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09-04-2020 By SJA Jafri + Int’l Monitoring Desk + Bureau Reports + Agencies RIYADH/ NEW YORK/ DUBAI/ DOHA: Dozens of members of the ruling Saudi royal family, as many as 150, have been infected with coronavirus in recent weeks, a news report said. Saudi Prince Faisal bin Bandar bin Abdulaziz …

09-04-2020 By SJA Jafri (Bureau Chief Australia) KARACHI/ MELBOURNE: Pakistani researchers at country’s top ‘Dow University of Health Sciences’ (DUHS) have identified two naturally occurring mutations, which can withstand the novel coronavirus, are found in the human gene. The coronavirus, due to these mutations in the human gene can be …

09-04-2020 RIYADH/ SANA’A: A Saudi Arabian-led coalition fighting Houthi forces in Yemen has declared a ceasefire, according to officials. According to sources, the ceasefire will come into effect on Thursday in support of UN efforts to end the five-year-old war. The coalition, backed by Western military powers, has been fighting …

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 …