Covid-19: As rich nations battle coronavirus, anxiety grows for low-income states

Employees inspect the production of hand sanitizers in Cormart factory as the company steps up production of hand sanitizers to prevent the spread of coronavirus disease (COVID-19), on the outskirts of Lagos, Nigeria PARIS, March 28 (NNN-AGENCIES) — As Europe and the United States struggle to contain the coronavirus pandemic,…

Covid-19: US man charged with terrorism after licking supermarket shelves to mock coronavirus

Cody Pfister was held in Warren County jail after being charged with a terrorism offence WARRENTON (Missouri, US), March 28 (NNN-AGENCIES) — A US man has been charged with making a terrorism threat after allegedly filming himself licking items in a supermarket saying ‘Who’s afraid of coronavirus?’ Cody Pfister, 26,…

Covid-19: Pres Trump signs $2.2 trillion US stimulus package into law

WASHINGTON, March 28 (NNN-AGENCIES) — US President Donald Trump on Friday signed a $2.2 trillion economic rescue package, calling the bill much-needed relief for American workers reeling from the economic tumult caused by the coronavirus. Trump signed the bill in an Oval Office ceremony surrounded by Republican lawmakers and members…

Airport Blunder Allows 92 On Chicago Flight Into Japan Without Quarantine Request

TOKYO, Mar 28 (NNN-NHK) – More than 90 passengers and crew members on a flight to Japan’s Narita airport from Chicago, were given entry to the country without being requested to self-quarantine for 14 days, and not use public transport, the health ministry here said Friday. The self-quarantine measures, to…

Chinese Envoy Briefs UN Member States On Work Of Security Council In Face Of COVID-19

UNITED NATIONS, Mar 28 (NNN-XINHUA) – The Chinese permanent representative to the United Nations, Zhang Jun, in his capacity as president of the Security Council for the month of Mar, attended a virtual joint briefing by the UN principal organs to member states on COVID-19. COVID-19 is posing huge challenges…

M’sian govt pursuing 1MDB money from DOJ – Zafrul

By Saraswathi Muniappan KUALA LUMPUR, March 28 (NNN-BERNAMA) — The Malaysian government is pursuing the recovered money allegedly stolen from the 1Malaysia Development Bhd (1MDB) sovereign fund, Finance Minister Tengku Zafrul Abdul Aziz said Friday. He said related government agencies and the Attorney-General’s Chamber are working on it. “The govt agencies, the Attorney-General’s Chamber are looking…

Covid-19: Brazilian House approves emergency income for citizens in need

RIO DE JANEIRO, March 27 (NNN-Xinhua) — Brazil’s House of Representatives on Thursday approved a bill to provide a minimum income to citizens in need to tackle the COVID-19 pandemic. Citizens who are unemployed, hold informal jobs or are self-employed, and on a low income are entitled to the relief…

Covid-19: World powers vow united front as death toll mounts

RIYADH, March 27 (NNN-AGENCIES) — World leaders promised US$5 trillion to stave off global economic collapse from the coronavirus pandemic that has killed 21,000 people and shut down huge swathes of the globe. From New York to Paris to New Delhi life has ground to standstill with some three billion people…

Xi tells Trump China and US must ‘unite to fight virus’

BEIJING, March 27 (NNN-AGENCIES) — China and the United States should “unite to fight” the deadly coronavirus pandemic that has ravaged the globe, said President Xi Jinping in a call with his US counterpart on Friday, according to state media. The two countries have clashed in recent weeks over the…

Venezuela blasts US Maduro indictment as ‘coup’

CARACAS/WASHINGTON, March 27 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Venezuela’s foreign minister accused Washington of a coup attempt Thursday after the US Justice Department indicted President Nicolas Maduro for “narco-terrorism.” Jorge Arreaza charged that President Donald Trump was “once more attacking the Venezuelan people and its democratic institutions, using a new form of coup d’etat…
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