International

08-04-2020 PARIS: The number of people in France who have died from the coronavirus has now risen above 10,000. Latest figures show 10,238 people died from the virus since 1 March. In the past 24 hours, 607 deaths have been recorded in hospitals. A further 820 deaths were recorded in …

07-04-2020 By SJA Jafri + Int’l Monitoring Desk + Bureau Reports + Agencies WASHINGTON/ NEW YORK: The United States passed a grim milestone Monday, as the death toll from coronavirus surpassed 10,600 and confirmed infections from COVID-19 exceeded 347,000. On Sunday, Surgeon General Jerome Adams warned this week would be “the hardest …

07-04-2020 By SJA Jafri + Bureau Report + Agencies CANBERRA/ MELBOURNE: Cardinal George Pell will be freed from jail after Australia’s highest court overturned his convictions for child sexual abuse. The ex-Vatican treasurer, 78, had been the most senior Catholic figure ever jailed for such crimes. In 2018, a jury …

06-04-2020 By SJA Jafri + Agencies + Bureau Reports NEW DELHI BANGALORE/ BOMBAY: Indians have turned off their lights for a nationwide candle-lit vigil, heeding a call for unity as the country battles coronavirus. Prime Minister Narendra Modi asked India’s 1.3 billion citizens to observe nine minutes without electricity at …

06-04-2020 NEW YORK: A four-year-old female Malayan tiger at the Bronx Zoo has tested positive for the coronavirus. The tiger, named Nadia, is believed to be the first known case of an animal infected with Covid-19 in the US. The Bronx Zoo, in New York City, says the test result …

05-04-2020 By SJA Jafri + Agencies + Bureau Reports LONDON/ MELBOURNE: There are 193 countries which are members of the United Nations. As of 2 April, 18 countries had not reported a Covid-19 case, according to a tally using data from Johns Hopkins University. On 12 January – less than …

70m Iranians screened, 56,000 traced COVID-19, 3,452 died, 20,000 recovered 0.4m Americans screened, 3,56,710 traced COVID-19, 8,994 died 11,102 recovered 05-04-2020 By SJA Jafri + Int’l News Desk + Agencies + Bureau Reports TEHRAN/ NEW YORK: American President Donald Trump has warned the United States is entering what could be its …

04-04-2020 PARIS: Two people have been killed and at least four others wounded in a knife attack in south-east France, officials have said. Witnesses said the attacker entered a tobacconist in the town of Romans-sur-Isère, near Grenoble, and stabbed the owners and a customer. He then went to a nearby …

04-04-2020 BEIJING: China on Saturday observed a national day of mourning for the thousands of “martyrs” who have died in the new coronavirus outbreak, flying the national flag at half mast throughout the country and suspending all forms of entertainment. The country, where the virus first appeared in late December, …

03-04-2020 By SJA Jafri + Int’l News Desk + Agencies + Bureau Reports NEW YORK/ GENEVA/ WASHINGTON/ LONDON: In a live briefing on Friday, United Nations Organization (UNO) Secretary-General Antonio Guterres renewed his call for a global ceasefire, urging all parties to conflict to lay down arms and allow war-torn …