coronavirus
Cleaner hands, bluer skies: what has coronavirus done for us?
World
March 25, 2020
Cleaner hands, bluer skies: what has coronavirus done for us?
Deaths, economic meltdown and a planet on lockdown: the coronavirus pandemic has brought us waves of bad news, but squint…
One third of humanity under virus lockdown
World
March 25, 2020
One third of humanity under virus lockdown
India’s billion-plus population went into a three-week lockdown on Wednesday, with a third of the world now under orders to…
Libya confirms first coronavirus case amid fear over readiness
Middle East
March 25, 2020
Libya confirms first coronavirus case amid fear over readiness
MISRATA, Libya (Reuters) — Libya confirmed its first case of the new coronavirus on Tuesday, with years of violence leaving…
Coronavirus prompts a run on guns in US
World
March 25, 2020
Coronavirus prompts a run on guns in US
Gun sales have exploded in the United States in the last two weeks as the coronavirus outbreak worsens, with people…
Jordan eases nationwide curfew and allows shops to open
Middle East
March 25, 2020
Jordan eases nationwide curfew and allows shops to open
AMMAN (Reuters) — Jordanian Prime Minister Omar Razzaz said on Tuesday the government would allow people to go on foot…
Forty Mansoura University Hospital staff, patients enter quarantine
Egypt
March 24, 2020
Forty Mansoura University Hospital staff, patients enter quarantine
Mansoura University President Ashraf Abdel Basset on Tuesday announced that 40 staff members and patients have entered quarantine after a…
Egypt Metro, National Railways release updated schedule following curfew announcement
Egypt
March 24, 2020
Egypt Metro, National Railways release updated schedule following curfew announcement
Egyptian National Railways suspended on Tuesday any movement of trains from 7 pm to 6 am starting Wednesday, March 25…
Egypt’s four mobile operators to provide food assistance for one million families
Egypt
March 24, 2020
Egypt’s four mobile operators to provide food assistance for one million families
The National Telecom Regulatory Authority (NTRA) has cooperated with the four primary mobile operators in Egypt for each operator to…
Tokyo Olympics postponed over coronavirus pandemic
World
March 24, 2020
Tokyo Olympics postponed over coronavirus pandemic
The 2020 Tokyo Olympics have been postponed to no later than the summer of 2021 because of the coronavirus pandemic…
Palestinian workers find temporary Israeli abodes in coronavirus crisis
Middle East
March 24, 2020
Palestinian workers find temporary Israeli abodes in coronavirus crisis
TEL AVIV (Reuters) — Israel’s building industry has found temporary housing for many of its nearly 70,000 Palestinian laborers, staving…