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Coronavirus Cases Aboard 2nd US Warship Still Rising, Reaching 64

US Navy ship with over 60 sailors infected with coronavirus has sailed into San Diego, California, to decontaminate, making it the second American warship temporarily put out of service by the pandemic. The number of coronavirus cases aboard the USS Kidd rose to 64, with 63 percent of the ship’s ...

April 29, 2020

Europe

Airbus Posts 481 Million Euro Loss in Q1

European aeroplane manufacturer Airbus has posted a loss of 481 million euros ($A804 million) in the first quarter of 2020 due to the coronavirus pandemic. The company’s revenue dropped by 15 per cent to 10.6 billion euros because of interruptions in aircraft delivery, Airbus said on Wednesday. It posted a ...

April 29, 2020

Live News

US Virus Cases Hit a Million as Germans Wear masks in Shops

The United States reported its millionth coronavirus case as hard-hit European countries took tentative steps towards lifting lockdowns, with masks mandatory in all German shops from Wednesday. Excitement over a move towards normality in many places was tempered by fear of new outbreaks and growing evidence of the economic devastation ...

April 29, 2020

Europe

Putin: Russia Faces Difficult Stage of Coronavirus Pandemic, Self-Isolation to Be Extended

Russian President Vladimir Putin has warned that the country is entering a difficult stage of the coronavirus pandemic, urging that self-isolation measures should be extended until at least 11 May. He called for maximum self-discipline and concentration at this tumultuous time, arguing that the citizens “must work to succeed in ...

April 28, 2020

Europe

German Coronavirus Cases Increase as Lockdown Eases

First signs that transmission of the novel coronavirus has again picked up were visible in German official data, just as the country attempts a cautious easing of its lockdown measures. The reproduction or infection rate under close watch by health authorities mounted again to around 1.0, meaning each infected person ...

April 28, 2020

Europe

Spain Sees Daily Coronavirus Deaths Fall to 301

Spain on Tuesday counted 301 new virus deaths, a lower figure than the previous day, bringing the overall toll to 23,822, the health ministry said. Spain, which has the world’s third-highest COVID-19 death toll after the United States and Italy, has been under a strict nationwide lockdown since March 14 ...

April 28, 2020

Europe

UK Urges Brussels to ‘Revise Brexit Stance’ to Inject ‘Political Impetus’ Into Trade Talks

Delayed by the current COVID-19 pandemic, Brexit negotiations resumed this week as the UK and Brussels are pushing forward with negotiating a deal; the transition period is scheduled to end on 31 December 2020, with Boris Johnson ruling out extending it, notwithstanding the volatility of the global situation. As talks ...

April 28, 2020

Europe

Russian FM Source Says Moscow ‘Surprised’ at Haftar’s Claims of LNA’s Control Over Libya

Russia finds surprising the claims by Libyan National Army (LNA) commander, Field Marshal Khalifa Haftar, that the LNA assumes leadership over the country, and keeps insisting that the crisis cannot be solved militarily, a source in the Russian Foreign Ministry said on Tuesday. “This is surprising. There are decisions of ...

April 28, 2020

Americas

Trump Warned about Virus Repeatedly in Jan. and Feb.: Report

President Donald Trump was repeatedly warned about the dangers of the coronavirus in January and February, US media said. The warnings were made in “more than a dozen classified briefings” known as the President’s Daily Brief, The Washington Post reported late Monday. Trump is under fire for publicly downplaying the ...

April 28, 2020

Americas

US Records 1,303 Coronavirus Deaths in 24 hours: Johns Hopkins

The United States recorded 1,303 more novel coronavirus deaths in the past 24 hours, according to figures reported late Monday by the Johns Hopkins University, with confirmed US cases nearing one million. The country now has an overall death toll of 56,144, with 987,022 infections, according to a tally by ...

April 28, 2020