Covid-19: Germany dashes tourism sector’s hopes on lockdown

Employees of German travel agencies, tour operators and bus companies demonstrate to demand support and rescue funding BERLIN, April 30 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Germany has taken cautious steps to ease its coronavirus lockdown, allowing small shops to reopen last week. But in a blow to its tourism sector, its warning against…

Covid-19 to cause record emissions fall in 2020: IEA

PARIS, April 30 (NNN-AGENCIES) — COVID-19 is expected to cause global energy emissions to fall a record eight percent this year due to an unprecedented drop in demand for coal, oil and gas, the International Energy Agency said. The IEA’s Global Energy Review was based on an analysis of electricity…

Covid-19: Hopes rise in virus battle as US scientists hail drug trial

WASHINGTON, April 30 (NNN-AGENCIES) — US scientists hailed a potential breakthrough in the coronavirus fight as a trial showed patients responding to an antiviral drug, fueling global hopes for a return to normal despite mounting deaths and abysmal economic news. The medical news was enough to propel a rebound on…

Covid-19: France reports 427 more deaths, toll tops 24,000

PARIS, April 30 (NNN-AGENCIES) — France reported 427 more deaths from COVID-19 to push the total above 24,000 but it also saw new declines in the numbers of patients in hospital and intensive care. The total number of deaths in hospitals and nursing homes from the virus in France is…

Mexico: 21 people die from contaminated liquor

GUADALAJARA (Mexico), April 30 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Some 21 people have died and 13 others have been seriously injured in the Mexican state of Jalisco after ingesting contaminated liquor, regional authorities said. In total, 56 people have been affected in two municipalities in the western state since Saturday, state health official…

US Pres Trump says will resume travelling next week

WASHINGTON, April 30 (NNN-AGENCIES) — US President Donald Trump said he’ll resume flying around the country from next week and looks forward to holding “wild” campaign rallies as soon as he can. Trump told reporters in the White House that he is “going to Arizona next week and we look…

Covid-19: Canada’s outbreak slows as cases top 50,000, but long fight looms

A volunteer with the Red Cross shows a doorway between beds in a mobile hospital set up in partnership with the Canadian Red Cross OTTAWA, April 30 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Canadian hospitals had beds to spare as the country hit 50,373 confirmed coronavirus cases on Wednesday, and several provinces were relaxing…

Covid-19: ‘More than 1.5 billion people risk losing livelihoods’ – ILO

GENEVA, April 30 (NNN-AGENCIES) — About half of all workers worldwide are in danger of having their livelihoods destroyed because of the pandemic, the International Labour Organisation (ILO) has warned. The figure equates to more than 1.5 billion people. Covid-19 has infected more than 3.1 million people around the world…

Covid-19: Ukrainian businesses demand easing of anti-virus shutdown

Wearing surgical masks, demonstrators blocked traffic outside a government building in the city centre in defiance of rules against public KIEV, April 30 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Several hundred small business owners protested in Kiev, demanding the authorities ease anti-virus measures to save them from bankruptcy.Wearing surgical masks, demonstrators on Wednesday briefly…

Deportation of criminal with HIV to Zimbabwe blocked by UK Supreme Court – after 14 years legal battle

The Supreme Court building LONDON, April 30 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The deportation of a criminal to Zimbabwe has been stopped by the Supreme Court amid concerns his life would be shortened by HIV. Five justices unanimously ruled the case must be reconsidered in full by immigration judges. The offender has fought…