A spike in novel coronavirus infections and deaths in Stockholm has raised questions about Sweden’s decision to fight the outbreak without resorting to the lockdowns that have left much of Europe at a standstill. Governments across Europe have closed schools and taken draconian measures to limit exposure to possible carriers ...

Global cases of the new coronavirus have shot past 1 million with more than 53,000 fatalities, a Reuters tally showed on Friday, as death tolls soared in the United States and western Europe while the world economy nosedived. In the space of just 24 hours, 6,095 infected people died – ...

Middle East Airlines announced Friday four flights to take off Sunday in order to evacuate Lebanese expats abroad, after Cabinet approved a mechanism for their return. According to a statement by MEA, the flights are organized “in accordance with the conditions laid down by the government.” The Cabinet’s decision states ...

The Central Bank Friday instructed commercial banks to allow customers with deposits of not more than LL5 million to withdraw their money after converting them to the current dollar market exchange rate based on the prices of an electronic platform that will be created soon. Central Bank Gov. Riad Salameh ...

China announces day of mourning for ‘martyrs’ as city at centre of outbreak seeks to avoid second wave before travel bans lift Residents of Wuhan have been warned to stay indoors and strengthen protection measures, a few days before travel restrictions on the city at the centre of the pandemic ...

Grim milestone approaches as WHO chief says he is ‘deeply concerned’ about spread   Confirmed Covid-19 infections are nearing the one million mark after “near exponential growth” saw global cases more than double in the past week. The World Health Organization chief, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, warned of the approaching milestone ...

Minister of Public Health, Hamad Hassan, on Wednesday indicated that the number of domestic coronavirus cases had been on the rise following the closure of Lebanon’s air and sea ports, warning that further increase would drag the country to the unknown. “Within two weeks, ever since we suspended air and ...

Leaders are warned that if division prevails, pandemic will be more destructive than Brexit, migration and bailout crises The European Union has weathered the storms of eurozone bailouts, the migration crisis and Brexit, but some fear coronavirus could be even more destructive. In a rare intervention Jacques Delors, the former ...

Times of upheaval are always times of radical change. Some believe the pandemic is a once-in-a-generation chance to remake society and build a better future. Others fear it may only make existing injustices worse.   Everything feels new, unbelievable, overwhelming. At the same time, it feels as if we’ve walked ...

Cabinet held on Tuesday a meeting at the Grand Serail, chaired by Prime Minister Hassan Diab, who underlined that the government has largely succeeded, so far, in containing the Coronavirus pandemic. The effort made by His Excellency the Minister of Health and the Government as a whole has yielded good ...