President Donald Trump made it clear at his Friday coronavirus press briefing that he’s not happy with a few governors across the country who aren’t being “appreciative” enough of what the federal government is doing with respect to combatting coronavirus. ABC News’ Jon Karl asked the president to be specific in how he thinks “the governors are at fault” in their response. Trump brought up Washington […]
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The Swedish government has decided to ban all public gatherings of more than 50 people to stop the spread of the coronavirus. “Our resilience is being tested. The aim of the government is of course to limit the spread as much as possible,” Prime Minister Stefan Lofven told reporters on Friday. The new rule will come into force on Sunday and those who break it risk […]
The UK government has urged all local authorities in England to house all rough sleepers, those in hostels and night shelters by the weekend – leading many to ask why it takes a worldwide Covid-19 crisis to end homelessness. According to Crisis – a charity for homeless people – a letter was sent to councils in England on Thursday night saying due to the “public health […]
New Delhi (Sputnik): Pakistan is witnessing a rising COVID 19 outbreak with more than 1,200 positive cases and nine deaths due to the virus. But the infection is not the only problem for the country, which is struggling to provide more tests and enough medical gear to more than 100,000 doctors and health workers. Pakistan was the first country to refuse to bring back its nationals […]
Vietnam is aiming to keep the number of coronavirus cases in the country under 1,000, the government said. The statement came as the number of confirmed cases in the Southeast Asian country passed 150 on Friday. “We have been able to contain epicenters, and even potential epicenters… and we are determined to keep the number of COVID-19 cases from reaching 1,000,” Deputy Prime Minister Vu Duc […]
The Afghan government has said that it would free 100 Taliban detainees on humanitarian grounds at the end of March. The move raises uncertainty about the fate of a prisoner release deal with the insurgents, who have demanded that 5,000 detainees be freed. That number announced on Wednesday is also far less than the 1,500 prisoners that Ashraf Ghani recently agreed to release. The Taliban have […]
The UK government is facing allegations they are manipulating coronavirus death numbers, after revealing they are changing the way the figures are released, claiming family consent is now required. On Wednesday night, the Department for Health and Social Care published the latest Covid-19 figures showing an increase of 43 deaths – less than half the fatalities from the previous day (87). A positive sign that the […]
Acting Irish PM Leo Varadkar said on Wednesday it would be possible to form a new government in the next two weeks, returning the focus to negotiations that have been sidelined by the outbreak of coronavirus. Varadkar’s Fine Gael agreed two weeks ago to step up talks with rivals Fianna Fail following the February 8 election, but emergency measures to fight the health and economic crisis […]
Business 13:46 GMT 24.03.2020(updated 13:56 GMT 24.03.2020) Get short URL This comes after high-ranking US Senate and White House officials appeared set to reach a $2 trillion deal to rescue the American economy from the crisis caused by the coronavirus outbreak. US stocks were up as much as 7 percent in Tuesday’s early trading, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average index rising more than 1,300 points […]
The main American stock indexes jumped on Tuesday on optimism that the huge government rescue bill to save the economy from the coronavirus is close to being passed, and an unlimited stimulus promise from the Federal Reserve. The Dow Jones Industrial Average jumped over 1,100 points higher after the opening bell, gaining over six percent. The S&P 500 was gaining nearly five percent, while the Nasdaq […]
PM Boris Johnson has faced an angry backlash for failing to shut down construction sites, following his order of a three-week nationwide lockdown as part of “social distancing” measures to combat the spread of the deadly virus. After Johnson’s address to the nation on Monday night, UK Housing Communities and Local Government Secretary Robert Jenrick tweeted that construction sites could stay open as long as social […]
Authored by James Howard Kunstler via Kunstler.com, I never subscribed to the nostrums of Marxism, but old Karl sure had a point when he said, “All that is solid melts into air, all that is holy is profaned, and man is at last compelled to face with sober senses his real conditions of life, and his relations with his kind.” Is that exactly where we’re at, […]
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US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has slammed Iran for blaming Washington for coronavirus and accused Tehran of putting “the rest of the world at risk,” even as US sanctions keep sorely-needed medical supplies out of its reach. Pompeo assailed Iranian Ayatollah Khamenei’s “fabrications that the US is responsible for the #WuhanVirus” in a series of tweets on Monday, claiming the Supreme Leader’s “conspiracy theories” and […]
Police could be spreading coronavirus instead of enforcing the lockdown in France due to a lack of masks and gloves, a police union spokesperson told RT after the government was accused of not issuing protective gear to officers. “Security officers, police and other people, who uphold law and order in the country, need to be protected. This virus doesn’t distinguish between police, medics and other citizens,” […]
Earlier in the day, White House economic aide Larry Kudlow said that the United States may increase a stimulus package aimed at mitigating the impact of the COVID-19 outbreak to more than $2 trillion. As the coronavirus pandemic has dealt a blow the international air transport service, Boeing has decided to follow fellow US airlines and suspend dividends, CEO pay, and extend a pause on share […]
Switzerland has banned gatherings of more than five people in an effort to stop the spread of coronavirus after the number of cases jumped nearly 1,000 in a day. The Swiss government announced a ban on assemblies larger than five people on Friday, tightening controls on its population amid the coronavirus pandemic. The virus has killed 43 people in the country and sickened 4,840, a spike […]
BRUSSELS (Sputnik) – The Belgian government is preparing for an unemployment spike with some one million people losing jobs as a result of the economic crisis triggered by the coronavirus pandemic, Belgian media reported, citing Minister of Employment Nathalie Muylle. The Sudinfo news outlet said that half a million people have already lost jobs and an approximate one million Belgians in total might end up unemployed […]
France’s 15-day lockdown ordered by President Emmanuel Macron to curb the coronavirus epidemic could be extended if necessary, according to Interior Minister Christophe Castaner. “The 15-day period may be extended. If necessary, the government will re-conduct it,” Castaner told Europe 1 radio station on Thursday. Since Wednesday morning, the police deployed to enforce the lockdown have carried out 70,000 controls and handed out 4,095 tickets to […]
The British government has said it will not fund probes into unsolved killings dating from the period of the Troubles in Northern Ireland, backtracking on an earlier agreement with the Irish government and NI political parties. London said Tuesday that a new independent body would be formed to investigate the killings, saying that this would put an “end to the cycle of reinvestigations.” The latest announcement […]
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Finland will start heavily restricting traffic crossing its borders on Thursday in an attempt to contain the coronavirus outbreak, Interior Minister Maria Ohisalo said. The center-left government approved legislation on Tuesday to adopt a state of emergency, which the parliament is expected to approve on Wednesday, Reuters said. “Goods and cargo transports will continue across all borders. Indispensable work-related traveling will still be possible and continues […]
The government in Stockholm said on Monday it had decided to send troops to Mali to join French-led special forces that are fighting militants linked to Al-Qaeda and Islamic State (IS, formerly ISIS) in the Sahel region of North Africa. The Social Democrat and Green coalition said that Sweden would contribute a rapid reaction force of up to 150 troops and helicopters as part of international […]
Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu’s office on Sunday flaunted a negative result for his Covid-19 test, branded “manipulation” by his rival Benny Gantz. The stunt seemingly didn’t help, as Gantz was then tapped to form the government. The prime minister and those working close to him, had been tested for the deadly virus as a “precaution,” while none of them displayed any symptoms of the disease. The coronavirus […]