JERUSALEM: Israel said it will reimpose a national lockdown to battle a coronavirus surge, as the number of daily infections around the world reached a record high. Britain, France, Austria and the Czech Republic also reported spikes, as global cases rapidly approached 29 million with more than 921,000 Covid-19 deaths, […]
Day: September 13, 2020
WELLINGTON: New Zealand will lift coronavirus restrictions across the country on September 21, except in its biggest city, Auckland, which is the epicentre of a second wave of infections, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said today. Ardern said Auckland’s restrictions would be reviewed next Monday. She also said the government would […]
NEW YORK: ByteDance abandoned the sale of TikTok in the United States on Sunday (Sep 13) in pursuit of a partnership with Oracle that it hopes will spare it a US ban while appeasing China’s government, people familiar with the matter told Reuters. The Beijing-based company had been in talks to divest […]
GENEVA: The World Health Organidation reported a record one-day increase in global coronavirus cases yesterday, with the total rising by 307,930 in 24 hours. The biggest increases were from India, the United States and Brazil, according to the agency’s website. Deaths rose by 5,537 to a total of 917,417. India […]
LAS VEGAS: President Donald Trump will hold a campaign rally indoors despite public health professionals’ warnings against large indoor gatherings during the coronavirus pandemic. Trump, a Republican, has faced criticism for his response to the coronavirus outbreak, which has killed more than 193,000 people in the United States. He played […]
LOS ANGELES: A gunman shot and critically wounded two Los Angeles County sheriff’s deputies as they sat in their patrol car late on Saturday in an attack that was captured on video. Footage of the incident released by the sheriff’s department showed the suspect approaching the parked vehicle on foot […]
Law enforcement officers scuffle with demonstrators during a rally against police brutality following protests to reject the presidential election results in Minsk, Belarus September 13, 2020. MINSK: At least 100,000 Belarusian anti-government protesters flooded the centre of Minsk today, a Reuters eyewitness said, and police detained around 250 people, […]