Findings mean that isolating people once they start to feel ill is less effective than hoped Many coronavirus infections may be spread by people who have recently caught the virus and have not yet begun to show symptoms, scientists have found. An analysis of infections in Singapore and Tianjin ... Read More »
Deadly heatwaves, floods and rising hunger far greater threat to world than coronavirus, scientists say The world is “way off track” in dealing with the climate emergency and time is fast running out, the UN secretary general has said. António Guterres sounded the alarm at the launch of the UN’s ... Read More »
France will close all schools and universities in the country in response to the Covid-19 coronavirus pandemic, President Emmanuel Macron has announced. Speaking in a televised address on Thursday evening, Macron said the measures would be implemented from Monday following a spike in confirmed cases of the deadly virus. “It is one of the most ... Read More »
IEA warns that Covid-19 could cause a slowdown in world’s clean energy transition The coronavirus health crisis may lead to a slump in global carbon emissions this year but the outbreak poses a threat to long-term climate action by undermining investment in clean energy, according to the global energy ... Read More »
The death toll from Italy’s coronavirus outbreak passed 1,000 as France and Ireland began closing schools and universities to slow the spread of Covid-19. Italy’s death toll jumped by 189 in 24 hours to 1,016, a rise of 23 per cent. Officials confirmed cases had risen to 15,113 from 12,462. This is biggest ... Read More »
Explosion near convoy as Abdalla Hamdok was heading to office in Khartoum Sudan’s prime minister has survived an apparent assassination attempt after an explosion near his convoy in the capital, Khartoum. Abdalla Hamdok confirmed he was safe in a tweet shortly after the attack. “I would like to assure ... Read More »
An attack disrupted Afghan President Ashraf Ghani’s inauguration Monday amid a deepening political crisis that threatens to undermine the future of peace talks with the Taliban, even as U.S. troops began to leave the country. One police officer was injured in the rocket attack, and no one was killed when ... Read More »
Lebanon on Monday received a French medical shipment aimed at assisting the country in confronting the COVID-19 coronavirus. Foreign Minister Nassif Hitti and French Embassy Charge d’Affaires Salina Grenet-Catalano attended the handover ceremony at Beirut’s Rafik Hariri International Airport. In a statement, the French Embassy said the shipment was sent ... Read More »
Lebanon’s coronavirus cases rose to 41 on Monday following the confirmation of nine more infections, the state-run Rafik Hariri University Hospital said. In a statement, it said it received 132 individuals at its special coronavirus section of whom 23 were kept in quarantine and the rest were told to observe ... Read More »
Italy ordered a virtual lockdown across much of its wealthy north, including the financial capital Milan, in a drastic new attempt to try to contain a outbreak of coronavirus that saw the number of deaths leap again sharply on Sunday. The unprecedented restrictions, which aim to limit gatherings and curb ... Read More »
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