SHANGHAI: Four cities along China’s Yangtze river have declared top-level flood warnings over the past two days after torrential rain triggered landslides and inundated roads and farmland, with parts of the river threatening to burst its banks. The “red alerts” in Xianning and Jingzhou in Hubei province and Nanchang and […]
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MELBOURNE: Australia’s national cabinet met on Friday (Jul 10) to discuss slowing the number of citizens allowed to return to the country from overseas, as authorities grapple with a COVID-19 outbreak in the country’s second most populous state. Victoria reimposed lockdowns in the country’s second largest city, Melbourne, on Thursday […]
WELLINGTON: New Zealand’s former prime minister Helen Clark warned if the world remained “flat-footed” in its response to pandemics it faces future economic, social and political crisis, after she was appointed by the World Health Organization (WHO) to lead a review of the global response to the COVID-19 pandemic. WHO […]
ANAHEIM, California: Disney’s California theme park reopening may have been thwarted by coronavirus, but hundreds lined up early on Thursday (Jul 9) to buy Mickey Mouse merchandise from an adjacent shopping plaza. Downtown Disney District – which borders the world-famous Disneyland and Disney California Adventure theme parks near Los Angeles […]
WASHINGTON: Record-breaking coronavirus cases and deaths in several US states are dimming hopes of economic recovery, with cellphone data showing shoppers are staying away from stores in areas where cases are rising the most. In Arizona, Texas, Florida, Georgia and South Carolina, which were among the first states to reopen […]
WASHINGTON: The United States reported more than 56,300 new COVID-19 cases on Thursday (Jul 9), the third day in a row infections have risen by at least 55,000, according to a Reuters tally. With California, Florida and Texas recently breaking records, hopes are fading for an economic rival and US […]
A man crosses a road during morning rush hours after the government eased restrictions following the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, near a densely populated residential area in Jakarta, Indonesia, July 8, 2020. JAKARTA: Indonesia reported its biggest single-day increase in coronavirus infections on Thursday (Jul 9), with almost half […]
HONG KONG: Hong Kong reported 42 new coronavirus cases on Thursday (Jul 9), of which 34 were locally transmitted, marking the second consecutive day of a jump in local infections and fuelling fears of renewed community spread. The total number of cases in the global financial hub since late January […]
FILE PHOTO: Emergency workers prepare to help residents on day four of a lockdown, amid the COVID-19 outbreak, at the public housing tower blocks in Flemington, Melbourne, Australia, Jul 8, 2020. SYDNEY: Five million Australians in the country’s second largest city Melbourne woke up under strict stay-at-home rules on […]
WASHINGTON: Coronavirus infections in the United States topped the 3 million mark on Wednesday (Jul 8), as President Donald Trump began withdrawing the country from the World Health Organization. The US remains by far the worst affected country, with more than 131,000 deaths, while Brazil – whose virus-sceptic President Jair […]