Up to 150 members of the Saudi royal family may have gotten infected with the coronavirus, six weeks after the kingdom reported its first case, the New York Times reported. As the severity of the outbreak across the kingdom escalates, as many as 500 beds are reportedly prepared for royals in some of the country’s elite hospitals. King Salman’s nephew, …
ISTANBUL: Presidents of Turkey and China talked over the phone to discuss cooperation in fighting the novel coronavirus, Turkey’s Communications Directorate said on Wednesday. Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Xi Jinping also discussed bilateral relations, the directorate added. Coronavirus has infected 34,109 people in Turkey so far, causing 725 deaths, while 1,582 people have recovered. The Chinese health officials said that …
UNITED NATIONS: UN human rights experts have appealed to States to boost child protection measures for safeguarding the welfare of millions of children worldwide who may be more exposed to violence, sale, trafficking, sexual abuse and exploitation during the coronavirus pandemic. Maud de Boer-Buquicchio, Special Rapporteur on the sale and sexual exploitation of children, and Najat Maalla M’jid, Special Representative …
World Health Organisation officials on Wednesday denied that the body was “China-centric” and said that the acute phase of a pandemic was not the time to cut funding, after US President Donald Trump said he would put contributions on hold. The United States is the top donor to the Geneva-based body which Trump said had issued bad advice during the …
MADRID: Spain has recorded its second consecutive daily increase in the number of deaths from coronavirus following a week-long decline, according to data from the Health Ministry released Wednesday. Figures show 757 people died in the past 24 hours, an increase from 743 deaths recorded the previous day. However it was only a 5.5% in relation to the total number …
UNITED NATIONS: UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has defended the World Health Organisation (WHO), saying the UN agency had done “tremendous work” in fighting coronavirus, after US President Donald Trump accused it of being “China centric” and criticized its handling of the pandemic. “For the Secretary General, it is clear that WHO under the leadership of Dr Tedros (Adhanom Ghebreyesus) has …
BEIJING – Chinese President Xi Jinping Thursday urged the world leaders to work for a global response to fight the novel Coronavirus (COVID-19), working together, strengthening confidence and acting with unity to counter the infectious disease. Xi called for a resolute all-out global war against the COVID-19 outbreak as leaders of the Group of 20 (G20) convened an extraordinary summit …
ISLAMABAD – After successfully containing the outbreak of novel Coronavirus (Covid-19), Chinese government is working actively with friendly, neighbouring countries and global and regional partners to help and assist them in battling the demon virus. The 2019 novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV), officially named as Covid-19 by the WHO, has spread to 74 more countries apart from China alarming public health authorities …
JERUSALEM: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s Likud party gained 36 seats in Monday’s parliamentary elections, becoming once again the largest party, the Central Elections Committee said Tuesday after 97 percent of the votes have been counted. Figures by the Committee, which oversees the elections, showed Netanyahu’s main rival, Benny Gantz and his centrist Blue and White party, garnered 32 seats. …
CHINA ECONOMIC NET BEIJING, China – Manufacturers in China remain confident about business prospects for the next 12 months, even as the novel coronavirus outbreak weighed heavily on the sector last month, a private survey said on Monday. “Firms anticipate a recovery in production over the next year due to expectations that production will be ramped up once the …