March 12, 2020//-US President Donald Trump has announced sweeping travel restrictions on 26 European countries in a bid to combat the spread of the coronavirus.
March 7, 2020//-Three senior members of Saudi Arabia’s royal family, including the king’s brother, have been arrested for unexplained reasons, US media report.
March 7, 2020//-US Vice President Mike Pence announced on Friday that 21 people have tested positive of coronavirus on board the cruise ship, Grand Princess, stranded off the coast of California, as the outbreak continues to spread, infecting more than 100,000 people globally.
March 4, 2020//-After spending millions on his own campaign, Michael Bloomberg is dropping out of the 2020 presidential race.
Mumbai, India, March 3, 2020//-A surge in coronavirus cases outside China has raised concerns the outbreak could be particularly devastating for vulnerable refugee and migrant populations in countries hobbled by conflict.
February 29, 2020//-The US has reported its first death from the coronavirus, in the north-west state of Washington.
February 29, 2020//-France has banned all indoor gatherings of more than 5,000 people, as part of efforts to contain the country’s coronavirus outbreak.
February 29, 2020//-The US and the Taliban have signed an “agreement for bringing peace” to Afghanistan after more than 18 years of conflict.
Concerns rise about growing cases in Iran, Italy and S Korea even as infections appear to fall at Chinese epicentre. February 24, 2020//-The World Health Organization (WHO) has said the coronavirus outbreak has not reached the level of a pandemic but warned countries to step up preparations to deal with such a scenario, as new deaths and infections […]
Guhawati, India, February 5, 2020//-India’s northeast state of Assam is on the front lines of a citizenship clash that has already pushed some two million people to the brink of statelessness.
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