Hurricane Isaias has blasted in to North Carolina, crossing the coast 40 miles (65km) south-west of Wilmington. The National Hurricane Center (NHC) posted a statement on social media saying that Isaias made landfall at 23:10 EDT (03:10 GMT Tuesday). It added that the hurricane had maximum sustained winds of 85mph […]
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FILE PHOTO: AirAsia planes are seen parked at Kuala Lumpur International Airport 2, during the movement control order due to the outbreak of COVID-19, in Sepang, Malaysia on Apr 14, 2020. KUALA LUMPUR: AirAsia is gearing up for the resumption of flights between Malaysia and Singapore, including the Kuala […]
SYDNEY: Australia’s second-most populous state Victoria said on Tuesday (Aug 4) military personnel will be deployed to enforce COVID-19 isolation orders, with anyone caught in breach of those rules facing tough new fines. Five hundred military personnel will be deployed to the state to bolster enforcement of self-isolation orders, with […]
The two countries have already exchanged several tit-for-tat actions involving journalists in recent months, with the US designating multiple Chinese state or Communist Party-backed media as foreign embassies. SHANGHAI: China will take retaliatory measures if all Chinese journalists based in the United States are forced to leave the country, […]
Lunchbox, books, pencil case — masks? Thousands of children in northern Germany became the first in Europe to begin a new school year on Monday after months of curtailed hours over the coronavirus pandemic. The rest of the country was watching anxiously as 150,000 children returned to school in Mecklenburg-Western […]
GENEVA: The World Health Organization (WHO) warned on Monday (Aug 3) that, despite strong hopes for a vaccine, there might never be a “silver bullet” for COVID-19. More than 18.14 million people around the world are reported to have been infected with the disease and 688,080 have died, according to […]
MELBOURNE: Australia’s second-biggest city Melbourne, already under night curfew, announced fresh restrictions on industries on Monday (Aug 3), including retail and construction, as it steps up desperate efforts to contain the spread of a resurgent coronavirus. From Wednesday night, Melbourne will close retail, some manufacturing and administrative businesses as part […]
WASHINGTON: The US notched 47,508 new coronavirus cases in 24 hours on Sunday (Aug 2), according to a tally by Johns Hopkins University. There were also 515 new deaths, the Baltimore-based university real-time count at 8.30pm local time. Sunday’s toll was a slight dip, as the previous five days had […]
MELBOURNE: Australia’s second-most populous city Melbourne emerged on Monday (Aug 3) from its first night-time curfew to contain the spread of a resurgent coronavirus, as residents braced for further closures and job losses. The state of Victoria on Sunday imposed the nightly curfew for the capital Melbourne as part of […]
WASHINGTON: The White House and Donald Trump’s campaign on Sunday (Aug 2) sought to shut down the Republican president’s musings on delaying the 2020 vote, saying there will be an election on Nov 3. White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows said Trump was raising concerns about mail-in ballots when […]