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Covid-19 'natural and not man-made' : US military chief
May 6, 2020, 1:43 pm
WASHINGTON – US Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Gen. Mark Milley said Tuesday that the "weight of evidence" shows the coronavirus pandemic points towards natural origins. "The weight of evidence is that it was natural and not man-made," Milley told reporters at the Pentagon. The top general's… Read More
Oil prices up with optimism over easing of lockdowns
May 6, 2020, 1:15 pm
ANKARA – Crude oil prices were up on Tuesday with optimism over the easing of lockdowns in some parts of Asia, Europe, and the US, while raising expectations of greater oil demand. International benchmark Brent crude was trading at USD28.59 per barrel at 0640 GMT for a 5.1-percent increase… Read More
UNICEF: Over 19M children internally displaced in 2019
May 5, 2020, 6:44 pm
ANKARA – An estimated 19 million children were living in displacement within their own countries in 2019, UNICEF said in a new report on Tuesday. "At the end of 2019, an estimated 46 million people were internally displaced by conflict and violence. More than four in 10 — or 19 million —… Read More
GE cutting 13K jet engine jobs amid pandemic
May 5, 2020, 2:34 pm
WASHINGTON – US conglomerate General Electric (GE) will be cutting about 13,000 jobs in its jet engine sector as the novel coronavirus continues to wreak economic havoc on the airline industry, according to a report published Monday. The Wall Street Journal said the company told staff about the… Read More
World leaders pledge $8-B to fight coronavirus
May 5, 2020, 1:41 pm
BRUSSELS – More than USD8 billion has been pledged to fight the deadly coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) worldwide, European Commission head Ursula von der Leyen announced on Monday. This sum means today’s international Coronavirus Global Response conference could reach its goal to mobilize… Read More
US will have coronavirus vaccine by year end: Trump
May 4, 2020, 2:48 pm
WASHINGTON – The US will have a coronavirus vaccine before the new year, President Donald Trump said Sunday. "We are very confident that we are going to have a vaccine at the end of the year, by the end of the year,” Trump said. “We think we are going to have a vaccine by the end of this… Read More
Trump glad to see North Korean leader ‘back, and well’
May 3, 2020, 6:52 pm
WASHINGTON – US President Donald Trump tweeted he was glad to see North Korean leader Kim Jong-un is healthy after speculation about his poor health. "I, for one, am glad to see he is back, and well," Trump wrote on his Twitter account. Kim Jong-un visited the opening ceremony of the Suncheon… Read More
South Korea records no new local coronavirus cases
April 30, 2020, 8:12 pm
ANKARA – South Korea’s fight against the coronavirus disease (Covod-19) seems to have borne fruit as the country recorded no new local cases on Thursday. It is first time in last 72 days that no local case of Covid-19 was found in the country, according to South Korea President Moon Jae-in.… Read More
IMF calls on world to make green recovery from Covid-19
April 30, 2020, 2:25 pm
ANKARA – Fiscal measures implemented by governments against the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) need to be harmonized to combat climate change and ensure an environmentally sustainable recovery from the pandemic, the managing director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) said… Read More
ILO raises global job loss forecast to 305M amid virus
April 30, 2020, 2:14 pm
GENEVA – The International Labor Organization (ILO) on Wednesday announced an increase in estimated full-time job losses to 10.5 percent of the world's workforce to 305 million since the beginning of 2020. The drop was due to "the prolongation and extension of lockdown measures" imposed due to… Read More
British Airways to cut 12K jobs amid pandemic
April 29, 2020, 7:13 pm
LONDON – British Airways (BA) announced on Tuesday that it will cut 12,000 jobs as the coronavirus outbreak has grounded flights around the world. International Airlines Group (IAG), the airline’s parent company, said it will make over a quarter of BA’s workers redundant as the majority of… Read More
Global Covid-19 death toll exceeds 200K: WHO
April 29, 2020, 3:10 pm
GENEVA – Globally, over 200,000 coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) deaths have been recorded, according to the World Health Organization (WHO) as of Tuesday.The WHO Covid-19 dashboard updated at 16:00 CET Tuesday (10 p.m. Wednesday) showed that so far, the WHO has received reports of 2,954,222… Read More
Olympics might only be canceled if pandemic not over by 2021
April 28, 2020, 8:14 pm
ISTANBUL – The postponed Tokyo 2020 Olympics might only be canceled if the coronavirus pandemic is not over by the rescheduled date in 2021, the head of the organization said on Tuesday. On March 30, the Tokyo 2020 Olympics was postponed for a year to be held between the dates of July 23 and… Read More
Trump says he knows about NoKor leader’s health
April 28, 2020, 2:07 pm
WASHINGTON – US President Donald Trump said Monday he had a "very good idea" about North Korean leader Kim Jong-un’s health amid speculation that he is either seriously ill or dead. "I can't tell you exactly. I do have a very good idea, but I can't talk about it now," Trump told reporters at… Read More
Global coronavirus death toll exceeds 200K
April 26, 2020, 11:36 am
ANKARA – The death toll worldwide from the novel coronavirus surpassed 200,000 late Saturday, according to a running tally by US-based Johns Hopkins University. The university's data counted 200,698 deaths, while the number of cases and recoveries rose to 2,865,938 and 810,327, respectively. The… Read More
China to donate $30-M to WHO in fight against Covid-19
April 23, 2020, 9:58 pm
ANKARA – China has decided to donate an additional USD30 million in cash to the World Health Organization to support its global fight against the coronavirus disease (Covid-19), an official said Thursday. The decision announced by Chinese Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Hua Chunying on Twitter came… Read More
Covid-19 will be around a long time: WHO chief
April 23, 2020, 2:49 pm
GENEVA – People with stay-at-home orders are understandably frustrated by weeks of confinement, but coronavirus disease (Covid-19) will be around for a long time and one of the greatest dangers is complacency, World Health Organization (WHO) chief warned Wednesday. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus'… Read More
2 New York cats test positive for coronavirus
April 23, 2020, 2:24 pm
WASHINGTON – Two cats in the US state of New York have tested positive for the novel coronavirus, according to a report published Wednesday. The diagnoses mark the first confirmed infections in companion animals, according to The Associated Press, which based its story on exclusive comments from… Read More
WHO declares Covid-19 global emergency 'at the right time'
April 23, 2020, 12:36 pm
GENEVA – The World Health Organization (WHO) declared the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) a global emergency, the highest level of alert, at the right time, its Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said here Wednesday. "Looking back, I think we declared an emergency, at the right time...… Read More
Covid-19 ‘not manipulated or constructed in a lab’: WHO
April 22, 2020, 8:31 pm
GENEVA – The World Health Organization (WHO) on Tuesday said claims that the novel coronavirus was transmitted to people "from an animal" and originated in a laboratory in China are inaccurate. "All available evidence suggests the virus has an animal origin and it was not manipulated or… Read More
