Government officials said coronavirus test results in West Bengal were getting delayed because of the large number of tests being carried out and that could increase chances of transmission. By Rohini Chatterji NURPHOTO VIA GETTY IMAGES Workers carry sacks filled with sugar to load them onto a supply truck at a wholesale market after the […]
NEW DELHI (Reuters) – Prime Minister Narendra Modi warned the country on Sunday to remain vigilant against the spread of coronavirus as the country prepares a phased re-opening of activities even as daily cases rise to record highs. People wearing protective face masks exercise inside a park after few restrictions were lifted, during an extended […]
Aditya Kalra NEW DELHI (Reuters) – At least two people working at India’s foreign affairs ministry have tested positive for COVID-19, and the government has asked several officials to self quarantine as a precaution, according to a source and internal e-mails seen by Reuters. One person who tested positive worked as a consultant in the […]
Joey Roulette CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (Reuters) – SpaceX, the private rocket company of billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk, launched two Americans into orbit from Florida on Saturday in a landmark mission marking the first spaceflight of NASA astronauts from U.S. soil in nine years. A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket lifted off from the Kennedy Space Center […]
Neha Arora NEW DELHI (Reuters) – India extended its coronavirus lockdown until June 30 in high-risk zones but permitted restaurants, malls and religious buildings to reopen elsewhere from June 8 despite a record high number of cases detected nationwide on Saturday. The home ministry ordered state governments and local authorities to identify “containment zones”, or […]
India has announced plans to further ease a strict national lockdown even as the country reported a record daily rise in new coronavirus cases. From 8 June, restaurants, hotels, shopping centres and places of worship will be allowed to re-open in many areas in the first stage of a three-phase plan. Weeks later, probably in […]
Protesters have clashed with police in cities across the US over the killing of an unarmed African-American man at the hands of officers in Minneapolis. Hundreds of people rallied outside the White House, which was briefly put under lockdown on Friday, demanding justice over the death of George Floyd. Demonstrations have been taking place in […]
US President Donald Trump has announced that he is terminating the country’s relationship with the World Health Organization (WHO). The president has accused the WHO of failing to hold Beijing to account over the coronavirus pandemic. “China has total control over the World Health Organization,” the president said while announcing measures aimed at punishing Beijing. […]
Oil MarketingDevika Krishna Kumar NEW YORK (Reuters) – U.S. crude marketing company Eighty-Eight Oil LLC has declared force majeure after oil producers across the Rockies and North Dakota shut production as the coronavirus eroded demand and sent prices plunging, four sources familiar with the matter said. The company declared force majeure after producers selling oil […]
(Reuters) – China’s parliament is moving forward with national security legislation on Hong Kong after mass protests last year, raising fears the territory will lose the autonomy that enabled it to remain a global financial center after British rule ended in 1997. U.S. President Donald Trump has vowed a strong response and said he will […]