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Paris to close bars, raise coronavirus alert to maximum

Paris to close bars, raise coronavirus alert to maximum

-- 2020-10-05 13:06:25

Paris will shut all bars completely from Tuesday as the French government raises the city's coronavirus alert to maximum following a sustained period of high infection rates. Full detail of the new r...

Global Covid-19 cases surpass 35 million

Global Covid-19 cases surpass 35 million

-- 2020-10-05 12:09:02

Global coronavirus (Covid-19) cases surpassed 35 million on Sunday, according to the Center for Systems Science and Engineering (CSSE) at Johns Hopkins University. The global case count reached 35,00...

Bengal BJP leader gunned down near police station

Bengal BJP leader gunned down near police station

FE Online Desk 2020-10-05 11:53:59

A Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader was shot dead on Sunday evening near an Indian local police station. The deceased, Manish Shukla, was gunned down near the station, about 20 km from north Kolkat...

Infected Trump ventures outside hospital to greet supporters; his health unclear

Infected Trump ventures outside hospital to greet supporters; his health unclear

REUTERS 2020-10-05 10:42:19

Doctors treating President Donald Trump for Covid-19 sent conflicting signals about the severity of his condition on Sunday, hours before the president surprised supporters gathered outside the hospit...

Covid-infected Trump's drive-by to wave at fans sparks criticism

Covid-infected Trump's drive-by to wave at fans sparks criticism

Reuters 2020-10-05 10:28:04

US President Donald Trump briefly left the military hospital where he is being treated for Covid-19 in a motorcade on Sunday to wave to supporters gathered outside, sparking criticism that he was putt...

Trump's condition improving, could return to White House Monday: doctors

Trump's condition improving, could return to White House Monday: doctors

Reuters   2020-10-04 23:04:53

US President Donald Trump's condition is improving as he is being treated for COVID-19 at a military hospital, and he could return to the White House as early as Monday, the doctors leading his treatm...

America's majority says Trump could have avoided coronavirus

America's majority says Trump could have avoided coronavirus

Reuters 2020-10-04 19:08:47

Democrat Joe Biden opened his widest lead in a month in the US presidential race after President Donald Trump tested positive for the coronavirus, and a majority of Americans think Trump could have av...

Trump's condition had been worse than revealed

Trump's condition had been worse than revealed

Reuters 2020-10-04 18:34:29

White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows revealed that President Donald Trump's condition on Friday was far worse than officials had made public, saying doctors recommended the president go to the hosp...

India aims up to 500m coronavirus vaccine doses by July

India aims up to 500m coronavirus vaccine doses by July

-- 2020-10-04 17:17:07

India hopes to receive up to 500 million doses of coronavirus vaccine by July to inoculate about 250 million people, health minister Harsh Vardhan said on Sunday, as infections in the world’s se...

Pompeo shortens upcoming Asia trip after Trump falls ill

Pompeo shortens upcoming Asia trip after Trump falls ill

-- 2020-10-04 16:51:52

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo will depart for Japan on Sunday but will not go to Mongolia and South Korea as originally planned, the State Department said on Saturday, after US President Donald Tr...

Umrah pilgrims return to a Mecca stilled by COVID-19 slump

Umrah pilgrims return to a Mecca stilled by COVID-19 slump

-- 2020-10-04 16:12:10

Mecca slowly stirred from a seven-month hibernation on Sunday as pilgrims trickled in after Saudi Arabian authorities partially lifted a coronavirus ban on performing umrah - a pilgrimage to Islam's t...

Azerbaijan claims capturing villages in Karabakh; Armenia vows historic struggle

Azerbaijan claims capturing villages in Karabakh; Armenia vows historic struggle

REUTERS 2020-10-04 11:14:08

Armenia said on Saturday it would use “all necessary means” to protect ethnic Armenians from attack by Azerbaijan, which said its forces had captured a string of villages in fighting over...

Trump says he feels better, but next few days ‘the real test'

Trump says he feels better, but next few days ‘the real test'

REUTERS 2020-10-04 09:42:03

President Donald Trump said from his hospital room on Saturday that he felt “much better” but the next few days will be “the real test” of his treatment for Covid-19, capping a...

Trump's COVID-19 symptoms 'very concerning', next 48 hours critical: Source

Trump's COVID-19 symptoms 'very concerning', next 48 hours critical: Source

-- 2020-10-03 23:35:59

President Donald Trump is not yet on a clear path to recovery from COVID-19 and some of his vital signs over the last 24 hours were very concerning, a person familiar with his health said on Saturday,...

59 ancient coffins unveiled in Egypt

59 ancient coffins unveiled in Egypt

-- 2020-10-03 23:10:48

Egypt on Saturday put on show dozens of coffins belonging to priests and clerks from the 26th dynasty nearly 2,500 years ago, with archaeologists saying tens more were found in the vast Saqqara necrop...

Trump Covid-19 diagnosis may mean tougher US line on China: Analysts

Trump Covid-19 diagnosis may mean tougher US line on China: Analysts

-- 2020-10-03 18:26:36

US President Donald Trump’s coronavirus infection adds greater uncertainty to the presidential election and is likely to push him to take an even tougher line on China, mainland Chinese observer...

Malaysia registers 317 new coronavirus cases, highest daily rise

Malaysia registers 317 new coronavirus cases, highest daily rise

-- 2020-10-03 17:37:50

Malaysia reported a record daily increase in novel coronavirus cases for the second day in a row on Saturday, with 317 new infections, reports Reuters. Malaysia has reported a total of 12,088 cases....

Trump's age, health woes raise his risk for COVID-19 illness

Trump's age, health woes raise his risk for COVID-19 illness

AP 2020-10-03 16:36:09

US President Donald Trump has several strikes against him - age, obesity, elevated cholesterol and being male - that could put him at greater risk of becoming seriously ill from the coronavirus infect...

North Korea's Kim wishes Trump a speedy recovery

North Korea's Kim wishes Trump a speedy recovery

Reuters 2020-10-03 14:55:37

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un sent a message of sympathy to US President Donald Trump, wishing him well and hoping he quickly recovers from the coronavirus, North Korean state media said on Saturday...

Trump tweets health update from hospital: “Going well, I think!”

Trump tweets health update from hospital: “Going well, I think!”

REUTERS 2020-10-03 14:35:47

US President Donald Trump said on Twitter late on Friday, after being hospitalised with Covid-19, that he thought he was doing well. “Going well, I think! Thank you to all. LOVE!!!,” the...

Spain orders partial lockdown on defiant Madrid

Spain orders partial lockdown on defiant Madrid

-- 2020-10-03 12:24:23

More than three million people in Madrid have had new restrictions imposed on their lives as Spain tries to control the most serious second wave of Covid-19 infections in Europe. From this weekend, p...

After Trump's Covid diagnosis, Biden says masks not about being a 'tough guy'

After Trump's Covid diagnosis, Biden says masks not about being a 'tough guy'

Reuters 2020-10-03 12:15:43

Democratic US presidential nominee Joe Biden said on Friday (local time) that President Donald Trump’s coronavirus diagnosis shows the importance of taking the pandemic seriously, telling Americ...

India's coronavirus death toll tops 100,000

India's coronavirus death toll tops 100,000

Reuters 2020-10-03 10:55:32

India’s death toll from the novel coronavirus rose past 100,000 on Saturday, only the third country in the world to reach that bleak milestone, after the United States and Brazil, and its epidem...

What happens to US presidential election if a candidate dies?

What happens to US presidential election if a candidate dies?

REUTERS 2020-10-03 09:51:34

US President Donald Trump said on Friday that he had tested positive for Covid-19 and was going into isolation. Trump has mild symptoms, according to White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows. But the...

US President Trump shifted to military hospital

US President Trump shifted to military hospital

REUTERS 2020-10-03 09:29:47

US President Donald Trump moved to a military hospital for treatment on Friday after being diagnosed with Covid-19 as his administration and re-election campaign scrambled to adjust to an extraordinar...

Democrat Biden, wife test negative for COVID-19

Democrat Biden, wife test negative for COVID-19

Reuters 2020-10-02 23:17:23

Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden and his wife Jill have tested negative for coronavirus, their doctor said in a statement on Friday. “Vice President Joe Biden and Dr. Jill Biden unde...

Catalonia to hold Feb 14 vote to choose new regional chief

Catalonia to hold Feb 14 vote to choose new regional chief

-- 2020-10-02 16:28:41

The Spanish region of Catalonia will hold an election on Feb 14 if regional lawmakers don't elect a candidate to replace ousted president Quim Torra, parliamentary speaker Roger Torrent announced on F...

US VP Pence could assume control if Trump becomes incapacitated

US VP Pence could assume control if Trump becomes incapacitated

REUTERS 2020-10-02 15:16:21

Like two US presidents before him, Donald Trump could temporarily hand over power to his vice president should he become incapacitated, for example while undergoing a medical procedure as treatment fo...

Trump pays 'price' for gamble as coronavirus 'spares no one'

Trump pays 'price' for gamble as coronavirus 'spares no one'

FE ONLINE DESK 2020-10-02 14:47:54

US President Donald Trump, in quarantine on Friday after being tested positive for Covid-19, has underplayed the pandemic for months, eschewing masks, criticising others who wear them and holding larg...

Global Covid-19 cases surpass 34m mark

Global Covid-19 cases surpass 34m mark

-- 2020-10-02 12:05:04

The confirmed coronavirus (Covid-19) caseload across the world has crossed 34 million on Friday morning, according to the latest tally provided by the Johns Hopkins University (JHU). The JHU data sho...