Aussie local election goes ahead despite virus threat
CANBERRA – People in the Australian
state of Queensland were urged to vote in local elections on Saturday or face a
fine of Aus$133 ($80), as...
Coronavirus: US overtakes China with most cases
The US now has more confirmed cases of coronavirus than any other country, with more than 85,500 positive tests.
According to the latest figures collated...
Spain’s virus death toll surpasses China’s
MADRID –
Spain’s death toll from the coronavirus has surpassed the official figure from
China, becoming the second highest in the world.
The number of
deaths rose by...
Brazil prexy downplays threat of pandemic
BRASILIA -- Brazilian
President Jair Bolsonaro has accused the media of “fear-mongering” in a speech
that downplayed the threat of coronavirus to the country.
In a televised
address...
Great Barrier Reef suffers third mass bleaching
CANBERRA – Australia’s Great Barrier
Reef has suffered another mass bleaching event – the third in just five years.
Warmer sea temperatures – particularly
in February –...
Turkey charges 20 Saudis over Khashoggi murder
ANKARA – Turkish prosecutors have
charged 20 suspects including two former top aides to Saudi Crown Prince
Mohammed bin Salman over the 2018 murder of Riyadh...
UK’s Prince Charles tests positive for COVID-19
LONDON – The Prince of Wales has tested positive
for coronavirus, Clarence House has announced.
Prince Charles, 71, is displaying mild
symptoms "but otherwise remains in good...
Virus fears hits Bali’s ‘Day of Silence’
BALI’S “Day of Silence” was even quieter
than usual this year as coronavirus fears prompted authorities to scale back an
annual celebration that sees the Hindu-majority...
China virus epicentre to open up as world locks down
BEIJING – China announced Tuesday an end
to travel curbs at the epicentre of the coronavirus pandemic, as governments
around the world tightened lockdowns affecting 1.7...
Battered Italy sees rays of hope in grim death data
ROME – Italy's top coronavirus response
official Tuesday attributed two successive declines in the daily death rate to
a painful national lockdown that appeared to be...