UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson will resume his official duties next week after recovering from the coronavirus. The Press Association said Johnson would be back in his Downing Street office on Monday after himself recovering from the virus. A Number 10 source quoted by Sky News said the 55-year-old was “raring to go”. Johnson has مزید پڑھیں
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Saudi Arabia to lift curfew partially except for Makkah
Saudi Arabia will partially lift the curfew in all regions of the kingdom from 9am to 5pm, starting Sunday through Wednesday, May 13, an order issued by King Salman said. According to state news agency SPA, the 24-hour curfew will, however, remain in Makkah and in previously isolated neighbourhoods. The order also allowed the opening مزید پڑھیں
Global coronavirus death toll hits 200,000
Global deaths linked to the coronavirus passed 200,000 on Saturday, while confirmed cases of the virus are expected to hit 3 million in coming days, according to a Reuters tally. More than half of the fatalities have been reported by the United States, Spain and Italy. The first death linked to the disease was reported مزید پڑھیں
Coronavirus death toll surpasses 50,000 in US
The death toll from the novel coronavirus topped 51,000 on Friday as nearly one in six workers out of a job, Georgia, Oklahoma and several other states took tentative steps at reopening businesses, despite disapproval from President Donald Trump and medical experts. Fitness clubs, hair salons, tattoo parlors and some other workplaces were allowed to مزید پڑھیں
Taliban rejects call for ceasefire during Ramadan
The Taliban have dismissed a government call for a Ramadan ceasefire in Afghanistan, saying a truce is “not rational” as they ramp up attacks on government forces. Afghan President Ashraf Ghani appealed to the militants to lay down their arms for the Islamic holy month that began Friday, as the country battles the growing coronavirus مزید پڑھیں
Trump thinks report was incorrect on illness of North Korea’s Kim Jong Un
U.S. President Donald Trump on Thursday threw more cold water on reports that North Korean leader Kim Jong Un was gravely ill, but declined to say if he had been in touch with officials there. “I think the report was incorrect,” Trump said at a daily White House briefing, adding that he had heard it مزید پڑھیں
Spain’s virus death toll tops 22,000
Spain said Thursday 440 people died in the past 24 hours from the new coronavirus, a slight increase for the third day running, bringing the overall death toll to 22,157. The country has suffered the third-highest number of deaths in the world from the pandemic after the United States and Italy, with infections now more مزید پڑھیں
Italy launches antibody tests for virus immunity
Italy began conducting antibody tests in the northern region of Lombardy on Thursday, seeking information about coronavirus immunity to help guide authorities as they reopen the long locked-down country. Lombardy, the region hardest-hit by the coronavirus crisis in Europe’s worst-affected country, is betting that the science about “herd immunity” derived from the blood tests will مزید پڑھیں
At least 300 British-Pakistanis died of Covid-19
At least 300 Britons of Pakistani origin have died in the United Kingdom from coronavirus, new data released by the National Health Service (NHS) shows. The information released by the UK health authorities shows the breakdown of deaths by ethnicity in hospitals in England where the patients tested positive for COVID-19 at the time of مزید پڑھیں
Saudi Arabia could borrow 220 billion riyals this year
Saudi Arabia could borrow 220 billion riyals ($58 billion) this year as it plugs a widening budget gap induced by plunging oil prices and crude production cuts, a record since the kingdom’s debut in international bond markets in 2016. The government is looking at additional spending cuts and may issue as much as an additional مزید پڑھیں
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