Day: March 30, 2020

Country music star Joe Diffie dies of coronavirus

3:46 pm March 30, 2020

Washington: Joe Diffie, a Grammy award-winning country music singer who had several chart-topping hits in the 1990s, has died of coronavirus. He was 61. Diffie’s death was announced on his Facebook page, which said he died on Sunday “from complications of coronavirus.” His death came just two days after he had announced that he had […]

Ronan Keating welcomes second child with wife Storm

3:41 pm March 30, 2020

London: Singer Ronan Keating and his wife, fashion designer Storm Keating have become proud parents to a baby girl. The former Boyzone member said their second child, Coco was born on March 27. “Hello world… Spreading some good cheer at this time with the announcement of the safe delivery of our little girl Coco Knox […]

Japanese comedian Ken Shimura dies from coronavirus at 70

3:35 pm March 30, 2020

Los Angeles: Veteran Japanese comic Ken Shimura, who tested positive for the novel coronavirus last week, has died at the age of 70. According to The Hollywood Reporter, the actor was hospitalised in Tokyo on March 20 after developing a fever and being diagnosed with severe pneumonia. Shimura tested positive for COVID-19 on March 23. […]

Tanker's impossible voyage signals new sanction evasion ploy

Oil prices at 17-year lows as virus ravages world

3:30 pm March 30, 2020

Singapore: Oil prices extended losses in Asian trade Monday and languished at 17-year lows, with the coronavirus crisis escalating around the world and no end in sight to a vicious price war. US benchmark West Texas Intermediate fell 5.3 percent to trade at 20 a barrel, while international benchmark Brent crude was off 6.5 percent […]

Dozens of Democrats demand Cuomo's resignation

New York state passes grim milestone of 1,000 deaths due to COVID-19

3:10 pm March 30, 2020

New York: The number of deaths in New York state due to the coronavirus outbreak has crossed the 1,000 mark, with Governor Andrew Cuomo warning that thousands of people will pass away before the crisis ends in America’s current COVID-19 epicentre. Cuomo, addressing his daily press conference on the pandemic on Sunday, said the deaths […]