BEIJING: Global coronavirus cases neared 10 million on Sunday (Jun 28), according to a Reuters tally, marking a major milestone in the spread of the respiratory disease that has so far killed almost half a million people in seven months. The figure is roughly double the number of severe influenza […]
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Fun-seekers out and about on Ocean Drive in Miami Beach, Florida on Jun 26, 2020 – itching for a good time after months of lockdown MIAMI: Florida on Saturday (Jun 27) hit a new daily coronavirus case record of nearly 10,000 – a dramatic setback that several other states […]
ANAHEIM, California: Workers at California’s Disneyland Resort protested from their cars on Saturday (Jun 27), arguing that the Walt Disney has not agreed to adequate protections for employees when the destination reopens to the public amid a pandemic. The company had planned to welcome guests back to Disneyland and neighboring […]
HOUSTON: America’s top infectious diseases expert has warned the United States is facing a “serious problem” from a resurgent coronavirus as the illness puts the brakes on reopening two of the country’s largest states. Texas and Florida closed bars and reimposed other curbs on Friday (Jun 26) as the number […]
MADRID: Spanish virologists have found traces of the novel coronavirus in a sample of Barcelona waste water collected in March 2019, nine months before the COVID-19 disease was identified in China, the University of Barcelona said on Friday (Jun 26). The discovery of virus genome presence so early in Spain, […]
JERUSALEM: Israeli air force jets have struck Hamas positions in the Gaza Strip after rockets were fired on Friday (Jun 26) from the territory towards Israel, the army said. The exchange came after Hamas, an Islamist movement, warned that Israel’s planned annexation of parts of the occupied West Bank amounted […]
LONDON: Britain will ditch a 14-day quarantine period for people arriving from countries it deems to be lower risk for COVID-19 , the government said on Friday (Jun 26). Official travel advice against all but essential travel outside Britain will also be eased for some countries and regions. Taken together, […]
WASHINGTON, DC: US intelligence has concluded that the Russian military offered bounties to Taliban-linked militants in Afghanistan to kill American troops and other coalition forces, the New York Times reported on Friday (Jun 26). Citing officials briefed on the matter, the Times said the United States determined months ago that […]
PARIS: France reported more than 1,500 new confirmed novel coronavirus cases on Friday (Jun 26), a spike unseen since May 30, while the number of additional fatalities linked to the virus rose by the highest amount in three days. French health authorities said in a statement the total of newly […]
LUBBOCK, Texas: As new coronavirus cases surged in Texas and Florida, officials in both states on Friday (Jun 26) ordered bars to once again close down and imposed tighter restrictions on restaurants, in a setback to efforts to open up their economies during the pandemic. Governor Greg Abbott gave bars […]