Are state responses to the virus shifting the balance of power between China and the west? Andrà tutto bene, the Italians have taught us to think, but in truth, will everything be better the day after? It may seem premature, in the midst of what Emmanuel Macron has described as ...

France and Netherlands at odds on finance ministers’ €500bn compromise France and the Netherlands have openly clashed over the meaning of a messy compromise struck by finance ministers which has unlocked a €500bn (£438bn) pandemic rescue package for European economies but left major issues unresolved. Hours after a breakthrough was ...

Antonio Guterres says Covid-19 represents ‘fight of a generation’ as China wades into row between WHO and Taiwan   The head of the United Nations has called the coronavirus pandemic the “fight of a generation” and a threat to world peace and security. The secretary general, Antonio Guterres, warned the ...

The number of confirmed infections of the novel coronavirus were reported to have exceeded 1.5 million globally and the death toll rose above 89,400, according to a Reuters tally as of 1400 GMT. EUROPE * Spain’s prime minister warned that nationwide confinement would likely last until May even though he ...

Exclusive: multinationals write to G7 and G20 urging leaders to keep borders open to trade and avert global food crisis Food supplies across the world will be “massively disrupted” by the coronavirus, and unless governments act the number of people suffering chronic hunger could double, some of the world’s biggest ...

Speaking  in the wake of today’s Cabinet session at Baabda Presidential Palace, Information Minister Dr. Manal Abdel Samad Najd, announced that the Cabinet has agreed to extend the “general mobilization” until April 26, ie for an additional two weeks. The Council of Ministers on Thursday convened in session at Baabda Presidential ...

Lebanon recorded an increase in the number of people infected with coronavirus, recording 27 new cases on Wednesday including 11 Lebanese expats, without new deaths. The Health Ministry said the total reached 575 cases including eleven expats flown into Lebanon from Madrid and Paris a day earlier. Out of 108 ...

British foreign minister Dominic Raab said on Tuesday he was confident that Prime Minister Boris Johnson, in intensive care with a coronavirus infection, would pull through because “he’s a fighter”. “He remained stable overnight. He’s receiving standard oxygen treatment and breathing without any assistance. He has not required any mechanical ...

China has reported no new deaths from coronavirus for the first time since it began issuing daily briefings on the outbreak more than two months ago. In its latest update, the country’s health ministry said there were 32 confirmed cases and 12 suspected cases recorded over the last 24 hours. All ...

The US reached a death toll of 11,000 people on Tuesday, which surpasses the total number of battle deaths from six US wars combined, according to data from the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs. VA data says a total of 9,961 soldiers died on the battlefield during these six wars: ...