Trump predicts up to 100,000 coronavirus deaths in the US ,Trump predicts high death toll but contradicts experts and says vaccine will be available by year-end.
4 May, 2020 Comments Off on Trump predicts up to 100,000 coronavirus deaths in the US ,Trump predicts high death toll but contradicts experts and says vaccine will be available by year-end.
Trump, who has been criticised for not moving faster early in the year to stop the spread of the disease, sought to blunt the criticism by blaming China [Joshua Roberts/Reuters] US President Donald Trump has predicted 100,000 coronavirus-related deaths in the country and a vaccine to be ready by the end of the year, contradicting […]
Continue reading …China’s long-range Xian H-20 stealth bomber could make its debut this year Beijing ‘carefully considering’ unveiling the plane at the Zhuhai Airshow in November at a time of heightened regional tension H-20 will give China the nuclear triad of submarines, ballistic missiles and bombers
4 May, 2020 Comments Off on China’s long-range Xian H-20 stealth bomber could make its debut this year Beijing ‘carefully considering’ unveiling the plane at the Zhuhai Airshow in November at a time of heightened regional tension H-20 will give China the nuclear triad of submarines, ballistic missiles and bombers
An artist’s impression of what the H-20 may look like. Photo: Weibo China’s new generation strategic bomber is likely to be ready for delivery this year, but Beijing is said to be weighing the impact of its unveiling at a complex time in regional relations due to the Military sources said the Xian H-20 supersonic […]
Continue reading …Italy starts to emerge from world’s longest nationwide Covid-19 lockdown
4 May, 2020 Comments Off on Italy starts to emerge from world’s longest nationwide Covid-19 lockdown
Italy became the first Western democracy to shut down virtually everything in the face of COVID-19 © Alberto Pizzoli, AFP Stir-crazy Italians will be free to stroll and visit relatives for the first time in nine weeks on Monday as Europe’s hardest-hit country eases back the world’s longest nationwide coronavirus lockdown. Four million people — an […]
Continue reading …Pompeo says ‘significant amount of evidence’ suggests coronavirus originated in Wuhan laboratory
4 May, 2020 Comments Off on Pompeo says ‘significant amount of evidence’ suggests coronavirus originated in Wuhan laboratory
“These are not the first times that we’ve had a world exposed to viruses as a result of failures in a Chinese lab. And so, while the intelligence community continues to do its work, they should continue to do that, and verify so that we are certain, I can tell you that there is a […]
Continue reading …Kenya foils attacks planned by Al-Shabaab during Ramadhan
4 May, 2020 Comments Off on Kenya foils attacks planned by Al-Shabaab during Ramadhan
FILE PHOTO: Kenya Defence Forces (KDF) Rangers, who are part of the African Mission in Somalia (AMISOM), secure an area during a foot patrol on the outskirts of the controlled area of the old airport in the coastal town of Kismayu in southern Somalia November 12, 2013. /Reuters The Kenyan government has foiled planned attacks […]
Continue reading …France records lowest Covid-19 daily death toll in six weeks
4 May, 2020 Comments Off on France records lowest Covid-19 daily death toll in six weeks
A statue wearing a protective mask at the Trocadero square near the Eiffel Tower in Paris, pictured on May 2, 2020. © Benoit Tessier, REUTERS The number of people who died of coronavirus infection in France increased by 135 to 24,895 on Sunday, the lowest daily increase since March 22, government data showed. Sunday’s daily tally […]
Continue reading …Sudan bans female genital mutilation, UNICEF vows to help support new law
3 May, 2020 Comments Off on Sudan bans female genital mutilation, UNICEF vows to help support new law
Sudan enters new era for girl rights with criminalization FGM The United Nations Childen’s Fund (UNICEF) welcomed the landmark move by Sudan’s transitional government this week to criminalize female genital mutilation/cutting (FGM/C), with a three-year jail sentence for offenders. “This practice is not only a violation of every girl child’s rights, it is harmful and […]
Continue reading …Nearly 10,000 inmates freed as COVID-19 hits Philippine jails
3 May, 2020 Comments Off on Nearly 10,000 inmates freed as COVID-19 hits Philippine jails
In this file photo taken on March 27, 2020 shows prison inmates sleeping and gesturing in cramped conditions in the crowded courtyard of the Quezon City jail in Manila. Nearly 10,000 prison inmates have been released in the Philippines as the country races to halt coronavirus infections in its overcrowded jails, a Supreme Court official […]
Continue reading …Russia’s Coronavirus Cases Surge By Over 10K in New One-Day Record
3 May, 2020 Comments Off on Russia’s Coronavirus Cases Surge By Over 10K in New One-Day Record
Overall, 1,280 people have been killed by the virus so far in Russia.Valery Sharifulin / TASS Russia confirmed 10,633 new coronavirus infections Sunday, bringing the country’s official number of cases to 134,687 and marking a new one-day record increase. Russia is now the seventh most-affected country in terms of infections, having surpassed China, Turkey and Iran last […]
Continue reading …More global research, evidence prove Chinese COVID-19 data accurate, virus not from China
3 May, 2020 Comments Off on More global research, evidence prove Chinese COVID-19 data accurate, virus not from China
Doctors conduct a surgery on a patient of COVID-19 in critical condition at a hospital in Wuhan, central China’s Hubei Province, March 21, 2020. Doctors from Beijing, Jiangsu and other four different provinces have successfully completed the three-hour surgery on a male patient of COVID-19 in critical condition with joint efforts. (Photo by Ke Hao/Xinhua) […]
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