Thai authorities put Pattaya under 21-day lockdown due to COVID-19: Response centre
Apr 09, 2020, at 08:04 pm
Bangkok/Sputnik: The world-famous resort city of Pattaya in the Thai province of Chonburi will be closed for non-residents for 21 days, starting at 2 p.m. (07.00 GMT) on April 9 to combat the spread of COVID-19, a spokesman of the national coronavirus response centre said on Thursday.
Tablighi Jamaat faces criticism in Pakistan for assembling thousands amid COVID-19 scare
Apr 09, 2020, at 07:45 pm
Lahore/IBNS: Like India, Tablighi Jamaat is under fire in Pakistan for organising annual mass congregation at Rawalpindi Markaz last month at a time the world reeled under Covid-19 outbreak and India and Pakistan still had fewer cases of the deadly infection, a media report said.
Apr 09, 2020, at 01:08 pm
Sao Paolo/IBNS: Brazil's education minister Abraham Weintraub recently voiced his doubts that the COVID-19 outbreak, which first occurred in China, will benefit Beijing's “plan for world domination”.
5G: British politician sceptical about UK accepting Chinese COVID-19 aid
Apr 09, 2020, at 01:04 pm
London/IBNS: British politician and broadcaster Nigel Paul Farage feels that accepting COVID-19 aid from China may lead Beijing having a hand in UK's 5G network.
Syrian air force used deadly chemical weapons in 2017 attacks, UN watchdog finds
Apr 09, 2020, at 12:17 pm
New York/IBNS: The Syrian air force used deadly chemical weapons in three separate attacks in March 2017 on the central town of Ltamenah that affected a total of at least 106 people, the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) said in a report on Wednesday.
No need to politicize COVID-19: UN health agency chief
Apr 09, 2020, at 12:16 pm
New York/IBNS: The COVID-19 pandemic should not be politicized as unity is the “only option” to defeat the disease, the head of the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Wednesday.
Swift rebound for world trade still possible through joint action to thwart coronavirus
Apr 09, 2020, at 12:14 pm
New york/IBNS: Global trade in goods could fall by as much as a third this year due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, but a swift rebound in 2021 is possible if the world’s economic policymakers – working together – act immediately, the World Trade Organization (WTO) said on Wednesday.
WHO Chief says received death threats over coronavirus response
Apr 09, 2020, at 02:59 am
Geneva/Sputnik: The chief of the World Health Organization, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus of Ethiopia, said Wednesday he had faced death threats and racist insults over the UN health agency's response to the coronavirus pandemic.
Bernie Sanders drops out of 2020 Democratic race for President
Apr 09, 2020, at 02:52 am
Washington/UNI/IBNS: Senator Bernie Sanders of Vermont dropped out of the Democratic presidential race on Wednesday, concluding a quest for the White House that began five years ago in relative obscurity but ultimately elevated him as a champion of the working class, a standard-bearer of American liberalism and the leader of a self-styled political revolution.
Apr 08, 2020, at 06:45 pm
Wuhan/IBNS: Even as the lockdown in Wuhan, the capital city of Hubei province and the epicentre of coronavirus pandemic, has been lifted, China has been forced to shut down other places due to the rising coronavirus cases, a media report said.
US military eliminates senior Al-Shabab leader in Somalia
Apr 08, 2020, at 01:41 pm
Mogadishu/Sputnik/UNI: The US military eliminated a senior al-Shabab terrorist leader during an airstrike in Somalia last week, US Africa Command (AFRICOM) said in a statement on Tuesday.
Canada invests $3 mln to combat COVID-19 misinformation
Apr 08, 2020, at 12:27 pm
Ottawa/UNI: As the world is fighting coronavirus amid reports of fake news which are daily misleading the people, Canada on Wednesday decided to invest $ 3 million to counter misinformation online about the pandemic.
Twitter CEO doantes $1Bln to fight pandemic coronavirus
Apr 08, 2020, at 12:23 pm
Washington/UNI: Twitter founder and CEO Jack Dorsey on Wednesday announced that he has donated one billion dollars to fund the global fight against the novel coronavirus (COVID-19).
Australia "exposed" to global medical supply shortage: Minister
Apr 08, 2020, at 12:13 pm
Canberra/Xinhua/UNI: Australia's Finance Minister has warned that the nation's medical stockpile has been "somewhat exposed" to international shortages amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
UN General Assembly: The world’s ‘town hall’ remains open during COVID-19 crisis
Apr 08, 2020, at 12:12 pm
New York/IBNS: Although it seems the whole world is on lockdown as countries follow health guidelines to curb the spread of COVID-19, the global “town hall” at UN Headquarters in New York remains open for business, albeit with a technical twist.
Mali: UN mission fulfills mandate, aids battle against coronavirus
Apr 08, 2020, at 12:11 pm
New York/IBNS: As the COVID-19 pandemic plagues the world, the head of the UN peacekeeping mission in Mali told the Security Council on Tuesday that the mission continues to fulfill its mandate while doing whatever it can to prevent the coronavirus outbreak from overrunning the country.
Children vulnerable to abuse and violence during coronavirus lockdowns, UN experts warn
Apr 08, 2020, at 12:10 pm
New York/IBNS: Independent UN human rights experts have called on States to boost child protection measures to help safeguard the welfare of millions of children who may be more exposed to violence, sale, trafficking, sexual abuse and exploitation during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.
Course of coronavirus pandemic across Libya, depends on silencing the guns
Apr 08, 2020, at 12:07 pm
New York/IBNS: Fighting must stop immediately in Libya if it is to have any chance of staving off the COVID-19 outbreak, the top United Nations official in the North African country said on Tuesday as he condemned an attack on a major Tripoli hospital.
Apr 08, 2020, at 11:30 am
New York/IBNS: Remembering the more than one million people who over the course of just 100 days, were systematically killed in Rwanda, 26 years ago, the UN chief underscored on Tuesday that “we must never again let such an atrocity occur”.
UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson stable, remains in Intensive Care
Apr 08, 2020, at 09:46 am
London/Sputnik/UNI: UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson is stable and will stay in intensive care for a second night after his coronavirus symptoms worsened, his office said late on Tuesday.
British PM Boris Johnson is stable: Officials
Apr 07, 2020, at 06:24 pm
London/IBNS: British PM Boris Johnson, who is undergoing treatment for COVID-19 in a London hospital, is in 'good spirit', officials said on Tuesday.
Fire-Damaged Notre Dame cathedral in Paris to hold Good Friday mass on April 10: Reports
Apr 07, 2020, at 01:09 pm
Moscow/Sputnik/UNI: The Notre Dame cathedral in Paris, which was heavily damaged in a devastating fire almost one year ago, will hold a Good Friday mass on April 10, Archbishop of Paris Michel Aupetit told the French BFMTV broadcaster.
New Zealand offers COVID-19 mental health support
Apr 07, 2020, at 12:52 pm
Wellington/Xinhua/UNI: A range of support is being rolled out across New Zealand to help people look after their mental health during the COVID-19 pandemic, Health Minister David Clark said on Tuesday.
How can the world counter COVID-19 online? UN issues hackers’ challenge to CodeTheCurve
Apr 07, 2020, at 12:13 pm
New York/IBNS: The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) is inviting young innovators, data scientists and designers throughout the world – especially those whose schools have closed due to COVID-19 - to join a month-long hackathon to come up with digital solutions to the global pandemic.
Syria: Warring parties failed to abide by international law over hospital attacks
Apr 07, 2020, at 12:09 pm
New York/IBNS: Parties to Syria’s brutal civil war, now in its tenth year, failed to abide by their obligations under international law to avoid attacks on hospitals and other civilian facilities that featured on the UN’s so-called deconfliction list, Secretary-General António Guterres said on Monday.
Prison shelling in Yemen kills five women and a child: UN rights chief condemns possible war crime
Apr 07, 2020, at 12:06 pm
New York/IBNS: The UN has condemned the shelling of the women’s section of the Central Prison in a district of Yemen’s war-torn Taizz Governerate, in the south of the country, which has left at least five women and one child dead, and wounding more than 11, with casualties expected to rise.
Rights experts warn against discrimination in COVID-19 response
Apr 07, 2020, at 11:57 am
New York/IBNS: Fearing a needless increase in COVID-19 deaths due to discrimination, UN independent human rights experts on Monday called for Governments to commit to racial equity and equality in their response to the pandemic.
UN backs global action to end violence against women and girls amid COVID-19 crisis
Apr 07, 2020, at 11:56 am
New York/IBNS: The United Nations is advocating immediate global action to end all forms of violence against women and girls in the midst of a global upsurge related to the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic across the world.
COVID-19: World leaders wish Boris Johnson speedy recovery
Apr 07, 2020, at 10:42 am
London/IBNS: Several world leaders wished British PM Boris Johnson as he was admitted to the intensive care unit after his coronavirus symptoms worsened.
COVID-19: London Mayor Sadiq Khan prays for PM Boris Johnson's swift recovery
Apr 07, 2020, at 10:15 am
London/IBNS: London Mayor Sadiq Khan on Tuesday wished 'swift recovery' of COVID-19 infected UK PM Boris Johnson who was shifted to intensive care at a hospital here late Monday night.