On Saturday afternoon, Prime Minister Hassan Diab asked the security forces to enforce stricter measures to keep the Lebanese people at home as the confirmed cases of Coronavirus reached 248. This came as a consequence of many in Lebanon ignoring these past days the must of social distancing and self-quarantine, ... Read More »
Khamenei says U.S. offer to help Iran fight coronavirus is strange
The offer by the United States to help Iran fight the coronavirus pandemic is strange, Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said in a televised speech on Sunday, describing U.S. leaders as “charlatans”. Despite heightened tensions between the longtime foes, Washington has offered humanitarian assistance to Iran while it struggles ... Read More »
Cuban doctors head to Italy battle coronavirus
Communist-run Cuba said it dispatched a brigade of doctors and nurses to Italy for the first time this weekend to help in the fight against the novel coronavirus at the request of the worst-affected region Lombardy. The Caribbean island has sent its “armies of white robes” to disaster sites around ... Read More »
Poor water infrastructure is greater risk than coronavirus, says UN
On World Water Day, UN warns that more than half the global population lacking access to safely managed sanitation Decades of chronic underfunding of water infrastructure is putting many countries at worse risk in the coronavirus crisis, with more than half the global population lacking access to safely managed sanitation, ... Read More »
The coronavirus crisis may lead to a whole new way of economic thinking
The 1929 crash changed economics. With ideas such as universal basic income now being championed, Covid-19 could do likewise Rishi Sunak says the measures he has announced to support the economy are without precedent in peacetime – and he’s right. Never before has the British state agreed to pay the ... Read More »
Toxicologist says anti-malaria drugs show ‘promise’ in treating coronavirus
Malaria drugs are showing “promising” initial results as a potential coronavirus treatment, a toxicologist and economic researcher said Saturday. Appearing on “Fox & Friends Weekend,” Dr. Chris Martenson said the experimental drugs — including hydroxychloroquine and azithromycin — were made available on Thursday by the Food and Drug Administration. Although chloroquine has a “spotty past” and is unsafe ... Read More »
Coronavirus: Spain death toll jumps by 324 in its biggest one-day rise
The number of deaths from coronavirus in Spain has jumped to 1,326, up from 1,002 in the country’s biggest one-day rise so far. According to data from the Health Ministry, the number of registered cases in the country rose to 24,926 on Saturday, from the figure of 19,980 announced on ... Read More »
North Korea fires projectiles into sea for third time in a month
Suspected short-range missile launches come as Pyongyang announces legislature to meet in April amid coronavirus pandemic North Korea fired two projectiles that appeared to be short-range ballistic missiles into the sea off the east coast of the Korean peninsula, South Korea’s military reported. The launch on Saturday follows two ... Read More »
Breaking: Total of Coronavirus Cases Exceeds 200 in Lebanon
On Saturday morning, March 21st, the Ministry of Public Health released its daily coronavirus (COVID-19) report, announcing the total of positive cases to be 187 in Lebanon. Several hours later, the ministry issued a follow-up report, adding 19 new cases to the total. As the new report explained, a new ... Read More »
Diab Says Army, Security Forces to Take Measures to Enforce Lockdown
Prime Minister Hassan Diab on Sunday called on the Army Command and the rest of security forces to take strict measures to ensure citizens are staying in their homes unless it is extremely necessary, following major breaches of the government’s “general mobilization” order over the past days. “The plans include ... Read More »