RIYADH: Saudi Arabia’s 84-year-old ruler King Salman bin Abdulaziz has been admitted to King Faisal Specialist hospital in the capital Riyadh for medical checks, the state news agency (SPA) reported early on Monday (Jul 20). It said the king, who has ruled the world’s largest oil exporter and the close […]
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FILE PHOTO: A sanitation worker cleans a bench outside the single remaining public housing tower under a lockdown in response to an outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Melbourne, Australia July 10, 2020. SYDNEY: A surge in COVID-19 cases in Australia’s second-biggest city could take weeks to subside […]
MEXICO CITY: Mexico’s Health Ministry on Sunday (Jul 19) reported 5,311 new confirmed COVID-19 infections and 296 additional fatalities, bringing the total in the country to 344,224 cases and 39,184 deaths. The government has said the real number of infected people is likely significantly higher than the confirmed cases. Mexican […]
HAVANA: Cuba for the first time in 130 days on Sunday (Jul 19) said there were no new domestic cases of COVID-19 as most of the country moved into the final phase of resuming normal activities with masks and social distancing. Francisco Duran, head of epidemiology at the Ministry of […]
A paramedic dressed in personal protective equipment exits an ambulance at St. Petersburg General Hospital, where coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases are being treated, in St Petersburg, Florida, on Jul 15, 2020. WASHINGTON: Florida reported more than 12,000 new cases of COVID-19 on Sunday (Jul 19), the fifth day in […]
BRUSSELS: Squabbling EU leaders held a make-or-break dinner on Sunday (Jul 19) to try to break three days of deadlock in talks over a huge coronavirus rescue package. EU Council President Charles Michel, the summit host, gathered the 27 leaders for dinner after a day of small group meetings that […]
As international aid dries up, the world’s most disadvantaged students may find themselves left behind when it comes to education, say Abiy Ahmed and Gordon Brown. LONDON: The oft-repeated idea that COVID-19 is “the great equaliser” is a myth. There is no equality of suffering or equality of sacrifice during […]
SAO PAULO: Brazil registered 23,529 new confirmed cases of the novel coronavirus and 716 new deaths on Sunday (Jul 19), the health ministry said. Total cases in Brazil, the world’s second most affected country after the United States, have now risen to 2,098,389 while deaths totalled 79,488.
BARCELONA: People sunbathed and played in the sea along Barcelona’s beaches on Sunday, ignoring pleas from Catalan authorities for area residents to stay at home as coronavirus cases continued to rise in one of Spain’s worst-hit regions. As police patrolled in masks to ensure social distancing, Barceloneta beach, a favourite […]
LONDON: British Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab said on Sunday (Jul 19) he was “absolutely confident” in allegations by the UK and its allies that Russia targeted labs conducting COVID-19 research, branding the behaviour “outrageous and reprehensible”. Britain, the United States and Canada on Thursday accused a hacking group called APT29 […]