Life started to return to normal on Wednesday after two months of lockdown in Hubei province, epicentre of China’s coronavirus outbreak, with traffic controls lifted, construction work resuming and passengers venturing out to catch buses and trains.
Published On: March 25, 2020 06:36 PM NPT By: Reuters
MADRID, March 25: Spain registered 738 fatalities from the coronavirus over the past 24 hours in the steepest increase of the death toll since the epidemic hit the country, the health ministry reported on Wednesday.
Published On: March 25, 2020 04:31 PM NPT By: Reuters
LONDON, March 25: Prince Charles, the heir to the British throne, has tested positive for coronavirus, a spokeswoman said.