Prominent Palestinian businessman Moneeb Al-Masri has called for the creation of a Food and Medicine Safety Fund to support the government’s efforts to fight coronavirus, Al-Ayyaam reported. Al-Masri has donated $1 million for food and medicine programmes in support of the Palestinians amidst the fight against coronavirus. “The situation is very difficult and all of us have to unite against the upcoming disaster,” Al-Masri said, stressing […]
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In an ill-timed blooper, immediately mocked as a Freudian slip, the head of FEMA standing alongside US President Donald Trump at a coronavirus war room press briefing, has promised a crackdown on Americans’ health and safety. “The Federal Government continues to take aggressive action and proactive steps to address the Covid-19 threat… …as we attack the health and safety, or protect the health and safety of […]
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Israel is legally responsible for providing health services to ensure the safety of Palestinians in the occupied territories during the fight against the coronavirus, a senior United Nations official has announced. “The legal duty, anchored in Article 56 of the Fourth Geneva Convention, requires that Israel, the occupying power, must ensure that all the necessary preventive means available to it are utilised to ‘combat the spread […]
Bitcoin (BTC) suffered its biggest drop in seven years, as fears over the spreading coronavirus triggered a new wave of selling in everything from stocks and junk bonds to cryptocurrencies. This came despite a new European Central Bank pledge to pump more cash into panicky markets. Prices for the largest cryptocurrency by market value plunged 26 percent to $5,863 as of 13:54 UTC (9:54 a.m. Eastern […]
Italy, which is battling the worst Covid-19 outbreak in Europe, has experienced a series of prison riots in virus-plagued areas. The unrest has been triggered by a move to suspend family visits over the coronavirus threat. “There have been a series of rebellions across the country,” Italy’s prison administration head Francesco Basentini said on Monday. The government’s efforts to contain the virus, which has already killed […]
Crime-alert app Citizen has tiptoed back toward enabling what critics say would be citizen Stasi and vigilantes, quietly reactivating a controversial feature allowing its users to “report incidents right when they happen.” Citizen, an app that sends users real-time reports of crimes in their vicinity based on a curated selection of 911 calls, has reactivated a feature that allows users to report crimes themselves, updating its […]
Middle East 19:24 GMT 01.03.2020(updated 20:32 GMT 01.03.2020) Get short URL As tensions run high in Syria’s Idlib amid Thursday’s spike in hostilities, the Syrian state news agency SANA reported on Sunday that the “Turkish regime’s terrorist forces” downed two aircraft – thought to be fighter jets – belonging to the Damascus forces. The Russian Defence Ministry announced on Sunday that it could no longer guarantee the […]
Turkey has shot down two Syrian warplanes in Idlib amid its offensive in the area, the country’s media reports. The Syrian Army reportedly destroyed a Turkish drone the same day. Citing a correspondent, state-run Syrian news agency SANA said that Turkish forces struck two Syrian planes in Idlib on Sunday, with their crews ejecting and parachuting to safety. The Turkish Defense Ministry confirmed it shot down […]
World 10:22 GMT 14.02.2020(updated 10:23 GMT 14.02.2020) Get short URL MOSCOW (Sputnik) – The Kremlin believes that Turkey will do its best to guarantee the safety of Russian diplomats and every Russian staying in the country, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Friday, commenting on threats targeting the Russian ambassador to Ankara. “We have no doubt that the Turkish side will implement all the necessary measures […]