COVID

Donald Trump set to return to the spotlight with CPAC speech

China must be held accountable for unleashing plague of ‘China virus’ onto the world: Trump

10:16 pm September 22, 2020

United Nations : US President Donald Trump blasted China on Tuesday for “unleashing”” the plague of the “China virus”” onto the world, demanding that the United Nations must hold Beijing accountable for failing to contain the coronavirus that has killed nearly one million people across the world, including 200,000 Americans. “75 years after the end of World War II and the founding of […]

Coronavirus, bacteria may work together to increase disease severity in some patients: Study

11:32 am September 16, 2020

Houston: The severity of COVID-19 in people with obesity and diabetes may be explained by the combined effects of the novel coronavirus and the body’s natural community of bacteria — the microbiota — working together in the lungs, according to a new study. The review research, published in the journal eLife, assessed mechanisms linking obesity and […]

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

UN warns of Yemen famine, no aid from Saudis, UAE, Kuwait

11:31 pm September 15, 2020

United Nations: The U.N. human chief warned Tuesday “the specter of famine” has returned to conflict-torn Yemen and for the first time singled out Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates and Kuwait for giving nothing to this year’s USD 3.4 billion appeal. Mark Lowcock told the U.N. Security Council that famine in Yemen, the Arab world’s poorest country, was averted two years ago because donors […]

France fast-tracks citizenship for foreign virus fighters

11:01 pm September 15, 2020

Paris: France is to reward foreign health care-workers and other front-line personnel who distinguished themselves in the fight against COVID-19 by fast-tracking citizenship applications for those who want to become French. Instructions this week from the Interior Ministry, seen by The Associated Press, ordered regional officials to prioritize naturalization requests from foreigners who “actively participated in […]

Odia film actor Ajit Das dies at 71

11:26 pm September 13, 2020

Bhubaneswar : Veteran Odia film actor Ajit Das died at a private hospital here on Sunday, family sources said. He was admitted to the COVID-19 hospital on September 1, but the authorities are yet to declare the reason behind his death. According to the rule of the state, one cannot reveal the identity of a COVID-19 patient […]