Virgin Australia slumps into voluntary administration

Ticket revenue had dried up amid coronavirus travel bans SYDNEY, April 21 (NNN-AGENCIES) —Virgin Australia has confirmed it has entered voluntary administration – making it Australia’s first big corporate casualty of the coronavirus pandemic. The country’s second-largest carrier cut almost all flights last month following wide-spread travel bans. It was already…

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 from the very start and had hidden nothing from Washington about the deadly pandemic. WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said there were no secrets at the UN agency after being…

Covid-19: India reports another big one-day virus spike as lockdown eased

NEW DELHI, April 21 (NNN-AGENCIES) — India recorded another big single-day spike in coronavirus cases on Tuesday morning as the government eased one of the world’s strictest lockdowns to allow some manufacturing and agricultural activity to resume. An additional 1,336 cases were reported over 24 hours, raising the national total…

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 activities including bird watching, now looking quiet under the MCO. Tourism industry players in the island have been urged to come up with ideas to navigate through this tough period…

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 below $5 a barrel as the coronavirus pandemic ravages global economies, threatening to erase an entire decade of demand growth, slashing thousands of jobs and wiping out hundreds of billions…

Covid-19: Japan cases surge over 10,000 with hospitals stretched

TOKYO: File photo of people wearing masks when attending a memorial ceremony earlier in March this year at the Hibiya Park here to mark the anniversary of 2011 Tohoku earthquake and tsunami. Photo courtesy of Rodrigo Reyes Marin/ZUMA Wire/dpa TOKYO, April 21 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Japanese medics are warning more must…

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 official sources at 1100 GMT. More than 2,403,410 declared cases have been registered in 193countries and territories since the epidemic first emerged in China inDecember. Of these cases, at least…

Five Terrorists, One Soldier Killed In Clashes In NW Pakistan

ISLAMABAD, Apr 20 (NNN-APP) – The Pakistan army said today that, five terrorists and a soldier were killed, in clashes in the country’s northwest tribal district of North Waziristan. An army statement said, a group of terrorists carried out raid on a security forces’ check post, 10 kilometres west of…

Fiji Confirms 18th COVID-19 Case

SUVA, Apr 20 (NNN-PINA) – Fiji reported its 18th confirmed case of COVID-19, after a 51-year-old woman tested positive for the virus today. Fijian Prime Minister, Voreqe Bainimarama, said that, the woman, who is from Ba, one of the provinces in the western side of Fiji’s main island of Viti…

Gunmen Kill Policeman In Indian-Controlled Kashmir

SRINAGAR, Indian-controlled Kashmir, Apr 20 (NNN-PTI) – Unidentified gunmen shot dead a policeman, in restive Indian-controlled Kashmir, police said today. The policeman was attacked Sunday night, at his residence in Hiller Shahabad village of Anantnag district, about 60 km south of Srinagar, the summer capital of Indian-controlled Kashmir. “Last night…
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