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  Gita Gopinath, economic counsellor and director of the Research Department at the International Monetary Fund, warned on Tuesday that the coronavirus pandemic is a crisis ‘like no other’ facing the global economy [File: Rodrigo Garrido/Reuters] The International Monetary Fund (IMF) did not mince words on Tuesday about its dire outlook for a coronavirus-ravaged world […]

Kuwaitis, arriving from Europe, stand a safe distance apart to give their details to ministry of health officials in a makeshift coronavirus testing center. (File photo: Reuters) Kuwait plans to repatriate 40,000 of its citizens on 188 flights between April 16-25, Kuwaiti newspaper Alqabas reported on Sunday, citing an official unnamed source. The source said […]

© Global Look Press / imago-images.de / Ralph Peters A “highly transmissible” and “virulent respiratory illness” for which there is no cure may incite a global pandemic. That was the assessment of a 2008 US intelligence report. The prediction was accurate — but no one was prepared. The 2008 report by the US National Intelligence Council (NIC) warned that […]

Health Minister Salvador Illa (l) and Interior Minister Fernando Grande-Marlaska at a press conference on the coronavirus outbreak.EFE  On Monday, Spain recorded its lowest number of new coronavirus infections since the beginning of the crisis – 3,477 in 24 hours, according to Health Minister Salvador Illa. But in most cases – both daily infections and the overall […]

ABU DHABI, 14th April, 2020 (WAM) — The United Arab Emirates, in collaboration with the World Health Organisation, has dispatched an aid plane carrying approximately 27 metric tonnes of medical supplies to Somalia. The aid, which consisted of seven metric tonnes from the UAE and 20 metric tonnes from the World Health Organisation, will help […]

  North Korean leader Kim Jong Un applauds while visiting a pursuit assault plane group under the Air and Anti-Aircraft Division in the western area in this undated image released by North Korea’s Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) in Pyongyang on April 12, 2020. (KCNA/via Reuters) A barrage of North Korean missiles fired from the […]

Johns Hopkins University had quickly adjusted its tally for COVID-19 confirmed cases in the United States from the previous 682,619 cases to 581,918 as of Tuesday morning. Media around the world were surprised to find the cases in the US had jumped by over 120,000 in the past day when citing figures from the university. […]

Donald Trump speaks about the coronavirus in the James Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House on Monday Donald Trump has claimed he has “total” power to lift the nationwide coronavirus lockdown in the US despite state governors planning their own reopenings. Legal experts said the president’s power on the issue is limited under the US Constitution. But […]

KABUL: The Taliban has freed 20 government prisoners in the southern Afghan city of Kandahar after Afghanistan government released 300 Taliban prisoners since past week. Marking the first handover since the beginning of the peace process, the Taliban spokesman has said the handover will take place in coordination with the International Committee of the Red […]

S omali female wash their hands during coronavirus awareness training conducted by the local paramedics and doctors in Somali capital Mogadishu, Thursday, March, 19, 2020. WASHINGTON – Somalia has recorded a second death from Coronavirus and has reacted by imposing a nighttime curfew in the capital city, Mogadishu. The Somali government has imposed a nighttime curfew in the capital […]