Covid-19: UN’s first employee among Senegal infections
DAKAR, March 6 (NNN-AGENCIES) — A British United Nations employee is one of the four people who have tested positive…
Covid-19: China reports 30 deaths, rise in new infections and imported cases
BEIJING, March 6 (NNN-AGENCIES) — China reported 30 more deaths from the new coronavirus outbreak on Friday, with fresh infections…
US announces $8.3bn in coronavirus funding as cases surge
WASHINGTON, March 6 (NNN-AGENCIES) — US lawmakers passed an emergency $8.3 billion spending bill to combat the coronavirus as the…
US accuses Russia of breaking ‘Open Skies’ treaty
WASHINGTON, March 6 (NNN-AGENCIES) — US Defense Secretary Mark Esper accused Russia of violating the Open Skies Treaty designed to…
Russian strikes kills 15 civilians in northwest Syria: monitor
BEIRUT, March 5, 2020 (BSS/AFP) – Russian air strikes Thursday killed at least 15 civilians including a child in the…
France coronavirus death toll rises to six, 92 new cases: official
PARIS, March 6 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The French health ministry reported two more deaths from coronavirus infections, bringing the country’s total…
First UK death in coronavirus outbreak: health authorities
LONDON, March 6 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Britain has recorded its first death in the new coronavirus outbreak, England’s chief medical officer…
Italy reports 41 new coronavirus deaths, bringing toll to 148
ROME, March 6 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Italy reported 41 new deaths from the novel coronavirus, its highest single-day total to date,…
Indian PM Modi postpones his Brussels visit amid coronavirus outbreak
NEW DELHI, March 6 (NNN-BSS) — Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has postponed his Brussels visit for the India-EU Summit,…
Ukrainian prime minister to exit in sweeping reshuffle
Prime Minister Oleksiy Honcharuk (centre) has been under the spotlight since a leak of an audio recording in January KIEV,…