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Italy's Conte doubles down on demand for coronabonds

Italy says virus response fateful for EU

7:52 pm March 28, 2020

Rome: Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte warned Saturday that the European Union could lose its purpose if it fails to come up with a strong response to the coronavirus threat. Conte aired his grievances after the 27 EU leaders could not agree on an action plan during an argumentative six-hour video conference Thursday and gave […]

Pope: Gossiping is "plague worse than COVID"

Pope prays for ‘fragile’ humanity needing help in pandemic

3:54 pm March 28, 2020

Vatican City: Praying in a desolately empty St. Peter’s Square, Pope Francis on Friday likened the coronavirus pandemic to a storm laying bare illusions that people can be self-sufficient and instead leaves “all of us fragile and disoriented” and needing each other’s help and comfort. Francis stood under a canopy erected on the steps of […]

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Fears of domestic violence rise as millions confined over virus

3:47 pm March 28, 2020

Berlin: With families across Europe confined to their homes to curb the spread of the novel coronavirus, fears are rising of a surge in domestic violence. From Berlin to Paris, Madrid, Rome and Bratislava, associations that help victims of domestic violence have sounded the alarm after Europe overtook China to become the epicentre of the […]

Italy sees slowdown in rate of new virus cases

As rich nations battle COVID-19, anxiety grows for low-income states

3:42 pm March 28, 2020

Paris: As Europe and the United States struggle to contain the coronavirus pandemic, aid groups warn that without measures millions could die in low-income countries and war zones such as Syria and Yemen, where hygiene conditions are already dire. The outbreak has infected some 580,000 people and killed over 26,000 around the world after emerging […]

Germany sends plane to rescue stranded tourists from Nepal

5:33 pm March 27, 2020

Kathmandu: A rescue flight arranged by the German government on Friday picked up hundreds of tourists who had been stranded in Nepal since the Himalayan nation went on lockdown earlier this week, officials said. The Qatar Airways charter flight took off with 305 people on board, said Deo Chandra Lal Karna, an official at Kathmandu’s […]