Category: World

A tiger at the Bronx Zoo has tested positive for the new coronavirus, in what is believed to be the first known infection in an animal in the United States or a tiger anywhere, federal officials and the zoo said on Sunday. The four-year-old Malayan tiger named Nadia and six other tigers and lions that […]

KABUL: Afghanistan’s “fragile gains” in women’s rights are at risk unless women play a key role in peace talks with the Taliban, one of the few female members of the government’s negotiating team has said. Lawmaker Fawzia Koofi, a vocal critic of the Taliban, is one of five women on the 21-member team announced by […]

RIYADH: Saudi Arabia imposed a 24-hour curfew on Thursday in Makkah and Madina, extending measures to combat coronavirus, while other Arab states locked down districts with large migrant worker populations. The Saudi interior ministry stipulated exceptions, including for essential workers and to allow residents to buy food and access medical care. Cars may only carry […]

WASHINGTON: The Trump administration said on Wednesday it was deploying more US Navy warships and aircraft to the Caribbean to prevent drug cartels and “corrupt actors” like Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro from exploiting the coronavirus pandemic to smuggle more narcotics. President Donald Trump said he was doubling US military resources in the region, including destroyers, […]

• Pandemic ravages US, Italy and Spain• More than half of planet under lockdown MADRID: Global coronavirus cases surpassed one million on Thursday as the pandemic exploded in the United States and the death toll continued to climb in Italy and Spain, according to a tally by Johns Hopkins University. The virus has claimed over […]

Spain reported more deaths from the coronavirus tearing around the world on Friday, but the number who succumbed overnight was lower than the previous day. Adding to the world’s worst death toll from the disease after European neighbour Italy, 932 people died in 24 hours, bringing the total to 10,935, the health ministry said. It […]

RIYADH: Saudi Arabia’s Haj minister asked Muslims on Tuesday to temporarily defer preparations for Haj amid uncertainty over the pandemic. Earlier this month, Saudi Arabia suspended Umrah over fears of the new coronavirus. “Saudi Arabia is fully ready to serve pilgrims,” Haj minister Mohammad Benten told the state-run Al Ekhbariya television. “But under the current circumstances, as […]

Italy will extend anti-coronavirus lockdown restrictions imposed last month to April 13, Health Minister Roberto Speranza said on Wednesday. “We must not confuse the first positive signals with an ‘all clear’ signal. Data shows that we are on the right path and that the drastic decisions are bearing fruit,” Speranza told the upper house Senate. […]

WASHINGTON: China’s decision to lock down the city of Wuhan, ground zero for the global Covid-19 pandemic, may have prevented more than 700,000 new cases by delaying the spread of the virus, researchers said on Tuesday. Drastic Chinese control measures in the first 50 days of the epidemic bought other cities across the country valuable […]

Emergency field hospitals were readied in New York’s Central Park and at the home of the US Open tennis tournament as the number of American deaths from the coronavirus pandemic surged past 4,000 — higher than the toll in China. The pandemic has killed more than 1,700 New Yorkers and President Donald Trump, a native […]