The UK has been painfully exposed as relying on rhetoric, bluster and faded imperial notions of “We Shall Fight on the Beaches” to confront this pandemic, and has deluded itself into believing it's still a world power. Prince William entered the public debate on Covid-19 and in a split-second joined with so many of those...
Deaths from the coronavirus epidemic in Italy rose by 566 on Monday, up from 431 the day before, the Civil Protection Agency said. The number of new cases dropped to 3,153 from 4,092 the previous day – the lowest since April 7. The total death toll since the outbreak came to light on February 21...
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Monday that the US welcomes an apparent agreement among Iraq's Shia, Sunni and Kurdish groups to form a new government. He added that it would need to be capable of confronting the coronavirus pandemic, helping the economy and bringing arms under control, Reuters reports. “We welcome that Shia,...
Tech giants look to developers to create apps to help locate COVID that will be interoperable between the Apple iOS and Google Android systems.
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and his Iranian counterpart Mohammad Javad Zarif discussed in a phone call on Monday coordinated action to fight the novel coronavirus and the necessity of lifting sanctions that involve supplying medicines. They “paid specific attention to the task of multilateral coordinated efforts in battling the coronavirus infection, including a waiver...
Global oil producers have already agreed on the world's largest ever production cut, but US President Donald Trump has said that cut may soon be doubled, to bring the world “back to business” from the coronavirus pandemic. The Organization of Petroleum Exporting States (OPEC) and producers outside the bloc agreed on Sunday to cut their...
The UN-recognized government in Libya said on Monday that its forces had seized two western cities on the coast between Tripoli and the Tunisian border from troops backing eastern military commander Khalifa Haftar, AFP reported. “Our forces took control of Sorman and Sabratha and are pursuing [Haftar's forces],” said a statement by Mohammed Gnunu, spokesman...
