WASHINGTON: California Attorney General Xavier Becerra has opened an investigation into steps that Amazon.com Inc has taken to protect its workers from the new coronavirus, according to a court filing on Monday. The attorney general’s office, California’s Division of Occupational Safety and Health and the San Francisco Department of Public […]
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NAIROBI: Kenya’s President Uhuru Kenyatta extended a nightly curfew on Monday (Jul 27) for 30 days to curb the spread of COVID-19 and banned alcohol sales in restaurants but stopped short of locking down the country again despite a surge in cases. The curfew had been due to be lifted […]
HONG KONG: Hong Kong on Monday (Jul 27) announced further restrictions to curb a surge in COVID-19 cases, including a ban on gatherings of more than two people, a total bar on restaurant dining and mandatory face masks in all public places, including outdoors. Local authorities reported 145 new cases […]
GENEVA: The new coronavirus pandemic that has killed more than 16 million people is easily the worst global health emergency the World Health Organization (WHO) has faced, its director-general Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said on Monday (Jul 27). Only with strict adherence to health measures, from wearing masks to avoiding crowds, […]
SYDNEY: Australia’s second most populous state of Victoria will take longer than the current six-week lockdown period to stem the spread of the coronavirus, authorities said on Monday (Jul 27), as the country battles to contain a second wave of the virus. Australia, one of the least-hit countries by the […]
MADRID: The Spanish government insisted on Sunday (Jul 26) that despite a recent surge in coronavirus cases, the country was safe to visit. Foreign Minister Arancha Gonzalez Laya was moving to allay fears after some countries reimposed travel restrictions on Spain. “Spain is a safe country,” she told reporters. “Like […]
PORT MANSFIELD, Texas: Hurricane Hanna left a trail of destruction on the Texas coast on Sunday (Jul 26), overturning tractor-trailers, downing power lines and toppling part of the US-Mexico border wall as the storm threatened the area with torrential rains. Eventually weakening to a tropical depression, Hanna came ashore on […]
LONDON: Britain unveiled plans to tackle an “obesity time bomb” on Monday (Jul 27), banning TV and online adverts for junk food before 9pm, ending “buy one get one free” deals on such foods and putting calories on menus. Prime Minister Boris Johnson, who has lost weight since he was […]
MIAMI: Florida on Sunday (Jul 26) became the second state after California to overtake New York, the worst-hit state at the start of the US novel coronavirus outbreak, according to a Reuters tally. Total COVID-19 cases in the Sunshine State rose by 9,300 to 423,855 on Sunday, just one place […]
WASHINGTON: The United States has doubled its investment – to nearly US$1 billion – to expedite development of a potential COVID-19 vaccine by American firm Moderna, which on Monday (Jul 27) begins the decisive final phase of clinical trials. The government now plans to spend up to US$472 million on […]