Day: February 1, 2020

BAI apprises BWF of government's latest travel advisory

China Masters badminton postponed over virus outbreak

3:39 pm February 1, 2020

Beijing: China’s virus outbreak has forced the country’s first badminton tournament of the 2020 world tour season to be postponed, organisers said Saturday. The six-day China Masters was due to start on February 25 at Lingshui, in China’s southern Hainan island. But organisers “considered all necessary health, safety and logistical risks and… believe it is […]

Billionaire Bloomberg floods Democratic primary with cash

3:37 pm February 1, 2020

Des Moines (US): Billionaire Michael Bloomberg spent roughly USD 180 million in the month after his late entry into the Democratic presidential primary, a staggering sum that’s drastically more than all other leading contenders spent during much of the past year combined. Since his entry into the race in late November, the former New York […]

44-yr-old Coronavirus: NDA suspends large gatherings, expeditionsgaon resident tests positive of coronavirus

US declares virus ’emergency,’ bans travelers from China

3:30 pm February 1, 2020

Washington: The US said Friday it was declaring a public health emergency and temporarily banning the entry of foreign nationals who had traveled to China over the past two weeks to contain the spread of a deadly new virus. Sweeping new restrictions will also be imposed on American citizens, with those returning from the province […]

UN chief warns against criminal exploitation of COVID-19 recovery resources

Amended UN draft resolution calls for withdrawal of mercenaries in Libya

3:23 pm February 1, 2020

United Nations: The United Kingdom sent its fellow Security Council members an amended draft resolution on Libya Friday, calling for the withdrawal of mercenaries from the country, according to the text, seen by AFP. The draft expresses the Council’s “concern over the growing involvement of mercenaries in Libya,” despite commitments made on January 19 at […]

Uttarakhand flood:French President Macron expresses solidarity with India

France’s Macron sets sights on mending ties with Poland

3:19 pm February 1, 2020

Warsaw: French President Emmanuel Macron will pay his first visit to Poland on Monday in a bid to mend ties strained over Warsaw’s controversial judicial reforms and its position on EU climate goals. Controversial judicial reforms have put Poland’s right-wing populist Law and Justice (PiS) government on a collision course with Brussels over rule of […]