Day: April 22, 2020

Spain announces new state of emergency as COVID infections soar

435 virus deaths in Spain as daily toll rises for second day

4:10 pm April 22, 2020

Madrid: Spain said Wednesday another 435 people died in the past 24 hours, with the figures showing a slight increase for a second day running, bringing the overall death toll to 21,717. Spain has suffered the third-highest number of deaths in the world after the United States and Italy, with infections now passing 208,000 cases, […]

UN condemns killing of WHO staffer in Myanmar transporting COVID-19 samples

4:03 pm April 22, 2020

United Nations: UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres has condemned the death of a World Health Organisation (WHO) worker in Myanmar’s western Rakhine state who was killed while driving a vehicle carrying COVID-19 samples. Myanmar has reported 121 COVID-19 cases, including five deaths. Pyae Sone Win Maung died after being wounded in a security incident in […]

Trump’s immigration rhetoric aimed at distracting everyone from COVID-19 failure: Biden

3:55 pm April 22, 2020

Washington: Democratic Party’s presumptive nominee for the White House Joe Biden has alleged that the immigration rhetoric of President Donald Trump is aimed at distracting everyone from his “failure” in handling the coronavirus crisis which has killed over 45,000 people in the US. The former vice president’s remarks came hours after Trump told reporters that […]

Costa Rica seeks unity for COVID fight as WHO assembly looms

WHO becoming tool of ‘Chinese propaganda’: US

3:50 pm April 22, 2020

Washington: The World Health Organization has become a tool of the “Chinese propaganda“, the Trump administration has alleged, asserting that the global health agency has lost all its credibility during the ongoing coronavirus crisis. US President Donald Trump recently announced he would put a hold on America’s funding to the World Health Organization (WHO), accusing […]

Trump slams media for 'blocking' alleged graft cases against Biden

Trump threatens to terminate trade deal if China does not honour it citing coronavirus crisis

3:45 pm April 22, 2020

Washington: US President Donald Trump has threatened to terminate the trade deal with China if Beijing did not honour its provisions in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic that originated in the country. While China has reported 82,788 novel coronavirus cases, including 4,632 fatalities, the US registered over 824,600 cases and more than 45,290 deaths […]