PARIS: Here are the latest developments in the coronavirus crisis: Death toll tops 800,000 The pandemic has killed at least 800,004 people worldwide since surfacing in China late last year, according to a tally from official sources compiled by AFP on Saturday. More than 23 million cases have been registered
JUBA, South Sudan: Four passengers and three crew were killed Saturday when a cargo plane belonging to a local operator crashed near South Sudan’s capital Juba, the transport minister said. The aircraft crashed shortly after its early morning take-off in the Kameru neighbourhood around seven kilometres west of the city’s
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa: A 116-year-old survivor of the 1918 Spanish Flu believed to be among the world’s oldest people died Saturday in South Africa, his family said. Born on May 8 1904, Fredie Blom had “lived this long because of God’s grace”, he told AFP this year. Guinness World Records
NEW YORK: The euro, which hit two-year highs against the dollar this week, fell Friday as data showed eurozone economic activity slowing in August against a backdrop of rising coronavirus cases. The pound also fell against the dollar as the EU and Britain traded blame for the lack of progress
SAN FRANCISCO: Twitter on Friday said it is bracing for efforts by President Donald Trump or others to attack the integrity of the US election, as US media reported that Facebook and YouTube were planning defences of their own. Trump has used Twitter in particular to stoke unsubstantiated doubts about
PARIS: Here are the latest developments in the coronavirus crisis: Death toll tops 800,000 The pandemic has killed at least 800,004 people worldwide since surfacing in China late last year, according to a tally from official sources compiled by AFP at around 1100 GMT Saturday. More than 23 million cases
SINGAPORE: Travellers from Brunei and New Zealand to visit Singapore starting in September, in a “small, cautious step” by the virus-hit aviation hub to restart air travel, officials said Friday. The city-state closed its borders in March to tourists and short-term visitors and later implemented a partial lockdown as coronavirus
OTTAWA, Canada: Prime Minister Justin Trudeau tapped Chrystia Freeland to be Canada’s first female finance minister on Tuesday as an ethics scandal that clipped her predecessor’s wings reverberates through the government. Freeland received a standing ovation after being sworn in at a small ceremony in Ottawa. Guests socially distanced, wore
Here are the latest developments in the coronavirus crisis: More than 774,000 deaths PARIS: The pandemic has killed at least 774,832 people worldwide since surfacing in China late last year, according to a tally from official sources compiled by AFP at 1100 GMT on Tuesday. More than 21.9 million cases
HONG KONG: Asian markets mostly managed to eke out gains Wednesday, tracking yet another record on Wall Street, with hopes for a possible breakthrough in deadlocked US stimulus talks. However, China-US tensions and fresh virus flare-ups in parts of the world — and the reimposition of new containment measures —