Europe

Covid-19: WHO insists it hid nothing, sounded alarm from start

GENEVA, April 21 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The World Health Organization insisted that it sounded the alarm on the novel coronavirus right…

COVID-19: MCO leaves Langkawi’s famous Chenang beach eerily quiet

LANGKAWI: An aerial shot of the Kilim Karst Geo-Forestpark, a popular destination in the island for those looking for eco-tourism…

Covid-19: Two months of lockdown will cost France €120 billion – Report

PARIS, April 21 (NNN-AGENCIES) — France’s nearly two-month-long coronavirus lockdown is expected to cost the country some €120 billion in…

Covid-19: French police clash with residents in Paris suburbs amid lockdown

PARIS, April 21 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Police fought running battles in Paris’s low-income northern suburbs with residents alleging heavy-handedness by officers…

Update: Oil plunges below US$5 with traders fleeing expiring contract; some US buyers offering $2 per barrel

Oil plunged below $5 a barrel as the coronavirus pandemic ravages global economies LONDON, April 21 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Oil plunged…

Covid-19: Italy’s virus cases fall for the first time

ROME, April 21 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Italy reported its first drop on Monday in the number of people currently suffering from…

Covid-19: Global death toll rise to 165,216 at 1100 GMT Monday

PARIS, April 21 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The worldwide death toll from thenovel coronavirus pandemic rose to 165,216 on Monday, according to…

Update: Europe plans slow reopening, New York passes peak in virus battle

PARIS/NEW YORK, April 20 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Hard-hit European nations began preparing for a slow reopening and the US epicenter New…

Covid-19: Spanish PM promises to ease confinement of children

MADRID, April 20 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Spanish children have been kept at home since March 14, under strict measures to curb…

Covid-19: UK PM ‘on top of things’ but under fire over early virus response

LONDON, April 20 (NNN-AGENCIES) — British Prime Minister Boris Johnson is “on top of things” following his battle with coronavirus,…