North Korea confirmed on Monday a series of missiles tests, claiming the test a day earlier of what state media said were super-large multiple rocket launchers had been a success North Korea fired what appeared to be two short-range ballistic missiles off its east coast on Sunday, the latest in a series of launches that … Read more
……. US group says coronavirus is bioweapon A $20 trillion lawsuit has been filed against Chinese authorities in the US over coronavirus outbreak. American lawyer Larry Klayman and his advocacy group Freedom Watch along with Texas company Buzz Photos have filed the lawsuit against the Chinese government, Chinese army, the Wuhan Institute of Virology, Director … Read more
Following the outbreak and continued spread of Coronavirus across the globe, the federal government of Nigeria has approved a request by Air France to fly into Nigeria to evacuate European citizens. In a letter dated March 25, 2020 and addressed to the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria, Air France asked to airlift Europeans from the … Read more
In a mind blowing turn of events, Germany’s Hesse state Minister of Finance, Thomas Scheafer, has committed suicide after suffering from deep depression over how the country will cope with the economic fallout as a result of the Coronavirus pandemic. According to the state premier Volker Bouffier on Sunday, 54 year old, Schaefer was found … Read more
British light Heavyweight boxer, Anthony Yarde has lost his father, who passed away after battling a coronavirus infection. The 28-year-old made the tragic announcement on his Instagram account in the early hours of Sunday, adding that his dad had no underlying health conditions. Yarde urged everyone to stay at home and not spread the deadly … Read more
Just hours after Mali recorded its first death from coronavirus, Malians have headed to the polls for a long-delayed parliamentary election amid security and coronavirus fears on Sunday The leading opposition figure was kidnapped and believed to be in the hands of jihadists There were security fears about the vote even before the war-torn West … Read more
More than 10 worshippers of The Life Church of Glenview have tested positive for coronavirus since the church’s last service on March 15. Layna Showalter LoCascio, the wife of Pastor Anthony LoCascio confirmed numerous people were diagnosed with coronavirus after attending services on March 24 in a Facebook video, , Showalter LoCascio said there are … Read more
The number of coronavirus deaths in Britain jumped by 260 in one day to pass 1,000, official data showed Saturday, the day after Prime Minister Boris Johnson himself tested positive. The death toll was 1,019 at 5:00pm (1700 GMT) on Friday, up from 759 at the same time on Thursday, the most recent health ministry … Read more
Mali recorded its first coronavirus death on Saturday, a day before the West African country voted in a long-delayed parliamentary election threatened by both the pandemic and security concerns. The kidnapping of the leader of the main opposition party earlier in the week has also cast a pall over the vote, with a security source … Read more
South African police in a bid to enforce a coronavirus lockdown on Saturday fired rubber bullets towards hundreds of shoppers queueing outside a supermarket in Johannesburg, an AFP photographer said. Between 200 and 300 people gathered outside a popular grocery store, Shoprite, early Saturday in Yeoville, a crime-prone area in Johannesburg’s gritty central business district … Read more
President Donald Trump on Friday signed the $2.2 trillion (N827 trillion) financial stimulus package to cushion the economic impact of the coronavirus pandemic in the United States. This came hours after the country’s House of Representatives approved the bipartisan bill, which the Senate passed on Wednesday. The U.S. is the hardest-hit country in terms of … Read more
A US-based lab has unveiled a portable test that can tell if someone has COVID-19 in as little as five minutes, it said in a statement Friday. Abbot Laboratories said the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) had given it emergency authorization to begin making the test available to healthcare providers as early as next … Read more
The world’s economy has entered a recession and requires massive funding to help developing nations, Ms. Kristalina Georgieva has declared. Georgieva, the Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), explained that this was as a result of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic that has killed thousands of people around the world. She stated this on … Read more
The British high commissioner has been confirmed positive to the Covid-19 and is presently in self-isolation in his house. In a video shown on the BBC, the British top politician said that he has come down with mild symptoms of the disease. Read Also: Coronavirus: Commissioner Calls For Calm Among Youth Population However, in some … Read more
An overwhelmed Italian city at the heart of the coronavirus pandemic on Thursday sent more of its dead to nearby towns for cremation as the country’s world-leading toll topped 8,000. Officials in Rome reported 662 new deaths and 6,153 infections — largely in line with the figures reported throughout the week. The rise in daily … Read more
South Africa on Thursday braced for a nationwide military-patrolled lockdown, joining other African countries imposing strict curfews and shutdowns in an attempt to halt the spread of the coronavirus across the continent. Some 57 million people will be restricted to their homes during South Africa’s three-week total lockdown which begins at midnight. Kenya, Rwanda, and … Read more
Doctors in Zimbabwe’s public hospitals have gone on strike over lack of protective gear against the novel coronavirus, joining thousands of nurses who walked out of the wards this week, their association said Thursday. “We have made a call for safety, to say whilst we are sorting out some things, for now let’s… withdraw our … Read more
Afghanistan has ordered the release of up to 10,000 prisoners — mostly women, juveniles and sick people — in a bid to slow the spread of the novel coronavirus, officials said Thursday. The move comes after an increase in local COVID-19 cases and as tens of thousands of Afghans return from neighbouring Iran, one of … Read more
The British parliament will shut down on Wednesday because of the coronavirus outbreak, with MPs sent home a week early for their Easter break. “The House of Commons has agreed to adjourn for Easter recess and will next sit on 21 April 2020,” the lower chamber announced on its Twitter page. Housing Secretary Robert Jenrick … Read more
Spain’s coronavirus death toll overtook that of China on Wednesday, rising to 3,434 after another 738 people died as Madrid announced a multi-million-euro deal with Beijing for critical supplies. The spike in fatalities means that across the globe, only Italy — with 7,503 deaths — now has a higher death toll than Spain. In China, … Read more