Saudi Arabia signs USD 264 million deal with China for nine million coronavirus tests DUBAI: Saudi Arabia signed a deal worth more than USD 264 million with China to provide the kingdom with the ability to conduct 9 million COVID-19 tests. The deal signed on Sunday and announced by Saudi Arabia also provides the kingdom…
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Is Kim Jong’s condition really serious, China sends a team of doctors to North Korea
Is Kim Jong’s condition really serious, China sends a team of doctors to North Korea Media reports in many countries of the world, including the US and South Korea, made many claims about Kim Jong’s poor health, but meanwhile, the US President said that the media has spread a false rumor about Kim Jong’s health,…
Virgin Atlantic ‘still talking’ with UK government on bailout
Virgin Atlantic ‘still talking’ with UK government on bailout British airline Virgin Atlantic was still talking with the UK government about a bailout package to cope with the devastating effects of the coronavirus pandemic on travel, a company spokesperson has said. It comes as a report claimed that founder Richard Branson was seeking a buyer…
13 killed in Canada shooting rampage, deadliest in 30 years
13 killed in Canada shooting rampage, deadliest in 30 years A man wearing a police uniform went on a shooting rampage in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia on Sunday, killing 13 people, in the deadliest such attack in the country in 30 years. Officials said the suspected shooter was also dead. A police officer…
US lawyers sue China for trillions of dollars
US lawyers sue China for trillions of dollars Washington: Lawyers in the US have launched a landmark legal action to sue China for trillions of dollars over the coronavirus pandemic, accusing its Communist leaders of negligence for allowing the outbreak to erupt and then covering it up. The class action, which involves thousands of claimants from…
(COVID-19) China gets 130-billion-pound bill from Germany for corona damages
(COVID-19) China gets 130-billion-pound bill from Germany for corona damages London: China is facing a backlash from major European powers after suspicions over its role in the coronavirus pandemic which has caused 1 lakh deaths in Europe. The Express UK reported that that a major German newspaper has put together a 130-billion-pound invoice that Beijing ‘owes’…
Coronavirus First Leaked By Wuhan Lab Intern; Spread To Boyfriend, Then Wet-market (Report)
Coronavirus First Leaked By Wuhan Lab Intern; Spread To Boyfriend, Then Wet-market (Report) Amid the deadly coronavirus pandemic, US media in an investigative report claimed that the initial transmission of the virus was bat-to-human and the “patient zero” worked at the laboratory where it was being studied in Wuhan – the Wuhan Institute of Virology….
Pakistan hopes to defeat Covid19 outbreak
Pak PM’s aide rules out countrywide lockdown, assures of availability of daily items Pakistan on Tuesday expressed the hope that the government, with the cooperation of the people, will soon get be able to contain the spread of the coronavirus pandemic and, to this effect, strict measures are being taken gradually. Special assistant to Prime…
Pakistan hopes to defeat coronavirus pandemic
Pakistan on Tuesday expressed the hope that the government, with the cooperation of the people, will soon get be able to contain the spread of the coronavirus pandemic and, to this effect, strict measures are being taken gradually. Special assistant to Prime Minister on health, Dr Zafar Mirza, said that no countrywide lockdown is being…
Greta Thunberg says she may have coronavirus
Stockholm: Cimate activist Greta Thunberg said Tuesday that it was “extremely likely” that she had contracted the new coronavirus, after experiencing several symptoms following a trip to central Europe. “Around ten days ago I started feeling some symptoms… I was feeling tired, had shivers, a sore throat and coughed,” the teenage climate champion said in…
‘Exorcist’, ‘Game of Thrones’ star, Swedish screen legend Max von Sydow dies at 90
Swedish-born actor Max von Sydow, whose seven-decade career saw him go from starring in iconic art-house movies by Ingmar Bergman to appearing in English-language hits including “The Exorcist” and “Game of Thrones”, has died in France aged 90, his family said. “It is with a broken heart and with infinite sadness that we have the…
Japan cherry blossom festivals cancelled as virus fears grow
Major cherry blossom festivals in Japan have been canceled due to the deadly new coronavirus, the latest in a growing list of events quashed as the epidemic spreads globally. The traditional spring celebrations in Tokyo and Osaka, which attract millions of people wanting to see the white and pink flowers, will not go ahead as…
1 killed, 5 injured in shooting on Greyhound bus heading from LA to San Francisco Bay Area
LEBEC, California: A gunman killed one passenger and wounded five others on a Greyhound bus traveling from Los Angeles to the San Francisco Bay Area early Monday morning, the California Highway Patrol said. The shooting happened at about 1.20 am as the bus was on the Grapevine section of Interstate 5 high in the mountains…
NBA legend Kobe Bryant, 13-year-old daughter dead in helicopter crash that killed 9
Kobe Bryant, the basketball icon who won five NBA championships with the Los Angeles Lakers, died in a helicopter crash Sunday, leaving a legacy that spanned 20 years in professional sports and a growing second career as an investor. Bryant was among nine people killed when a helicopter slammed into a hillside in Calabasas, California,…
Your petrol, diesel price may depend on what Iran does next. Here’s how
How much you pay for your daily petrol, diesel may well be dependent on how Iran and US play out their escalated tensions in the gulf region after US’s strike killing Iranian general in Baghdad.
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