France will close all schools and universities in the country in response to the Covid-19 coronavirus pandemic, President Emmanuel Macron has announced. Speaking in a televised address on Thursday evening, Macron said the measures would be implemented from Monday following a spike in confirmed cases of the deadly virus. “It is one of the most ... Read More »
The death toll from Italy’s coronavirus outbreak passed 1,000 as France and Ireland began closing schools and universities to slow the spread of Covid-19. Italy’s death toll jumped by 189 in 24 hours to 1,016, a rise of 23 per cent. Officials confirmed cases had risen to 15,113 from 12,462. This is biggest ... Read More »
U.S. President Donald Trump has canceled events planned this week in Colorado and Nevada “out of an abundance of caution from the coronavirus outbreak,” White House spokeswoman Stephanie Grisham said in a statement. — REUTERS Read More »
Prime Minister, Dr. Hassan Diab, said during the press conference held this evening at the Grand Serail after the meeting of the Coronavirus Follow-up Committee: “As you may know, Lebanon was among the first countries to take tough action on the coronavirus. From the onset, we have established a Special Committee to follow ... Read More »
Minister of Information Dr. Manal Abdel Samad Najd, welcomed this Wednesday in her office at the Ministry the Ambassador of the European Union to Lebanon, Ralph Tarraf, with talks reportedly touching on the EU’s projects in Lebanon and media cooperation prospects. Minister Abdel Samad later met with German Ambassador ... Read More »
Minister of Information, Manal Abdel Samad, said after the Baabda cabinet session that was chaired by President Michel Aoun: “Financial conditions must be strengthened, public debt must be restructured, and a reform program for growth and dealings must be pursued, along with the restructuring of the banking system.” She pointed ... Read More »
Explosion near convoy as Abdalla Hamdok was heading to office in Khartoum Sudan’s prime minister has survived an apparent assassination attempt after an explosion near his convoy in the capital, Khartoum. Abdalla Hamdok confirmed he was safe in a tweet shortly after the attack. “I would like to assure ... Read More »
An attack disrupted Afghan President Ashraf Ghani’s inauguration Monday amid a deepening political crisis that threatens to undermine the future of peace talks with the Taliban, even as U.S. troops began to leave the country. One police officer was injured in the rocket attack, and no one was killed when ... Read More »
Lebanon on Monday received a French medical shipment aimed at assisting the country in confronting the COVID-19 coronavirus. Foreign Minister Nassif Hitti and French Embassy Charge d’Affaires Salina Grenet-Catalano attended the handover ceremony at Beirut’s Rafik Hariri International Airport. In a statement, the French Embassy said the shipment was sent ... Read More »
Lebanon’s coronavirus cases rose to 41 on Monday following the confirmation of nine more infections, the state-run Rafik Hariri University Hospital said. In a statement, it said it received 132 individuals at its special coronavirus section of whom 23 were kept in quarantine and the rest were told to observe ... Read More »
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