Foreign
Trump suspends legal immigration to US for 60 days
April 22, 2020, 12:56 pm
WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump on Tuesday said he is halting all legal permanent immigration to the US for at least 60 days, citing a "solemn duty" to protect Americans who have lost their jobs during the coronavirus pandemic. "By pausing immigration, we'll help put unemployed Americans… Read More
World must act now to avert food crisis over virus
April 21, 2020, 8:03 pm
ISTANBUL – Countries should act now to stop the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) pandemic transforming into a food crisis, the head of the UN International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) said on Monday. "The fallout from Covid-19 may push rural families even deeper into poverty, hunger… Read More
No unusual signs regarding Kim Jong-un's health
April 21, 2020, 7:16 pm
ANKARA – South Korea said on Tuesday the country had not seen any unusual activity in North Korea amid rumors that Kim Jong-un's health had deteriorated. "We have nothing to confirm and there has been no unusual activity detected in North Korea," Yonhap News Agency quoted Blue House spokesman… Read More
WHO warns worst of coronavirus yet to come
April 21, 2020, 2:37 pm
GENEVA – The head of the World Health Organization (WHO) warned Monday that the “worst is yet ahead of us” from the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) outbreak. WHO Director General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said in a video conference that the world must act together on a national and global… Read More
IMF, WB urge countries to keep trade open amid Covid-19 pandemic
April 20, 2020, 6:28 pm
WASHINGTON – The International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Bank Group (WBG) have called on countries to keep trade open as the world battles the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) pandemic, warning that export controls on medical supplies and other essentials could backfire. At a virtual press… Read More
13 people killed in Canada shooting rampage
April 20, 2020, 2:19 pm
OTTAWA – At least 13 people were killed in a 12-hour shooting rampage in several communities in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia on Sunday, according to the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP). At a press conference in Dartmouth of the province Sunday evening, Nova Scotia RCMP Chief… Read More
Asean+3 countries cooperate in battle vs. Covid-19
April 15, 2020, 8:11 pm
HANOI – Leaders attending the online Special Asean+3 Summit on coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) response, chaired by Vietnam, on Tuesday, shared experience and discussed concrete measures to stamp out the pandemic. The leaders also discussed ways to protect people’s interests and ease the… Read More
South Korea holds elections amid coronavirus outbreak
April 15, 2020, 7:00 pm
ANKARA – South Korea held parliamentary elections on Wednesday amid the coronavirus outbreak. According to Yonhap News Agency, polling for 300 seats of the country's National Assembly started at 6 a.m local time [2100GMT] and will continue until 6 p.m. [0900GMT]. Some 44 million people are… Read More
World turns eye to G20 for global response to coronavirus
April 15, 2020, 3:13 pm
ANKARA – As the negative impacts of the coronavirus on economies are mounting by the day, G2O leaders will continue to work on a roadmap for global response to the pandemic. The G20 finance ministers and central bank governors will hold meeting on Wednesday to form an action plan to combat the… Read More
Global coronavirus death toll crosses 120-K mark
April 14, 2020, 7:56 pm
ANKARA – The global death toll from the novel coronavirus crossed the 120,000 mark on Tuesday, according to the US-based Johns Hopkins University. Data compiled by the university showed that the global number of deaths reached 120,449, while the total number of people who recovered exceed… Read More
Europe remains in grip of coronavirus pandemic
April 9, 2020, 6:31 pm
ANKARA – Europe remains in the grip of the novel coronavirus pandemic as the virus has claimed nearly 60,000 lives on the continent. The total number of confirmed cases -- including the worst hit countries such as Italy, Spain, France, Germany, and the UK -- exceeds 707,000 while the death toll… Read More
WHO minimized Covid-19 threat ‘very strongly’: Trump
April 9, 2020, 1:57 pm
WASHINGTON – US President Donald Trump accused the World Health Organization (WHO) Wednesday of minimizing the threat of the novel coronavirus, saying the health body "got it wrong" on the spread of the pandemic. The WHO “got it wrong. In many ways, they were wrong. They also minimized the… Read More
China’s megacity of Wuhan ends 76-day lockdown
April 8, 2020, 9:52 pm
WUHAN -- With long lines of cars streaming through expressway tollgates and masked passengers boarding trains, the megacity of Wuhan in central China lifted outbound travel restrictions on Wednesday after almost 11 weeks of lockdown, imposed to stem the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) outbreak. The… Read More
UK’s Prime Minister Boris Johnson 'clinically stable'
April 8, 2020, 8:54 pm
LONDON – British Prime Minister Boris Johnson is “clinically stable and “responding to treatment,” a Downing Street statement said Wednesday. He remains in "good spirits" after spending his third night in hospital, his spokesman said in a briefing. Johnson went into intensive care on… Read More
British PM in intensive care after Covid-19 symptoms worsen
April 7, 2020, 7:54 pm
LONDON – British Prime Minister Boris Johnson was taken to intensive care on Monday night after his coronavirus disease (Covid-19) symptoms worsened, Downing Street said. Johnson has asked British Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab to deputize for him, a Downing Street spokesman said. The prime… Read More
Nurses on Covid-19 frontline, world needs millions more
April 7, 2020, 8:16 am
GENEVA -- With the novel coronavirus pandemic underscoring the urgent need to strengthen the global health workforce, a report said Monday that more than 50 percent of health workers are nurses but found that the current tally of 28 million nurses leaves a shortfall of 5.9 million. "Nurses are the… Read More
Tiger at New York zoo tests positive for Covid-19
April 6, 2020, 11:18 am
WASHINGTON — A tiger at New York City’s Bronx Zoo has tested positive for the novel coronavirus in what is believed to be the first known infection of an animal in the US. In a statement Sunday, the Wildlife Conservation Society said Nadia, a four-year-old female Malayan tiger, has tested… Read More
Global uncertainty over coronavirus at record high: IMF
April 5, 2020, 11:15 am
WASHINGTON – A new measure of global uncertainty around the coronavirus has surged to a record high, according to a blog post released by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) on Saturday. "The coronavirus continues to spread. As more countries impose quarantines and social distancing, the fear… Read More
Confirmed Covid-19 cases worldwide exceed 1 million
April 3, 2020, 10:19 am
WASHINGTON -- The number of confirmed Covid-19 cases worldwide has risen above 1 million, according to the new tally from Johns Hopkins University on Thursday afternoon. A total of 1,002,159 people have been diagnosed with the novel coronavirus across the world, with a death toll of 51,485, while… Read More
Asean discusses response to Covid-19
April 1, 2020, 8:10 pm
HÀ NỘI -- The first teleconference of the Asean Coordinating Council Working Group on Public Health Emergencies was held on Tuesday under the chair of Deputy Foreign Minister Nguyễn Quốc Dũng, head of the Asean Senior Officials’ Meeting (SOM) Vietnam. The group was set up following a… Read More
