James Landale Diplomatic correspondent Getty ImagesCopyright: Getty Images Foreign diplomats and embassy staff have their temperatures recorded at Pyongyang International Airport in MarchImage caption: Foreign diplomats and embassy st The UK has been forced to close its embassy in North Korea because of coronavirus travel restrictions imposed by Pyongyang, the Foreign Office says. The lockdown […]
Kerry Allen BBC Monitoring, Chinese Media Analyst Getty ImagesCopyright: Getty Images One hundred mini-parks are going to be opened by the end of the year in the central Chinese city of Wuhan, the original epicentre of the Covid-19 coronavirus. The swift move appears to be aimed at encouraging locals to spend more time in green, […]
Anthony Zurcher BBC North America reporter Getty ImagesCopyright: Getty Images The coronavirus pandemic has wreaked havoc on Donald Trump’s re-election plans. His promise to maintain record-breaking economic expansion and “keep America great” has been swept away by record unemployment and the financial toll that the nationwide business-closure and shelter-in-place orders have taken. During the outbreak, […]
Coronavirus: China’s plan to test everyone in Wuhan By Reality Check teamBBC News China has been carrying out an ambitious plan to test everyone in Wuhan, the city where the Covid-19 pandemic began, following the emergence of a cluster of new infections. The authorities had pledged to test the city’s inhabitants over a 10-day period, […]
Coronavirus: China’s plan to test everyone in Wuhan By Reality Check teamBBC News China has been carrying out an ambitious plan to test everyone in Wuhan, the city where the Covid-19 pandemic began, following the emergence of a cluster of new infections. The authorities had pledged to test the city’s inhabitants over a 10-day period, […]
India combats locust attack amid Covid-19 pandemic Soutik BiswasIndia correspondent An invasion by desert locusts has hit large swathes of India and Pakistan in the middle of the coronavirus pandemic. Large and aggressive swarms of these crop-devouring short-horned insects have invaded more than two dozen districts covering more than 50,000 hectares of desert areas of […]
Coronavirus: Americans flock to beaches on Memorial Day weekend Image copyrightREUTERSImage captionIn Missouri, revellers partied on the Lake of the Ozarks, violating social-distancing rules Americans have flocked to beaches and lakes for Memorial Day weekend, often flouting restrictions imposed to tackle the coronavirus outbreak. In Florida, state police dispersed an unauthorised gathering of hundreds of […]
Coronavirus: Iran reopens Shia Muslim shrines after two-month closure Iran’s major religious sites were closed by the authorities on 16 March Iran has reopened its major Shia Muslim shrines, two months after they were closed to combat the coronavirus. Worshippers will be allowed to access courtyards, but not covered areas. They must also wear face […]
Belgian rail tests sensors to keep workers apart during COVID-19 Clement Rossignol, Francois Lenoir BRUSSELS (Reuters) – Belgium’s railways are testing smart cameras with sensors to ensure its workers wear masks and maintain their distance to stop the spread of the coronavirus. An employee at the Belgian rail management company Infrabel wearing a protective mask stands […]
India looks to store cheap oil in United States – oil minister NEW DELHI (Reuters) – India is looking at storing some low priced U.S. oil in facilities there as its local storage is full, oil minister Dharmendra Pradhan told CNBC TV18 news channel. India’s Oil Minister Dharmendra Pradhan speaks at a road show organised […]