Covid-19: British Airways set to cut up to 12,000 jobs

LONDON, April 30 (NNN-AGENCIES) — British Airways is set to slash up to 12,000 jobs as part of a restructuring plan forced on the carrier by the fallout from the novel coronavirus, its parent company IAG said. The firm said its plans were still under consultation but it was “likely…

Covid-19: UN raises alarm about police brutality in lockdowns

Police officers detain a person during a demonstration against the lockdown GENEVA, April 28 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The UN human rights office voiced concern about more than a dozen countries that have declared states of emergency due to the COVID-19 pandemic where police have arrested or detained hundreds of thousands of people…

Covid-19: Lockdowns begin to ease globally, but cases top three million

WASHINGTON, April 28 (NNN-AGENCIES) – The number of confirmed coronavirus cases worldwide soared past three million on Monday as several European nations and a handful of US states began taking steps to reopen their shuttered economies. But as schools and shops reopened in some parts of Europe, British Prime Minister…

Covid-19: Pres Trump says he expects to see a ‘lot of schools’ open up

WASHINGTON, April 28 (NNN-AGENCIES) — President Donald Trump said he expects to see a “lot” of US schools reopen after being shut down by the coronavirus pandemic. “Many (state governors) are thinking about their school system,” Trump said at a daily White House briefing. “Not a long way to go…

Venezuela names official indicted by US as oil minister

CARACAS, April 28 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro named a top official targeted by US sanctions as oil minister as the market for the country’s vital export is in tumult. Maduro tasked Tareck El Aissami — a vice president for the economy who has been indicted in the United…

Covid-19: Pres Trump says may seek damages from China as the US recorded new 1,300 deaths

WASHINGTON, April 28 (NNN-AGENCIES) — US President Donald Trump suggested that he may seek damages from China over the coronavirus outbreak which began in the Chinese city of Wuhan and spread around the world. “We are not happy with China,” Trump said at a White House briefing. “We are not…

Covid-19: Nigeria to ease Abuja and Lagos lockdowns on May 4 after workers rioted demanding lifting restrictions

Nigerian President, Muhammadu Buhari ABUJA, April 28 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Nigeria will begin a “gradual easing” of coronavirus-related lockdowns in the federal capital territory of Abuja, and Lagos and Ogun states from May 4, 2020. The lockdowns had been due to end on Monday night, but President Muhammadu Buhari said they…

Escapee delays countdown to Ebola epidemic in the DR Congo

BENI (DRCongo), April 28 (NNN-AFRICANEWS) — The latest Ebola patient was discharged from hospital on Sunday in Beni, eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, where authorities are searching for another patient who has escaped, delaying the end of the epidemic. A seven-year-old girl was discharged on Sunday from the Ebola Treatment…

Covid-19: Germans don compulsory masks as lockdown eases

BERLIN, April 28 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Germans have started wearing facemasks outside the home as new rules come into force to curb the spread of coronavirus. The use of cloth masks is now mandatory on public transport and, in most regions, within shops. The rules vary among the 16 German states…

Covid-19: British PM Boris Johnson says this is moment of maximum risk

UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson LONDON, April 28 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The UK is at the moment of maximum risk in the coronavirus outbreak, Prime Minister Boris Johnson said, as he urged people not to lose patience with the lockdown. Speaking outside No 10 for the first time since recovering from…