The World Bank has approved US$1.9 billion dollars for 25 countries. The largest amount of assistance was US$ 200 million for India, followed by US$ 200 million for Pakistan, US$ 129 million for Sri Lanka,US$100 million for Afghanistan and US$83 million for Ethiopia. World Bank President David Malpass told Associated […]
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has launched a 2-billion-dollar global humanitarian response plan to fight COVID-19 in some of the world’s most vulnerable countries. UN Undersecretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs Mark Lowcock, World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus and UN Children’s Fund Executive Director Henrietta Fore joined the launch on […]
Serena Williams has opened up about how difficult she is finding social distancing. The 23-time tennis grand slam singles champion revealed on Instagram more than a week ago that she planned to spend six weeks at home because of the coronavirus crisis. And, in a post on TikTok, Williams explained […]
All 50 U.S. states, as well as Washington D.C., have now reported COVID-19 cases, after West Virginia reported its first case on Tuesday. “We knew it was coming,” said West Virginia Governor Jim Justice at a news conference on Tuesday evening. “We’ve prepared for this and we shouldn’t panic.” Confirmed […]
United States President Donald Trump announced on Wednesday night the country will suspend all travel from European countries except Britain for 30 days in a bid to fight the ongoing novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak. The announcement came as confirmed COVID-19 cases in the U.S. rolled past 1,000. The new […]
Korean writer-director pulls off a double shock, winning best picture – the first time a foreign-language film has won – and best director Oscars for Parasite His film earlier became the first Korean film to win the best international feature prize, formerly best foreign film, and won best original screenplay […]
A Boston man in his 20s is the eighth confirmed case of coronavirus in the United States – and the first in Massachusetts. According to officials in the commonwealth, the man, a resident of The Hub, recently travelled to Wuhan, the Chinese city where the virus first emerged. The Massachusetts […]
A Chilean military plane disappeared with 38 people on board on Monday, said the Chilean Air Force in a statement. More than seven hours after it lost contact, the Air Force declared that the plane was damaged. The Hercules C130 aircraft took off at 4:55 p.m. (1955 GMT) en route […]
The United States will do its “very best” to keep Turkey in the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (Nato), the U.S. national security adviser Robert O’Brien said on Sunday ahead of a White House visit by Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. Erdogan’s scheduled meeting on Wednesday with President Donald Trump comes […]
ZTN Sports Reporter LEWIS Hamilton will have to wait for the next race in Mexico to seal his sixth title. This is despite the fact that team Mercedes secured a formula 1 record sixth straight world championship double after their Japanese Grand Prix victory. Hamilton’s teamate Valtteri Bottas won that […]